Surfer's Delight

May all good things grow in our hearts…and in our back yards :)

doodle by Buji Brownlegs

Will Stop for Surf

Will Stop For Surf

Caught up with these two cool cats, Chris Cravey and Zac Garfield

(super talented surfers and artists)

waxing their boards and heading out to 38th, Sta. Cruz.

Thanks for semi stopping and letting me snap this shot!

Check out this All Yew video from Korduroy.TV of Chris Cravey surfing one of his creations.

Chris Cravey's Sewer Log Pt.2

california dreaming

Brown-legged brothers Buji and Miguel go on a summer surf trip down SoCal 

joined by their other brown legged and not so brown legged friends.

It's amazing how surfing can bring people with all sorts of leg hues together.

Thanks for watching.

Music: " Saw You First" by the Givers

a coasty weekend

Friends from town took the 5 hour trip to the northern coast of La Union to share a coasty weekend. Ian Zamora introduces some ultra fun hand-crafted ocean sliders from Cali while Carla Rowland shows friends how to dance on water as a golden sun sets on golden peeps. 

Good times. Good vibes.

Thanks for watching!


for behind the scenes photos, check out
a coasty weekend: day 1
a coasty weekend: day 2

a coasty weekend: waves for water

Waves for Water is a non-profit organization that works on the front-line to provide clean drinking water to communities in need around the world, working with world leaders and strategic partners who take a no-nonsense attitude toward making global change.

Waves for water provides water filtration kits that can be easily attached to water containers which could provide clean drinking water to up to a hundred people each day.

Carla Rowland

As part of the "Waves for Water" cleanwater advocacy, Ian Zamora & Carla Rowland along with the Coast Thru Life crew and with the help of LUSC and the Provincial Government of La Union, headed by Governor Manuel C. Ortega, provided Waves for Water filtration systems and water containers to select local communities in La Union.

Anthony Valdez

Big thanks to our good friend Jeff Ortega
and the Provincial Government of San Fernando
for the support and for providing us
with the Water Buckets

Water from the village deep well is now safe to 
drink. No more need to buy daily drinking water.

1 Waves for Water Filtration Kit = Clean Drinking Water + Savings for a lot of people.

Thank you so much Ian Zamora, Carla Rowland & Christian Troy for bringing Waves for Water to our shores. :)




for more photos, check out our facebook page.

a coasty weekend: day two

Sun-kissed friends gathered at the beach for Carla Rowland's  surf coaching sessions. 

good morning Mike & Ian!

Buji & Echo

me  & echo 

carla & buji

Everyone was eager to paddle out and try the new stuff they learned.

lovely peeps hanging out by Kahuna's pool

fellow coaster & chef Marco P getting some sun

noelle
wanderlustdrifted,blogspot.com

lovely ladies Bri Manglapus, Carla Sebastian & Lorraine Lapus

Carla gave a sunset coaching session for intermediate surfers and shared valuable tips from warm up exercises, proper cross stepping and nose riding. For the ladies, she even shared some secrets on how to look confident and gorgeous in and out of the water. (Ex. paddling to the line-up while keeping your hair dry.) Everyone was tuned in as this blonde-haired blue-eyed surf goddess shared her surfing wisdom.

all eyes & ears on Carla

like I said, goddess.

even Ocean was there to support! 

Thank you Carla for sharing so much to us.
 Listening to you truly showed us what true long boarding is all about :
 Style, composure, glide, going with the flow, and just havin' fun on every wave.

Carla and Ian of ZamoraSurf

Carla with top Filipina surfer Daisy Valdez

more photos at Coast Thru Life's facebook page! check it out!

watch out for the jamming session with Echo, the party and day three of a coasty weekend! 

a coasty weekend: day one

We filled up every nook and cranny of our landcruiser with bags, gear, water buckets and somehow managed to squeeze Nikki in there somewhere. With loads of Zamora boards on top, we gassed up and were off on a five hour drive to La Union.

where is nikki?

Arriving a little after sunrise, we ran straight to the ocean and seeing that there were waves breaking at the point, we almost tore down the rack, waxed our boards and paddled out before you could say surf's up. With a quiver of fun Zamora wave sleds, it was quite impossible for us not to have a great time.

view of our apartment in La Unon
check Nina's blog entry at chandelier by the sea!
http://chandelierbythesea.blogspot.com/2011/11/beach-apartment-happy-place.html

the gorgeous Carla Rowland making sure to wax every spot of
her lovely Carlita board!

Carla checking the surf

Ian Zamora

cousins Justin & Carla

more photos at Coast Thru Life's Facebook page. check it out!

a coasty weekend: meet n' greet

carla rowland, buji & echo

ian zamora & carla rowland

Thank you to Echo, Dohn Cerenado, Gab Jover, Juan Drama and Inky de Dios for providing us with awesome music that night.

gab jover of juan drama

echo

inky de dios

Thanks to all who came! See you in La Union!

for more photos, check out 

Casa Nami Meet n' Greet on Coast thru Life's facebook page 

welcome (back)!

Met up with Ian and Justin that evening for some good ol' San Miguel. Welcome back to Manila Ian!

A Coasty Weekend

Coast Thru Life and Kahuna Beach Resort and Spa bring you "A Coasty Weekend".

California based Fil-Am surfboard shaper Ian Zamora and professional surf coach Carla Rowland will be in San Juan, La Union on November 12-14, 2011 for a fun surf clinic and surf demo day. 

Alongside Rowland's surf coaching sessions for beginners and intermediates, surfers will be invited to have a go at riding a quiver of some fun Zamora surf boards.

To learn more, come hang out at the Coast Thru Life meet and greet for Zamora and Rowland at Casa Nami on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. It will be a fun night with tales of the surf life and surf videos thrown in. It's an open invite for anyone simply interested in surfing and the way it's celebrated on http://coastthrulife.blogspot.com/

Schedule of events

November 9

7pm onwards Meet-and-greet with Ian Zamora and Carla Rowland @ Casa Nami. 

Registration for the Carla Rowland Surf Coaching Sessions. 15-20 slots available.

November 12 

9am to 11 am Beginners' Surf Coaching Session with Carla Rowland

3pm to 5pm Intermediates' Surf Coaching Session with Carla Rowland

7pm onwards Party and jam session with Jericho Rosales @ Kahuna Beach Resort & Spa

November 13

Surf demo day for Ian Zamora surfboards with Ian Zamora, Carla Rowland, and the Coast Thru Life Trio

November 14

As part of the "Waves for Water" cleanwater advocacy, the California couple along with the Coast Thru Life crew and with the help of LUSC and the Provincial Government of La Union, headed by Governor Manuel C. Ortega, will be providing Waves for Water filtration systems and water containers to select local communities in Launion on Nov.14, 2011.

Waves for Water is a non-profit organization that works on the front-line to provide clean drinking water to communities in need around the world, working with world leaders and strategic partners who take a no-nonsense attitude toward making global change.

Waves for water provides water filtration kits that can be easily attached to water containers which could provide clean drinking water to up to a hundred people each day.

For the participants of the Carla Rowland Surf Coaching Session, we're requesting that you please bring/rent a longboard or funboard that you would like to use. We only have a limited number of longboards that can be provided during the coaching session. Longboards are highly encouraged. This is your opportunity to get important longboarding tips from one of the best professional longboard surf coaches in the world so don't miss out! :)

Thanks guys and hope to see you there for a coasty weekend! 

Good times. :)

Brownlegs, A Golden Girl, and an Echo of the Ocean

We are Coast Thru Life

For more photos, go to our facebook page

baler!

Halloween weekend 2011, we went to Baler for Travel Factor & Aloha Boardsports' Surf and music festival. 

Still lost and has no idea where they are. Buji was sick the night before so made sure he took his meds..

Arriving in Baler, we laid out our quiver.

Here echo looks at the boards like a kid looks at candy at a candy store!

Buji and Echo bring out a brand new board.

It's always exciting to see a new clean board with no wax on. So shiny!

Kim gets the honor of putting on the wax on the new board.

Paolo Valenciano of Salamin arrives for their performance that night at the music festival

Echo prepares for his set as well.

photo by Noelle Hilario,
grabbed from http://wanderlustdrifted.blogspot.com/2011/11/baler-baby.html 

Jam checks out the surf in front of Aliya Surf Camp

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It was a fun weekend, filled with great music, surf and friends.