Meet Pro Surfer Kelia Moniz

2012 ASP Long Boarding World Champion with a serious Hawaiian Pedigree!

Kelia Moniz, daughter to 80's pro surfer, Tony Moniz, has been fighting her brothers in the lineup for years and it shows in her accomplished results and gorgeous style. She literally dances across the water! Winning the 2012 ASP Longboard Title is just the beginning for this seriously talented surfer...

Captain Kai's World Podcast - Wavescape Film Festival & Hot Heels Africa 2012

Busy show this week with December upon us and the storm of events hitting. First up were the Downhill Skaters with Justin and Gabi from SAGRA, to talk about this weekend's, Hot Heels Africa, event. Celebrating 10 years, this is our only World Cup event and will see 4 of the World's best battling for the World Title at the final event of the year. It was great to have international stars, Tamara Prader and Patrick Switzer in studio.

Next up was our man of the surf forecast, Spike, from Wavescape. This week the iconic Wavescape Film Festival begins, with films showing at the Brass Bell, The Labia and of course the viewing on Clifton beach this Saturday evening. Wednesday is the Surfboard Art auction and this is well worth attending.

Next week will be very surf orientated with an ASP Judge, Andy Davis from Mahala and hopefully some skype calls from Cali and Hawaii.

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Who is JOB 2.0 - Episode 5, Pipeline Madness

Episode 5 of JOB 2.0, brought to you by Red Bull, and the show keeps up the madness that is Jamie O'Brian's life. From doing transfers on a longboard to short board at massive pipeline, getting owned by his cat, narrowly losing out to John John Florence at the Volcom and caning the Pipeline tube of the day switch foot, JOB is charging on his new web show.

Jamie O'Brien tries a new technique by paddling out on his longboard and then dropping in his short board to ride the wave. Later, despite despite the warnings of his feline friend he goes all the way to the finals of the Volcom Pipe Pro for an epic showdown down to the last second with John John.

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Rolling with RVCA

My day started well yesterday, with the great news that I am teaming up with RVCA SA, under their Artist Network Program, or ANP. We did the Rolling Retro surf event with RVCA at the beginning of the year and it looks like next year could produce an even better event, and possibly more venues around SA. So worth watching this space.In the meantime I get to roll in one of the world's coolest brands and play with some of the coolest and brightest creative minds on the planet.

Men's Brand of the Year! (Photo: RVCA)

So with this new partner in crime, mayhem, and blissful artistic expression, I thought it best if you and I both learnt a little more about RVCA. The brand? The people? You get the drift. So I asked the magical web internet and was told the following -

RVCA is the brainchild of company Founder and Creative Director, PM Tenore. Transcending the boundaries of traditional action sports apparel, RVCA is a design-driven lifestyle brand free from passing trends. Appearing as a natural on the shelves of boutiques as on those of a local skate shop, RVCA is brought together by a group of likeminded individuals from various subcultures, a collaboration of sorts, a lifestyle within itself.
PM Tenore’s intention from the very beginning has been to create a platform for RVCA which combines art, music, fashion and a modern lifestyle in an original way. At the forefront of this vision has been RVCA’s Artist Network Program (ANP) – a venture established to showcase the talents of accomplished as well as unknown artists who inspire our generation and push the boundaries of creative excellence.
Established to promote the genuine integrity of RVCA’s subcultures while simultaneously giving back to the community, RVCA in essence is redefining the way the market views art and fashion as represented through the balance of opposites and how they coexist: water, oil; air, land; destruction, industrialization; art, science; foreign, domestic; order, anarchy; past, present.
For RVCA, it is about today, tomorrow and life as the big picture. It is about inspiring our generation, providing something of substance and culture and above all doing it with integrity and as a united family, a close knit community.

Collaborations - here UFC Champion BJ Penn with artist DMOTE (Photo: RVCA)

The RVCA Artist Network Program, commonly referred to as the ANP, is an ongoing program which aims to showcase the talent of accomplished as well as unknown artists who inspire our generation and push the boundaries of creativity; providing something of substance and culture.

To RVCA, an artist is not someone who just paints a picture, or writes a song, but someone who is dedicated to sharing with the world their life, emotions and soul through innovative and creative ideas. RVCA and the ANP were developed to shake the very foundations of the business, by giving back to the artists and providing a voice for their creative growth.

Pro athlete collections - Skater Leo Romero. (Photo: RVCA)

Over the next couple of weeks, I will start introducing some of my favorite riders, fighters and artists in the program. I cannot wait to shoot with some of the SA and international guys. In the meantime, here's a few vids from the Blogs.