Andy Davis is an inter­na­tion­ally rec­og­nized Cal­i­for­nia surfer/artist. His casual and styl­ized paint­ings have graced cloth­ing, gal­leries, retail stores, mag­a­zines, and hotels. His recent col­lab­o­ra­tion with Bill­abong has set him on a new path. Glenn @ Liquid Salt met with Andy to find out more.

Jack McCoy is a leg­endary surfer/filmmaker and his name is syn­ony­mous with the genre called surf movies. For over 30 years, Jack has been film­ing the world’s best surfers in the most exotic loca­tions. His many films include Tubu­lar Swells, Storm Rid­ers, and Blue Hori­zon. His most recent film, A Deeper Shade of Blue releases this year.

Don­avon Franken­re­iter is a tal­ented Cal­i­for­nia surfer/musician who truly lives the dream. In between surf­ing exotic locales, he cre­ates soul­ful, laid-back music. Once described by Joel Tudor as a “true orig­i­nal,” we caught up with Don­avon to learn more.

Belinda Baggs is an Aus­tralian surfer who has appeared in many films on wave slid­ing by the likes of both Thomas Camp­bell and Andrew Kid­man. Her sig­na­ture style and cat-like grace on the nose has earned her a place as an icon in the surf­ing world. We spent a few moments chat­ting with the one [...]

Kevin A. Short is a tal­ented Cal­i­for­nia surf artist who paints in the “plein air” style. His lush col­ors and expert use of light is evi­dent in every dynamic brush­stroke. Kevin’s work has been shown inter­na­tion­ally and has pub­lished a book of paint­ings on Tres­tles.

Hawaiian-born surfer Gerry Lopez needs no intro­duc­tion. One of the pio­neers of The Pipeline, his smooth and grace­ful rid­ing in con­trast with the pow­er­ful wave has made him an icon. Later, his trav­els to exotic places like G-Land fur­ther rein­forced his leg­endary sta­tus. We were for­tu­nate to ask him a few ques­tions. What was it [...]