Gary Land is a legendary snowboarding photographer and award winning director. Gary starting taking photos of his friends surfing and skateboarding growing up in Virginia Beach. He was working in a surf shop and they had just got in some snowboards.The ne

Beyrick De Vries is a South African pro surfer aiming to represent the Netherlands surfing in the Olympics and coaches the Netherland’s Junior Surf Team. De Vries grew up in Durban, South Africa and initially started skateboarding before his dad convinced

Vanessa Ruck discovered the world of motorcycling, rallying and hard enduro after an accident that almost took her life.  Vanessa grew up in England keeping fit in the outdoors doing loads of sports. When she went to University at 18 she got hooked on wak

Tiago Pires otherwise known as Saca changed Portugal's surfing industry and the reputation of surfers from Portugal forever.  Tiago joined the Ericeria Surf Club when he was 13. A year later he became under 14 National Champion then under 16 Champ. I

Pierre André Sénizergues grew up in the suburbs of Paris and got hooked on skateboarding at 14. He studied engineering in the early 80's and got a job as an engineer for IBM. He would skate during his lunch breaks at work and knew that he had to foll

Chad Nelsen is the Chief Executive Officer of The Surfrider Foundation. Chad was brought to Laguna Beach, California with his family in the 70's by his Dad who was an Ocean Science Educator. He spent his entire life growing up around the ocean, swimm

Terry Adams is a professional BMX Flatland rider. Terry got hooked on BMX at 12 years old growing up in Hammond, Louisiana outside of New Orleans. He would race BMX but what really stood out was BMX Flatland and by the time he was only 16 Terry was enteri

Matthias Giraud aka Super Frenchie is a big mountain skier and BASE Jumper. Matthias grew up skiing in St Gervais-les-Bains, France. He was inspired by the mountain legends of Chamonix who set the bar for mountain sports and following their passion. Matth

Chris Bertish is a big wave surfer, world record paddleboarder, speaker, author and conservationist on a mission to inspire people. Chris started working in the surf industry for Billabong South Africa as the national sales manager. Afterwards he headed t

Bob Haro is the Father of Freestyle BMX and the founder of Haro Bikes and Harodesign. Bob grew up in Southern California riding motocross and skateboarding. When he ran out of money to continue racing dirt bikes he turned to BMX. Drawing was Bob's fi