Karina Rozunko
hanging 10 going backside. Wow, what a challenging, yet weightless-feeling maneuver. She's got it down. Natural talent in motion, Karina understands the technicality of moving amongst a log. She can go left as fluidly as she goes right, understanding wave mechanics and where she wants to position her board in order to critically nose ride. There are so many admirable elements to Karina’s surfing already, many of which I was completely blind to long after I was her age of 18. Karina’s surfing excites me. I love seeing women dance in the water, and she is a needed inspiration to our inspiring culture. Photo: @alex__swanson
This is me riding a log. It’s a moving dance floor that allows a surfer to express their grace, strength, and intuition at the same time. It’s no easy feat to move a board that can be 9’5 and weighing over 25 pounds into the most critical part of the wave. When a surfer says about nose riding: It feels like flying. They are telling the truth. If you’ve flown in your dreams, you know what it feels like in your stomach. That feeling has only been mimicked by nose riding. Its weightless. Photo: @shelleydark
Kassia Meador is a living legend and a hero to many. She is one of my dear friends. For years, Kassia has been the face of women’s logging. No woman or man has come close to the unique style and grace she has while perched on the nose. Photo: @mirza_n_s
Taylor Nelson. The cross step is an essential part to the log dance. It can be practiced and practiced, concentrating on your foot placement. Over time, your feet know where to go without a mindful focus. The dance floor tunes in and feels like home. A young woman who brightens my outlook each time I see her, Taylor Nelson embodies kindness and humility. Her surfing is her character in motion, too. Courageous, elegant, and positive. Light, dynamic, and in-tune. She has smiled the entire time I’ve seen her. Taylor Nelson brings to mind my favorite word: auspicious, meaning "giving off the feeling that every thing is going to be ok." Photo: @tayrosenels
Lauren Hill has always surfed. Since the first time I saw her when we were 14 in Florida, longboarding up and down on a single fin, nose riding, and never moving her hands above her hips. She always looks in control. She has been an inspiration since that first time. In surfing, in life, in her writings, in her perspective... Photo: @thedrifterblog
