I jumped on the opportunity to go for an adventurous trip to the beach on some new Ebikes from Aventon. My wife usually only surfs when we are vacationing in the tropics, but she agreed to be my beach photographer and also brought along and extra Gerry Lopez Surftech surfboard for me! Now I have the Gerry Lopez 6'8 Little Darlin and the 8'0 Pocket Rocket by Surftech and a new wetsuit from 7Till8 ....I'm beyond Stoked!
Friends, Welcome back to Vlog 06, it's been a minute! I'm stoked to be back with this fun adventure with Aventon. I've wanted an electric bike for the longest! I love riding bikes, it's one of my favorite ways to adventure outdoors. So when I heard my buddy Ben Paik of @Woby Design was going to return an E-bike from Aventon that was just a little to big to fit in his new van conversion build out, I jumped at the chance to take it off his hands. I reached out to Aventon and Explained how much I'd love to try out their Sinch E-bike and give my honest review via a vlog. Aventon is such a rad company and they agreed to let me test out the Aventon Sinch foldable E-bike. I picked up the red E-bike from Ben's shop and took her for a test spin around the block and instantly fell in LOVE. I named her Ruby that day. After a few days of cruising around with the Sinch E-bike, my Husband @No Bad Tides by Eric Cedeno was having trouble keeping up with me and Ruby on his regular pedal bike. So I wrote to Aventon again and explained how I'd love to add a second Sinch bike to our family so that my husband could keep up with me. I went back for another adventure to Ben's shop to pick up the boxed e-bike and immediately unboxed her once I got home. The boxed e-bike was a stunning emerald green that Eric named Jade. Once we were all charged up we took them for a few spins around town. Then we really hooked up our bikes with surf racks and cruised to the beach for a surf photo session. Big thank you and shout to @kevfoto2012 on Instagram for catching some epic shots of Eric surfing in the water, while I capture him on shore. I can't wait to take the Aventon E-bike camping and to the desert, I know we'll have many more adventures and I can't wait.
Thank you again Friends for watching today's Vlog and until our next video together. Cheers it up!
Big Thank you to Aventon for adding us to the family, we love our new bikes! be sure to check out there website: http://aspireiq.go2cloud.org/aff_c?of...
Huge shout out and Thank you to my Buddy Ben Paik of @Woby Design he's the best! check out his channel and follow along on his new van build its going to be epic! Also follow him on Instagram @Woby Design
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Photo by Lindsay Zuelich
I tore my right knee in May of 2021 and I need surgery so I've been wearing a knee brace over my suit as extra support when I'm surfing. That's really been a game changer for me because it has allowed my to ride way move waves plus reduced the swelling in my knee after all that activity.
I love swapping boards mid-session! The 8'0 Pocket Rocket was awesome as always, and it was time to bust out the 6'8" Little Darlin to see what magic it could do. There's something really special about being able to ride two Gerry Lopez boards in the same day!
Photo by Lindsay Zuelich
I had blast surfing in my new wetsuit by 7Till8, and cruising around on the Aventon E-Bikes! I'm definitely going to be doing this more often!
There are two big things that I did to celebrate my 32 years of surfing. The first thing is I spoiled myself with a new 8 foot Gerry Lopez Surfboard from Surftech. This board is not only the same brand and color as my very first surfboard in 1990 (a single fin 7 foot Gerry Lopez from late 70's/early 80's), but it is also the same red lightning bolts on the rails. This board will always remind me of that very first summer I started surfing and the stoke I had trying to stand up and ride my first wave without falling.
Photo by Lindsay Zuelich 7-10-22
Plus with the new Surftech epoxy technology the 8 foot Gerry Lopez Pocket Rocket is lighter, faster and stronger than ever before. I've wanted this board ever since I saw it in the Surftech Catalogue a few years ago. I've ridden tons of surfboards over the years, all shapes and sizes. Most of the time I'll bring three surfboards with me when I go surf just so I can dial-in the best surfboard for the waves. Sometimes I'll even swap out boards mid surf session.
Photos by Lindsay Zuelich 7-10-22
The 8 foot Gerry Lopez Pocket Rocket surfboard is dreamy. It works is all sorts of wave conditions, big and fast, small and slow, rolly or steep. It is one of my top 3 surfboards of all time! #1 is my high performance 9 foot by Surftech (2004 model), #2 is the 8 foot Gerry Lopez Pocket Rocket by Surftech, #3 is the 6'4 Donald Takayama Scorpion 2 by Surftech. Give it a little more time and this could be my new #1 surfboard of all time... Either way I can't wait to explore what the new Surftech surfboards will come out next!
Photo by Lindsay Zuelich 8-9-22
That bring me to the the second thing that I did to celebrate 32 years of surfing. I bought a new suit, not just any surf a custom tailored two piece wetsuit made with Yamamoto premium neoprene made by 7Till8. 7Till8 is a local Southbay wetsuit company that is stylish and earth friendly. I called them up, made an appointment to get fitted, then a few weeks later I got my custom fit 2 piece spring suit. And just as a bonus I picked up an aloha reversible vest to add a few more comfort options depending on the summer wind and water conditions.
Photo by Lindsay Zuelich 8-13-22
I couldn't be more stoked on how my new suit turned out! It fits perfectly! I've always been tall and slim and finding high performance wetsuits that fit me has been extremely challenging. And it's no wonder that after all my sports injuries that my body is anything but symmetrical, and those unique body features make getting a custom wetsuit so worth it. I'm already planning out my next wetsuit for this winter! I'm ready to be completely comfortable and not worry about cold water flooding down my back or up my ankles. All that trust and comfort in my wetsuit will allow me to stay focused on what matters most- getting more waves!
Photo by Lindsay Zuelich 8-13-22
I highly recommend that you check out both surftech and 7till8 for your new surfboard and custom wetsuit!
Maybe being weird is just a happy side affect of all that interpretative dancing to your own rhythm, making your own song up as you go into time travel mode where time speeds up again because you're having fun..
Maybe focusing less on what they think and just have some fun doing your own thing for a while is a good start.
So what are you going to do to rediscover your awesomely super weird powers?
Photos by @Wood_Brain (May 2022)
Surfboard: 9'0 Surftech 2004 (Yep- And still going strong!)
It's always fun to find one of my friends on Surfline. Check out my buddy Kata in the Duke's shirt (second from the left).
I got to surf this board in Hawaii on my last trip. Kata had a 7'6" Egg and he let me use it at tennis courts. Man that was an awesome day head high with plus sets and I'm so happy that I was able to use this board, I need to add one of these Surftech boards to my quiver for sure.
