...Voyage of Swell...

Rain Showers with non-toxic, biodegradable soap! only a few years ago i started looking at the labels on the products i used on my body because i wondered if my gray water was polluting the areas i anchored. wow it was shocking to realize there was a cocktail of chemicals in almost every common shampoo and beauty product available?! make a habit of turning bottles around and making sure its contents are safe for you and your nearby waterways and seas! 👍🏾 🚩A few red flag ingredients to look out for: 1) Triclosan 2) Dioxane 3) Sodium laurel sulfate (SLS): 4) DEA (Diethanolamine), MEA (Monoethanolamine), TEA (Triethanolamine) 5) Formaldehyde 6) Phthalates and Parabens 7) PEG-6: 8) Color Pigments 9) Propylene Glycol 10) Potassium Bromate🚩 ... just to name a few! there's lots of great alternatives on the market and by choosing them we choose a healthier planet too. #safesoap @drbronner @patagonia_surf @mizulife @loveavasol @zealoptics @ecoflex_

10 years ago today...i untied the docklines...had i known how hard it would be, i'm not sure if i would have gone. but when you really love something you learn to adapt, figure it out, get tougher, get smarter, tolerate more, grit your teeth, roar, look within for a solution, swallow your pride, get humble, even poop in a bag if you have to...and find the wonder in ALL OF IT when all there is is Wonder...💩😱😎#lifeisforchasingdreams #gratitude #becomeyourhighestversion @patagonia_surf @mizulife @zealoptics @loveavasol @ecoflex_ @leenbean11

"Of course i will continue toward the Pacific. I can't remember who said, 'There are two terrible things for a (wo)man: not to have fulfilled her/his dream, and to have fulfilled it.' Maybe i will be able to go beyond my dream, to get inside of it, where the true thing is, the only really precious fur, the one that keeps you warm forever. Find it or perhaps never return." --Moitessier, the Long Way // ...morning shower on the way to a dream ... @patagonia_surf @mizulife @zealoptics @loveavasol @ecoflex_ #gobeyondthedream

Pre-surf shout out to @loveavasol!! these guys love their reefs and Avasol sunscreen let's us all stay out longer & enjoy these glassy so pac summer days without killing the coral below us. Dont trust that your sunscreen maker cares about your health or that of the Planet. Common corporate sunscreeens contain proven cancer-causing chemicals but the FDA allows them because they say the risk of skin-cancer is higher...? i dont want to have to choose between sun damage or toxins in my body and the ocean, that's why i'm so grateful to Chris at Avasol for stepping up and creating a healthy, super effective alternative!! be wary of brands that say 'natural' or 'mineral' sunscreen but rub on clear, they likely contain harmful nano-particles too. order online at Avasol.com or ask for it at your nearest sunscreen supplier // Same mega appreciation to the crew at @aquaticoddities for building that beautiful, durable, high performance, earth-conscious @ecoflex_ surfboard!! #supportconsciousproducts #Avasoltribe #ecowarriorsunite

So happy to see Polynesia reviving its sailing heritage!! ...built from dreams, scraps, and drawings by inspired hands in a backyard garage on weekends and evenings...this sailing canoe is now crisscrossing open seas and bringing new and old friends aboard to share in the glory, teamwork, learning, challenge, feeling, and flowing that is sailing, especially Polynesian sailing! thanks for the unforgettable day guys, i'm hooked... #sailingcanoe #polynesiansailingrevival #littlewhale

Hit the brakes on the mind and connect to the Innernet. Have the courage to be still, tune in, LISTEN... Meditation is to the mind as exercise is to the body! #gowithinorgowithout #doityourway

Going out big...Tropicat fell in the pond!!! ✌🏿️✨✨✨🎆🎆

2015 took me to new heights...after a few rough years peeling back the veils of my own illusions, the majority of this year was filled with such beautiful love, genuine friendships, more time in balance of body-mind-spirit than ever before, simple daily gratitude, health, and a community of friends and family near and far who i'm so grateful to be experiencing this life with!! wishing everyone the courage to find Light through pain, Faith through perseverance and passion, and to maintain the humility needed to look inside and change the things that keep us from expanding... Here's to our continual communal evolution towards infinite awesomeness in 2016....✨☝🏼🔍🌈⚡️ ✌🏿❤️ Love you!

"Wherever you are is home And the earth is paradise Wherever you set your feet is holy land... You don't live off it like a parasite. You live in it, and it in you, or you don't survive. And that is that is the only worship of God there is." --Wilfred Pelletier #livelightly #weareone

dear @orlandothecat, after a few weeks of rat hunting, it was nice to come home to your care package. it's my first official fan mail...liz refuses to make me a personal instagram because she's afraid i'll have more followers than her...but it's ok, we all know they follow her to see photos of me ... 😼 so yea this box is ultra comfy, i'll get around to opening it after i catch up on some sleep...thanks so much for thinking of me. hope your human companions give you lots of love and freedom in 2016!! Meeeeeyoooow, #Ameliathetropicat 😽

"Forgiveness doesn't just sit there like a pretty boy in a bar. Forgiveness is the old fat guy you have to haul up the hill." --Cheryl Strayed // in 2015 i worked a lot on #forgiveness...i can say that so far it's been more than worth the haul!! #forgivenessisfreedom #peaceonEarthstartswithin

me and Tropi sending out all our infinite christmas love and positive vibes to you and yours!! ❤️💚😻may all beings everywhere be happy and free....so stoked my family decided to give to each others favorite charities this year!! Miss you my dear Clark family, love you all so much!! and thank you to all my family across the world who have taken me in on holidays abroad. #weareAllonebigfamily #givingisgoodliving @leenbean11 @bkulinsk @jamesclark78 @captainmillie @dadmiral1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

let us Nurture Christ consciousness 🌠--nonjudgement, tolerance, love, forgiveness, washing the feet of the poor & tired...Miracles everywhere... Happy christmas eve and merry Full Moon!! Love this artwork from @mysticmamma ❤️💚❤️🌝 #lovemakesmiracles

a little holiday love to share from the Swell galley... Pumpkin Spice chocolate chip #vegan organic cookies!!! ******no mother cows were forcefully artificially inseminated with a metal rod, had their babies stolen from them, were imprisoned into udder-sucking slavery without moving around or seeing the light of day until they bleed from wounds to their sore chaffed nipples, get pricked by hormone and antibiotic injections, only to do it all over again as many times as their bodies are capable of producing milk...nor were any chickens cooped. #mayallbeingsbefreeandhappy #putcompassionbackinfood #smallfarmsornofarms #cowshavefeelingsjustlikeyourdogandcat

as if donating a headsail from her Cal 40 sistership, Mahalo, when i was in desperate need of a sail in 2007 wasn't enough... my sailing sista Holly Scott, was willing to haul a whole duffel bag of goodies for me and my island friends a few weeks back! THANK YOU HOLLY!!! santa is going to have a hard time topping you!! #generosityfuelstheworld #gooutoftyourway #everyoneswearingblueshoes

"You don't have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they perceive as your success. you don't have to explain what you plan to do with your life. You don't have to justify your education by demonstrating it's financial rewards. You don't have to maintain an impeccable credit score. Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history or economics or science or the arts. You have to pay your own electric bill. You have to be kind. You have to give it all you've got. You have to find people who love you truly and love them back with the same truth. But that's all." Loving my new books of quotes by @cherylstrayed, thanks for the holiday love package, Auntie!! ❤️✨@juliebigbearlake #makeyourownrules @patagonia_surf @mizulife @zealoptics @loveavasol @ecoflex_

#Lakota Instructions for Living: Friend do it in this way – that is, whatever you do in life do the very best you can with both your heart and mind. And if you do it that way, the Power of the Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in unity. When one sits in The Hoop of the People, one must be responsible because all of creation is related. And the hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all. And whatever we do affects everything else in the universe. If you do it in that way – that is, if you truly join your heart and your mind as one – whatever you ask for that's the Way it's Going To Be. --White Buffalo Calf Woman @patagonia_surf @mizulife @loveavasol @zealoptics @ecoflex_