JettyGirl: taylor pitz

We know what you're thinking. Mid-May is certainly not summer ...yet a trip to the beach earlier today sure felt like summer, so much so that we've decided to kick off Jettygirl's annual summer photo feature a bit early this year. The water's warming up, the sun's out and there's no May Gray to be seen. We'll be adding regularly to this photo feature over the next four months so check back often. We hope that all of you have a wonderful summer and for those of you on the globe who are entering winter shortly, we hope these images will keep you inspired as you're pulling on your 4/3 fullsuits. Enjoy! Alana...

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Presented by InsuranceSurfers.com Lady Bruins | Taylor | Heather | Chandler Let's face it. If you handed a random sampling of strangers a mix-and-match test of adjectives and nouns, the odds that they would place "intelligent" and "surfer" together are slim to none. Whether it's a continuation of the Jeff Spicoli stereotype or the frequent sight of young surfers supposedly in "home school" who seem to surf all hours of each day, we generally aren't confused with Rhodes Scholars. However, stereotypes aside, I have found many surfers to be some of the smartest people around ...highly educated,...

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Presented by InsuranceSurfers.com Lady Bruins | Taylor | Heather | Chandler Jettygirl: Out of all the universities in California and beyond, you chose to attend UCLA. How did that come about? Have you always wanted to be a Bruin? Taylor Pitz: The spring of junior year I wasn't sure if I wanted to try to go for the full time QS after high school or go to a four year university. I started visiting schools in the spring, but nowhere felt right, and I began to think the QS was the route for me. Over spring break, my parents made me visit UCLA, even though I didn't really want to. I completely...

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Presented by InsuranceSurfers.com Lady Bruins | Taylor | Heather | Chandler Jettygirl: Out of all the universities in California and beyond, you chose to attend UCLA. How did that come about? Have you always wanted to be a Bruin? Heather Jordan: I chose to attend UCLA because of the vast opportunities that are available to you as a student. I did not always want to be a Bruin, but the more I learned about the opportunities available to UCLA students as well as the fact that I can enjoy myself at the same time, the more I desired to become a Bruin. At UCLA, you can walk out of a lecture...

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Presented by InsuranceSurfers.com Lady Bruins | Taylor | Heather | Chandler Jettygirl: Out of all the universities in California and beyond, you chose to attend UCLA. How did that come about? Have you always wanted to be a Bruin? Chandler Parr: I chose to go to UCLA because I have grown up going to the campus because I live 15 minutes away. Also, my mom went there and I wanted to keep the tradition alive! Jettygirl: How old were you when the seeds of college were planted in your heart? Was a higher education something that was encouraged by your parents or was it more a situation...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NATIONAL INTERSCHOLASTICS GO OFF IN EXCELLENT SURF CONDITIONS AT SALT CREEK! Mira Costa College, San Clemente High School, Huntington Beach High School and Shorecliffs Middle School take team gold! (Huntington Beach, Ca - June 20, 2011) - The 2011 National Interscholastic Championships presented by Nike 6.0 witnessed a phenomenal marathon three days of performance surfing from the top college, high school and middle school surfers from around the country. The Interscholastics were blessed with a building southwest swell which pumped in excellent 4-5 foot surf at Salt...

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Rob Machado Seaside Pro Junior Photo Gallery Photos: Chris Grant / JettyGirl Online Surf Magazine This year marked a first for Rob Machado's annual contest, the addition of a Pro Junior event for the girls. In the challenging and shifty conditions of Seaside Reef, the pre-contest favorite, Lakey Peterson, lived up to expectations and took out the Final, defeating Hawaii's Nage' Melamed and Leila Hurst with California's Taylor Pitz rounding out the field. Here are a few moments from the event... Left: Up the beach from the competition site, Lakey Peterson paddled out into a drifting, current-filled,...

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Presented by InsuranceSurfers.com "We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair." -President Obama, January 25, 2011. I have no idea what individual educational awards Taylor Pitz has garnered through the years but as a result of her stratospheric GPA and years of dedication to her studies, she has achieved what few competitive surfers before her have accomplished ...acceptance into revered Stanford University. Between surf contests and schoolwork, Taylor gave us a few minutes of her precious time...

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Laguna Beach's Taylor Pitz on video. While gathering materials for JettyGirl's interview with Taylor Pitz, we snuck in a few surf sessions at one of the more reliable spots in Southern California. Here are a couple of waves from the sessions caught on film for all to enjoy. Music: "Scott Who?" by 37Hz. "Dar Abesque" by Global Noize. All music provided by Mevio's Music Alley at music.mevio.com Video: Chris Grant / JettyGirl.com

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