JettyGirl: A one million
dollar check arrives in your mailbox with a
note that reads, "Half of this amount is
yours and the other half is to benefit the world
around you." How would you spend the money?
Kaley Swift: Oh
my! One million dollars, I wouldn't know what
to do with that kind of money! I would definitely
get some property, a coastal ranch of sorts
(if that still exists) ...build a house, with
a barn and a shaping bay/glass factory for my
lovely boyfriend and a big art studio for us
to share, plant a huge garden with many vegetables
and fruit to live off of. Hmm, once I'm settled
in there I'd definitely take the rest and put
it towards some of the amazing non-profits I've
had the pleasure of working with in the past
years. San Diego Roots is a project working
to empower sustainable food communities in SD;
San Diego Coastkeeper is a leading force for
protecting our watersheds and ocean to preserve
coastal ecosystems. I would want to support
established local grassroots organizations to
make the money most effective. Oh yes, and I
would love to support some sort of children's
non-profit as well.
JG: Describe the best surfboard
you've ever ridden and why it was special to
you.
Kaley: Every time
I get a new surfboard from my boyfriend Micah
Wood (shameless plug!), I honestly think this
is my favorite board EVER! I truly believe my
boards get more and more fine tuned for my style
of surfing each time we design a new one. Having
Micah make my boards has been nothing short
of amazing; I get spoiled with surfboards and
have the opportunity to try out many different
styles of boards, and it never gets old.
Each
board is special to me because he does everything
on it from start to finish. From sitting at
home brainstorming the dimensions and rails
to standing in front of paint color samples
at Home Depot for hours picking out our next
combo...the whole process is specialized and
custom for me. It is so much fun to get a new
board, take it out for the first time and know
there was thought behind every detail. It is
true craftsmanship.
JG: If you could travel
back to any time in history and hang with one
person while they go about their daily activities,
who would it be and why?
Kaley: I would
love to meet and spend the day with both of
my Great-Grandfathers, hear their stories about
where they came from, what life was like for
them as kids and how they ended up in California.
It would give me so much perspective on my family,
my grandparents and ultimately where I came
from ...pretty interesting stuff we don't always
take the time to think about or appreciate enough.
JG: For thirty days you're
stuck on a desert island with one book, one
song, one surf movie and one snack food. Which
ones would you choose?
Kaley: I would
bring The Seedling; The Bible; trail
mix with dark chocolate and be listening to
Hold You In My Arms by Ray LaMontagne.
JG: What is your best surf-related
memory of 2009?
Kaley: Oh goodness,
these questions are tough! It's hard to look
back on a whole year of fun adventure, both
near and far, and single out one moment. However,
I would have to choose between an epic surf
trip to Fiji with some amazing women (the lovely
ladies Jenni Flanigan, Holly Beck, Mary Osborne
and Chandler Parr) and a simple session at my
old stomping grounds back home, inside point
at C-street with perfect, clean, long, uncrowded,
slightly offshore, noseridey (yes, noseridey)
waves with a stunning sunset to top it off.
Gosh, thinking back to all those moments, I
realize I have it pretty good.
