Kingston Buchhagen is a surfing baby and started hitting the waves at only 6 months old! Now a toddler, he is surfing some epic waves with his mom. His favourite waves to ride are those in warm water and he loves to high five other surfers while catching a wave. Check out the video below…
The Ultimate Surf Adventure: Surfing with Kids
Jenny Buchhagen was a world class surfer, travelling around the world for competitions. Now she is not only a surfer but her and her husband have entered the ultimate adventure. Parenthood. Surfing has changed since having her son but in ways she could never have imaged. Read her story “The Ultimate Surf Adventure: Surfing with…
5 Family Friendly Surf Destinations
So you want to take your family on a surfing adventure? The most important decision you must make – even more important than how many diapers and boards to bring – is where to go? Many surfers seek desolation, gnarly waves and places that don’t necessarily have a lot going on culturally. Basically,…
Yes, You Can Take Your Kids on a Surf Trip
The C Word. As in, CHILDREN. A word that makes grown men shake in their boots. A silly little word that is scary enough to ruffle the normally unflappable feathers of some of the most bad-ass childless adventure women out there! Is this baby the end of surfing, traveling, swimming, hiking, climbing, camping, snowboarding? Is…
A Toddler, Baby and Surfboards
Growing up in the prairies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan I dreamed of big waves and surf boards when in front of me was wheat fields and yellow canola. I fell in love with the waves and the ocean breeze when my mom introduced me to a movie called Gidget from the late ’50s, about a girl who surfed…
Surfing in Portugal with a Baby
My husband and I just decided that in a few weeks we will be heading to Ucluelet and Tofino for some surfing on Vancouver Island. Not only are we SO excited to go on our first big road trip with our new VW camper van (new to us, it’s actually 23 years old…), but we…