I'm so excited that Pat agreed to take part in what has become a real pleasure, the LidLife Bodyboarding weekly feature blog. I still remember the day my dad took me into Ron Jon surf shop in Cocoa Beach, Florida for my 10th birthday. Having seen my first magazine, it was actually a Mike Stewart cover shot on BodyBoarding magazine and I was like dad I have to bodyboard.... I walked in sooo excited and ran to the bodyboard section and there it was, a wave rebel Pat Caldwell si

This week we stay in Brazil, a breeding ground for super talented female bodyboarders and in Paola's case, adrenaline junkies. It's hardly surprising the talent that oozes from Brazil with the miles and miles of world class coastline, littered with powerful waves and some of the worlds most determined women..... In Paola's own words... " I'm 35 and I´m from Niterói – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil and I still live there. I started bodyboarding in 2000, I live in a place in Brazil wh

This week we catch up with a woman from Brasil who likes nothing more than dodging river debris and chancing encounters with red bellied piranha, black Caiman, green anaconda, bull sharks and vampire fish to name a few to fulfil her desire for adrenalin and the lack of ocean surf. In Xandinha's own words...... " My name is Alexandra Ereiro, I am better known as Xandinha. I am an athlete and bodyboarder from Pará a region in Brasil. I live in the North of Brasil in Belém, In

Ben was Mike Stewarts nemesis in the 80's, I think it was the sports first real rivalry. Ben was super quick and was able to pull off awesome spinners on any section of the wave and could get deeper in a tube than any other rider. Ben was responsible for pushing board designs when everyone was riding a Morey Boogie Mach 7-7 and helped cement BZ in the history books with the classic T-10 channel possibly being the most popular of these boards. His innovation and forward thinki

At only 26 Tahiri Tehei is one of Tahiti's most promising bodyboarders, with one of the most exceptional waves on the planet in his back yard it's not hard to see why. He busts moves on sections of waves that most would be planning a safe exit strategy on and maybe it's this quality that has got him the attention he so thoroughly deserves and has landed him his first board sponsor from Hubboards. In Tahiri's own words....... "My name is Tahiri Tehei , I’m 26 years old and I’m