This week we catch up with Ayaka Suzuki, she is only 23 years old but has some great contest stats under her belt. Fresh from her first win of 2018 at the Antofagasta Bodyboard festival in Chile in May, where she dominated her opposition to take out the win. Exciting times are ahead to see if Ayaka can repeat the performance to take out the next event in August at the new event in Kiama, Australia on the APB woman’s world series. In her own words ….. “I am 23 years old and I

This week we head over to Hawaii to catch up with a new generation rider who likes nothing more than taking on the biggest scariest waves Hawaii has to offer. "My name is Tanek Iokepa Rucynski and I am currently 18 years old. I was born and raised on the island of Maui in Hawaii and currently live on Oahu. (Teahupo’o, Tahiti 2017-Photo by Ryan Isherwood) When I was real little I enjoyed boogie boarding a good deal but didn’t actually start bodyboarding consistently until I wa

This years APB is very special and important to this weeks featured rider, a young rider who fell out of love with a sport that gave him such success growing up. After along stint away, Josh is back and hungrier than ever. Name: Joshua Burguete-Kirkman Age: 34 "I am originally from Tuncurry Beach, NSW Australia. These days I live mostly in Lund, Sweden. I started bodyboarding when I was very young, I remember the first time I ever completed a 360, in fact I was probably 6

This week we are in Rarotonga, Cook Islands but more specifically Arorangi. Home to some of the most hollow, ramped up fast reef break waves in the world and also the home of boog house, quality accommodation for bodyboarders. It's certainly high on my bucket list...... "Hi my name is Eric Gamez and I am 38 years old I was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco,  I then moved to France for University when I was 19 and now I have been living in the Cook Islands for the last 11

Hi my name is Kevin Orihuela Ruano and I am 26, I am from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. I still live here, for me it is one of the best places in the world for bodyboarding, so I'm so lucky to live here. I started bodyboarding when I was 13 years old, my family were surfing, so I was influenced from my father and my uncles since I was a child. My childhood hero was Ryan Hardy for sure, his style and riding made an impact on me and really influenced me from the s