Editor’s Note: Looking back on this interview 21 years later feels a little like opening an old tide-stained journal. I was around 25 at the time, freelancing in the surf world and still competing myself when I met Colleen Mehlberg in San Clemente. She was younger, still in high school and preparing for college, but […]

Editors Note This piece was originally published in Surfshot Magazine in May 2007. Much of this work existed before permanent archives, and over time, stories like this slipped out of public view. I’ve been revisiting my early work to rebuild that archive and return these stories to where they belong, visible, discoverable, and on the […]

Editor’s note: In the years since this interview, Jen’s story has unfolded in ways neither of us could have fully predicted. She went on to win two World Championships, cementing herself as one of the most accomplished longboarders of her generation. But like many careers in surfing, the arc wasn’t linear. Sponsorships faded, competition took […]