Contributors

Dave Sandford

Photographer

Canada-based photographer David Sandford has been making pictures for more than 18 years. During that time, he has mostly been able to pay his bills by shooting sports. But his... Read more

Mitch Sandifer

Surfer

Currently residing in North County San Diego and growing up on the border of the Inland Empire and Orange County in Southern California, Mitch Sandifer’s unique upbringing allowed him to... Read more

Jaciel Santiago

Videographer/Director

Jaciel Santiago was born in Puerto Escondido , Mexico and has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Zicatela. He's produced and directed videos, documentaries and surf short films for more... Read more

Francisco T Santos

Photographer

Francisco, 25, started shooting surf in 2012 and quickly realized he wanted to try to live from it. For now, he's still trying and always looking for new work. He... Read more

Chris Sardelis

Photographer

Chris was born in Long Beach, CA and grew up surfing the warm waters of Ray Bay. Rich Harbour was a major photographic mentor and encouraged Sardelis to pursue photography... Read more

Marcos Sobrino

Photographer

Marcos Sobrino is a 21-year-old photographer residing on Salinas a small city of Asturias (Spain). He started taking photos six years ago, when he was 15. He is strongly passionate... Read more

Cat Sarsfield

Writer

Cat Sarsfield is a writer and journalist who has written for the likes of Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, TMRW Magazine, as well as setting up her own creative writing and music... Read more

Spencer Sarson

Videographer/Photographer

I am 22 years old, born and raised in Boulder, CO currently living in San Luis Obispo, CA. I have been shooting photography for 5 years and have been focusing... Read more

Jennifer Savage

California Policy Manager, Surfrider Foundation

Jennifer Savage is Surfrider Foundation's California Policy Manager and former environmental journalist, radio personality, event organizer and freelance columnist. She lives in Humboldt, San Francisco and – it feels like... Read more

Matthew Savoca

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis

Matt Savoca is a Ph.D. student in the Graduate Group in Ecology at UC Davis. His research interests include foraging ecology, sensory ecology, community ecology, and conservation biology. Originally from... Read more

Mark Sawyer-Chu

Ambassador of The Stoke Life

Born in Norway. Grew up in North Dakota. Not exactly the traditional background of a California surfer. Mark ended up in Santa Barbara, California for University unexpectedly but miraculously didn’t... Read more

Maria Saxton

Ph.D. in Environmental Planning and Design, Virginia Tech

Dr. Maria Saxton recently received her Ph.D. in Environmental Design & Planning with a concentration on Bio-Inspired Buildings from Virginia Tech. Her doctoral research involved measuring the ecological footprints of... Read more

Mattia Sbrizzi

Surfer/Photographer

I was born and raised in Rome, Italy. I've always been passionate about ocean and water sports and I quickly started to travel around the world looking for waves and... Read more

David Lee Scales

Founder/Producer, SurfSplendorPodcast.com

David is the Founder/Producer of SurfSplendorPodcast.com. His background is in surf video production and writing for clients such as Surfer Magazine, Surfing Magazine, Quiksilver, Futures Fins and more. Surfing is... Read more

Ann Scarborough Bull

Visiting Researcher, Marine Science institute, University of California, Santa Barbara

A Southern California native, Ann was brought up on the ocean and worked as a deck-hand for her father during commercial fishing and charter boat operations. She received her Bachelor’s... Read more