My story: how my life changed from being a full-time surf athlete to hosting surf retreats and finding freedom again Mehdi always smiling A different kind of childhood By getting to know Roos, I realized how different our childhoods were. Growing up in Morocco hasn’t always been easy for me. My father passed away in a car accident just 30 days after I was born, he died while trying to save someone else’s life. He was a respected officer in Agadir, and his loss left a deep scar on my mother,...

Co-founder Roos enjoying the Moroccan life My journey to living the life I once only dreamed of! As a little girl, I vaguely remember searching Google for pictures of cool girls traveling the world in campervans, with surfboards and skateboards strapped to the roof. I was fascinated by that lifestyle, the freedom, the ocean, the adventure. But even though I went to a free-spirited school, I never felt confident enough to explore that side of myself. I was afraid people would think it didn’t...

We’ve all been there: that raging hunger that hits the second you step out of the water. I definitely have, there’s not a single session where I don’t find myself in the shower, starving and dreaming of all the Moroccan food. It’s no surprise really, because surfing is an intense full-body workout. And when you burn calories, you’ve gotta replace them! But let’s be honest, smashing a Big Mac after every session doesn’t exactly fuel recovery the right way. Even though, yes, carbs are...