PURAKAI Surf Clothing Blog

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We've already told you why online shopping is a great and sometimes better option than going to the mall.  We invite you to shop our sustainable gifts to keep the family, the ocean and the planet happy!!

This week we're in Sayulita Mexico with Fernando Stalla and several of his teammates and training partners. They're practicing stand up paddle board beach starts for racing, doing some sprint training and then gettng some SUP surfing in at one of their local secret spots.

As part of our brand mission, we're committed to 7 Principles for the Benefit of Future Generations. Two of these deal with the fabric used to make our clothing.

The purpose of yoga has always been to unite the mind, body, and spirit. According to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, which dates all the way back to 200 AD, there are eight parts to practicing yoga, known as the eight limbs of yoga. All eight limbs are essential to achieving lasting peace, and no one limb is more important than the other.

A few years back I was introduced to a guy by the name of Robin Baird of Cascadia Research Collective. He was interested in some under water photos of Pygmy Killer Whales that I had. He was very excited to see the images underwater because he was able to tell if the individuals they were getting surface shots of were male or female.

The early sunset and chilly wind tells us is time to get cozy at home. The lingering smell of delicacies permeates the air and heightens the senses. The signs of Thanksgiving erupt everywhere reminding us the set aside a few seconds of our busy schedules to give thanks for all of our blessings. Every year thousands of people gather to feast and celebrate the bounty of their labor surrounded by their loved ones.

As mentioned in our previous article, 8 Reasons Why Millenials Shop Sustainable Fashion, one of the biggest reasons we want you to be a mindful consumer is to protect and heal our environments. At Purakai, as surfers, our love of the water makes this statement the underlining reason for our existence!

Sustainable Fashion or Eco Fashion is a general term that can mean many things. As stated in our article, Reasons Millenials Do Care... Sustainability means to use products and resources that are organic and do not impoverish the environment for future generations.

I had the immense pleasure of meeting Sarah Pascual while attaining my 100-hour Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga Certification under the instruction of Jolie Cash.  This surfer girl first and foremost, is the epitome of what the Water & Earth Seriesis all about.

Ok, so we've told you why you should shop sustainablyand what the benefits are to shopping environmentally friendly clothing, now we're going to tell you exactly what to buy and what not to buy when wanting to shop sustainable fashion.

Check out his amazing catch! In this episode we tag along with Purakai Ambassador Fernando Stalla as he and his training partners go out for some stand up paddle race training and SUP fishing.

In this episode Purakai Ambassador Fernando Stalla  recaps his 3rd place finish in the long distance paddle race of the Punta Sayulita Longboard & SUP Surf Classic 2014 Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico.