Makala grew up in Dana Point, California and spent her adolescent summers surfing from sunrise to sunset with her best friends and the beach community as her babysitters. Being in the same waters as local legends that shaped Southern California surf culture, it’s no wonder her classic footwork has been an influence on her own gliding style.
Beyond the sandy shores, cultivating a connection to Mother Nature’s seasons is a way of life: from tending to her home vegetable garden to being mindful of reducing her plastic consumption. We caught up with her to talk more about her signature suits, vintage clothing hoarding habits, and her most recent travels.
All photos by Lucrecia O'Keefe
Your vintage clothing collection is the best. Why do you love searching and finding pieces?
It’s been something that I've been doing my whole life and I love it. Started early pre- teens when I didn't want to follow the trends and fads of that time. So the search went on to find that new cool unique thing. Every piece has a unique story to it and one-of-a-kind pieces are something so fun to come by. I've gotten to a point where I get them even if they don't fit me or they are men's wear, haha!
Searching for these garments is a really fun thing for me to do especially when I'm traveling. Just a hobby for now that I will eventually save for a business idea and/or my children one day.
How did your love for vintage swimsuits inspire your Seeababes suit? What was the process designing it with Amanda Chinchelli, designer of Seea?
I wanted to make something we haven't done before. Not just your average suit, but something unique and different that incorporates my personality and style. We did some research together, searched through some inspiration of vintage suits and just slowly brainstormed it and sketched it.
How did you want to perform and look when you wore it?
The initial idea was so that when you come down the flying down the line you have your hair blowing in the wind and your skirt flapping away. With the elastic waist, it’s comfortable and stays right on ya when you surf. Since the bottom is so unique I needed the top to be simple and secure.
It was an awesome feeling seeing it come from a piece of paper to a garment—a priceless feeling that I helped create that. Makes me want to design more epic suits.
Tell us more about your surfboard journey! How did you get into riding mid-length boards and why do you like them?
I love riding different boards. Having a variety of a quiver is ideal. Surfing Churches, my local winter spot, is where it all started. All it took was one wave. Then I got a friend Tyler Warren to shape me one. The feeling of going fast on a smaller board is a magical feeling. I've been barreled and that's the best feeling of surfing ever!
Growing up in Southern California, there’s always a chance of running into a local legend in the lineup. What did it feel like to meet one of your surf heros Joyce Hoffman?
I will never forget that day. It was a gloomy day with a lot on my mind I saw a wave out of the corner of my eye. I've lived in Dana Point my whole life and have never surfed that reef, mainly because it rarely breaks. So I pulled over and just ran out there for a couple and my day went from alright to one of the most memorable days ever. I surfed for a bit with some random dude on a SUP and he turned to me and was like do you know who that is paddling out?
I had no idea who it was at first. But it was her! Joyce! Ma Gurl!
She still has so much steeze in her style, riding a gun-like Hobie sitting all the way out. I was a bit star struck so I didn't have much to say, just hello. Her presence said it all.
She still lives on that beach in Dana Point in one of the coolest houses you will ever see. Her surfing means a lot to me especially because she grew up surfing the iconic waves at princess point killer Dana. Which I could never surf because I was born after the harbor was already built. She's my hero.
Tell us about your mom’s flower shop in Hamburg. How do you like working with your mom and greenery?
I've worked there since I can remember. I'm an excellent sweeper. Lol. It's amazing to being able to work and share that time with my mother. The older I get the better I get at it and the more I'm learning. There’s just always good energy at the flower shop. I love the designing portion of it as well.
We often are able to see things differently when we are traveling and it a totally new place… it gets us out of our routines. What’s the last surf trip that changed your outlook?
Wow this is a tough question. Any trip has eye-opening experiences.
Japan for Seea and Axxe wetsuits was super awesome and different! We stayed with Axxe for a week before we did a week shooting for Seea. What I loved about it so much is that we got to be tourists and explore all of what Japan has in store and all its greatest attractions, not just an average surf trip (which are never bad!)
My recent trip was just to Baja and that itself is a culture shock and a half. Being isolated with no one around but rolling green hills and the beautiful ocean with waves everywhere. Pulling up to the sand dunes after a long drive on a dirt road, sleeping in a tent in the sand, waking up and just cruising to find the best waves in the cove.
It's very important to travel with the people you can trust and love. It makes the whole trip. Just the family-like vibe at all times, it’s a great way to let go and open up your mind with that much space around you. You can go for a little walk and get away to read or whatever it may be. Made me realize how lucky we are to live in the places we do. But at the same time, I like the simple lifestyle that they have down there—living off the land and the ocean to provide for your restaurant or just your family.
Thanks, Makala!
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]]>This is the home of “Gidget.” Mecca of 1960s California surf culture. To Aussies and Brits, Malibu literally equals longboard, which are called "Mals" for short. Thousands of surfers flock to Malibu’s iconic pier in the summer hoping to catch a perfect ride.
And then there is a parallel universe of Malibu. A place where conflict is coming at all your senses. Paddling into a wave is a staredown looking over your left and right shoulders. Agro yelling and whistling escalates into people actually getting pushed off waves. You’re dodging leashless longboards and stray foamies.
Which Malibu have you been to? At the end of the summer and south swell season, we reminisced about our love/hate relationship with this famous wave. Turns out, which Malibu you end up at is in your head.
Photo of Taylor Nelson at Malibu by Colin Nearman.
SUMMER LULLABY from Aaron Kim on Vimeo.
Taylor Nelson (Seeababe, goofy foot Malibu local)
"'Summer Lullaby' is a short piece that my good friend Aaron Kim came up with. We work really well together so when he asked to meet up for a dawn patrol at the BU I was stoked and even more stoked when it was the best day of summer and nobody was out!
So many people including myself have a love/hate relationship with the BU and I think the best way to navigate it on a crowded day is to fully embrace the madness and pick your waves carefully. I think so many people get upset when they paddle out because of the crowd because they don't know how to navigate around it and also they don't know the locals that they can't drop in on.
I always hear people say "It's Malibu" referring to the crowds and then they think that its ok for them to drop in on anyone and back paddle whoever just because it is so crowded. When you grow up in the chaos you know who has put their time in the water just as you have. So when people make those comments I find it pretty disrespectful and just ignore it because I know they are only coming up to surf with "swells".
My dad has always told me 'If you can't have fun out here, you can't have fun anywhere.' That little saying of his has totally changed the way I look at surfing and has always brought me back to how blessed we are to even have the ocean to jump into. I have gotten to a point that when people forget that surfing is supposed to be fun I feel really bad for them. If they can't find joy in the water it scares me to think what they are like on land.
Malibu feels like home because of the community of friends and family I have there. I love that no matter how long I am away from that place I am always welcomed back with warm smiles and open arms."
Kathy Kohner, the original Gidget at Malibu circa 1950s. |
Makala Smith wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by @hashtagsharkbait. |
Makala Smith (Seeababe, SanO shredder and winner of the Women's 2016 Call to the Wall)
“Quality over quantity. When you get a good wave at Malibu it's one of the best waves of your life.
But you hate the attitude. The vibe isn't how it’s supposed to be with surfing. Surfing is supposed to be alive sharing the stoke together. Sometimes when you’re there it's too much to handle. It's not what you want in the water.
Amongst the crowds and the kooks, there are a bunch of legends in the water that understand and share the stoke.
Even though you don't get the waves you want, the ones you get are perfection. Not only is it worth the wait, time and presence are nonexistent. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, a good wave in Malibu is like a good wave anywhere in the world.
The feeling of coming off a perfect wave at Malibu is like no other. You just got the perfect right of your life and the crowd is not a factor. Even though you’re in a crowd, you’re on the wave alone and that all worth it.
One wave is all it takes.
You can wait 30 minutes for a wave and deal with people back paddling you and cutting you off, but that moment when you get one… It's worth it all.
One wave, you can get out and leave satisfied. Or not, then you want more and you don't get it! Hahahaha.”
Makala Smith wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by @hashtagsharkbait. |
Makala Smith from Bird Man Media on Vimeo.
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]]>We can't get enough of Garance Dore's fashion illustrations, impeccable French style and unabashed honesty on her blog, so we were over the moon to hear that her studio shared mutual adoration for our "inspiring, effortless and impossibly cool" surf life. During Garance Dore Studio's recent trip to Los Angeles, our two paths got to meet at Malibu for a beach party and paddle out by the light of the sunset.
Left, Makala wears the Zuma One-Piece in Verano. Luki wears the Rincon Neoprene Jacket. |
Makala wears the Zuma in Verano. |
Karina Rozunko in the Jalama bikini. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Australia, we never want this extended holiday to end. West Coast Seeababes Karina Rozunko, Lola Mignot and Makala Smith test out the latest Seea x Anthropologie collection at Byron Bay and Noosa’s perfect crests. All photos by Luki O’Keefe.
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Karina Rozunko in the Jalama bikini. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Hermosa Surf Suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Hermosa Surf Suit and Karina wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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Lola Mignot wears the Hermosa Surf Suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala Smith wears the Zuma Surf Suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Lido in Roma. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola and Makala party wave. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola and Makala party wave. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola and Makala party wave. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola in the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Lido One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Samara Bottom in Gold Leaf; Rachel wears the Adria Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn; Makala wears the Jalama Top in Selva and Ensenada Bottom. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Adria Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Samara Bottom in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Adria Top in Dawn. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Palomar Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Adria Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn; Makala wears the Jalama Top in Selva and Ensenada Bottom; Karina wears the Samara Bottom in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Adria Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn; Makala wears the Jalama Top in Selva and Ensenada Bottom; Karina wears the Samara Bottom in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Rachel wears the Lido in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Tofino in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Tofino in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Tofino in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Tofino in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn. Lola wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom in Dawn. Lola wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Riviera in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Riviera in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Riviera in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Riviera in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Riviera in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina wears the Tabatinga Bikini in Cocodot. Luki wears the Riviera in Cocodot. |
Karina wears the Tabatinga Bikini in Cocodot. Luki wears the Riviera in Cocodot. |
Hangin' out in Oz. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina connects to nature. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina in the Martinique in Blush. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Beautiful scenery on the path to the beach. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina in the Martinique in Blush. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Tabatinga Bikini in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Our resident photographer, Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Tabatinga Bikini in Cocodot. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Cluster at the point. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Kirra in the Lido One-Piece in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Kirra in the Lido One-Piece in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Kirra in the Lido One-Piece in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Our Aussie friend's got a wicked soul arch. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Kirra in the Lido One-Piece in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Kirra in the Lido One-Piece in Gold Leaf. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Karina in the Tofino in Black Lace. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Sure, we can cram all our worldly possessions in a backpack for most warm water adventures, but how else are we going to haul our friends, and 9-foot plus logs around but in a van? Read on for the ultimate vanlife checklist.
]]>Don't worry, Makala knows exactly where everything is. Photo by Nick LaVecchia. |
Close-up of her Seea suits clothesline. Photo by Nick LaVecchia. |
It's that transitional season when the balmy saltwater temperature is perfect for neoprene-free paddling and the sunset golden hour becomes even more magnificently sparkling.
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Lola Mignot wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Labor Day typically marks the end of summer — remember the old adage not to wear white after Labor Day? But in California, September feels like our hottest month all year. The SoCal shorelines are at the perfect balmy saltwater temperature for neoprene-free paddling and as the earth rotates around the sun into Fall, that sunset golden hour becomes even more magnificently sparkling.
Makala Smith and Lola Mignot play in the warm California waters wearing the Black Porto collection. All photos by Luki O'Keefe.
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Lola Mignot wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto and sunglasses by Raen. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Capitola Top and Calafia Leggings in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Lola wears the Zuma Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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]]>Vintage photographs of Waikiki display the ultimate party waves, in some cases the surfers on balsa wood planks are so close they could reach out and hold hands with their neighbors. In the spirit of party wave central, we joined in the fun.
]]>Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. |
Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Hallie in the Doheny Rashguard. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Tofino in Black Porto. Hallie in the Doheny in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Hermosa Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor Nelson in the Doheny Rashguard exclusively for the Royal Hawaiian. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor Nelson in the Doheny Rashguard exclusively for the Royal Hawaiian. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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Hallie in the San-O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie in the San-O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Luki in the Martinique Neoprene One-Piece. Photo by Hallie Rohr. |
Taylor in the Chicama Bikini in Aquaflor. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Luki in the Martinique Neoprene One-Piece. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Luki in the Martinique Neoprene One-Piece. Photo by Amber Mozo. |
Hallie in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
You can’t not feel butterflies looking down from this peak. Read on to play with the Seeababes in the vast oceans, rocky cliffs and expansive beaches of Oahu.
]]>funtemplatesbabes jump! Hallie wears the Pavones Bikini and Luki wears the Martinique neoprene one-piece. |
Luki O'Keefe wears the Martinique neoprene one-piece. |
Hallie wears the Capitola Top and Pavones bottom in Black Porto. |
Makala wears the Pavones Top and Capitola Bottom in Black Porto. |
Makala jumps in the Pavones Top and Capitola Bottom in Black Porto. |
Makala wears the Palmas Surf Suit. Hallie wears the Tunitas Tank and Solimar Bottoms in Black Stripe. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palmas Surf Suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palmas Surf Suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palmas Surf Suit. Hallie wears the Tunitas Tank and Solimar Bottoms in Black Stripe. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Sea turtles! Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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Hallie in the Cardiff Neoprene One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie wears the Cardiff Neoprene One-Piece. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Underwater mood. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
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Makala wears the Tunitas Tank. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Tunitas Tank. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Luki wears the Moonlight Rashguard Top in Tiles. |
Seeababes in the Black Porto collection. Photo by Luki O'Keefe |
Taylor in the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom, and Rosie in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor in the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom, and Rosie in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor in the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom, and Rosie in the Tofino One-Piece in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor in the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom, Rosie in the Tofino One-Piece, Luki in the Pavones Bikini in Black Porto. |
Taylor in the Capitola Bikini in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Taylor in the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom, Rosie in the Tofino One-Piece, Luki in the Pavones Bikini in Black Porto. |
Take a trip with the Seeababes to Hawaii’s fresh air playground that makes us feel like young sprites, carefree and insanely happy.
]]>Makala Smith wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Hermosa Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Hermosa Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie wears the Capitola Top and Pavones Bottom in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Hermosa Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie wears the Doheny Rashguard in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Hermosa Surf Suit in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie wears the Capitola Top and Pavones Bottom in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Hallie wears the San O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Hallie wears the San O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top in Black Porto. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Luki O'Keefe wears the Chicama Bikini in Aquaflor. Photo by Hallie Rohr. |
Luki O'Keefe wears the Chicama Bikini in Aquaflor. Photo by Hallie Rohr. |
Luki O'Keefe wears the Chicama Bikini in Aquaflor. Photo by Hallie Rohr. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Hallie wears the San O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Hallie wears the San O in Daisy. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala wears the Palomar Crop Top and Capitola Bottom. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
"Intimasea" is a short film that celebrates the beauty and grace of women's longboard surfing, and dreamy high of playing in the waves with your friends.
]]>Made in collaboration with Australian filmmaker Nathan Oldfield, "Intimasea" is a short film that celebrates the beauty and grace of women's longboard surfing, and dreamy high of playing in the waves with your friends.
Featuring Seeababe ambassadors: Leah Dawson, Lola Mignot, Hallie Rohr, Karina Rozunko, Mele Saili and Makala Smith wearing the Seea 2015 collection, and filmed in Australia.
“Unfortunately, when I was a grom, there weren’t many girls and women in the water. I went through high school knowing only one girl who surfed with us,” said Nathan Oldfield in The Inertia. “Back then, lineups tended to be very macho affairs — very competitive, crowded with full-on sword fights. Nowadays, the tables have completely turned, especially where I live. I for one am completely stoked to share waves with lady sliders. They bring a unique and beautiful and gentler energy to surfing culture; it is a privilege and a pleasure and, above all, an inspiration to share time in the ocean with sea sisters.”
Shop the looks seen in "Intimasea" HERE!
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Congrats to the Seeababes who placed at the 2015 Noosa Festival of Surfing! Read on for full results and photos from the contest.
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Karina Rozunko during one of the heats at the Noosa Festival of Surfing 2015. Photo via Noosafestivalofsurfing.com |
Mele Saili after one of her heats at the Noosa Festival of Surfing 2015. Photo via Noosafestivalofsurfing.com |
Cool and confident, Makala Smith at the Noosa Festival of Surfing. Photo via @letmesea on Instagram. |
Another great shot of Mele Saili leaning in. Photo via @letmesea on Instagram. |
Winner of the Women's Open Mele Saili during the final round. Photo by Narrow Path Media. |
Second place in the Junior women's, Lola Mignot goes in reverse. Photo by Narrow Path Media. |
Another one of Karina Rozunko flying, winner of the Women's Pro. Photo by Narrow Path Media. |
If only we could bottle Makala Smith’s particular flavor of stoke and gain a zap of her electric superpowers. Read on to get to know our favorite wild card Seeababe.
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Makala is our surf leggings specialist! Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala Smith levitates in the Pavones bikini. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in Mexico last year, wearing the Chicama bikini. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in Mexico, wearing the Palmas surf suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala on the water. Photo by Frank Gazzola. |
Makala's awesome style. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala hangs heels. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Palmas surf suit. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Makala in the Pavones bikini. Photo by Luki O'Keefe. |
Splashing around in the sea with friends, hot summer days without a care in the world... we love you California. Seeababe and photographer Luki O'Keefe shoots friends Makala Smith and Karina Rozunko from a pier's eye view in SoCal.
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Makala (left) in the Riviera in Zilian. Karina in the Chicama in Cable Knit. |
Makala in the Riviera in Zilian. Karina in the Chicama in Cable Knit. |
Makala in the Riviera in Zilian. |
Makala in the Riviera in Zilian. |
Makala in the Riviera in Zilian. Karina in the Chicama in Cable Knit. |
Karina in the Chicama in Cable Knit. |
Makala in the Riviera in Zilian. |
Karina in the Palmas Surf Suit in Red Flower. |
Karina in the Ensenada Bikini in Denim Stripe. |
Makala in the Pavones Bikini in Red Flower. |
Makala in the Pavones Bikini in Red Flower. |
Makala in the Pavones Bikini in Red Flower. |
Makala in the Pavones Bikini in Red Flower. |
Want to see more Seeababes living the life? Go on a solo trip with Mele Somewhere in Mexico in Luki's last photo diary.
Shop surf suits for your own hot summer days at Seea!