Chadd Konig is a paddling machine on a mission!  Since he embarked from Santa Cruz more than a week ago, he has paddled some of California's most exposed and rugged coastline. For those that have not read about his latest challenge, and his raison d'etre of late, be sure to check out the previous blog posted here.

Making great progress (and snagging some epic looking surf along the way) the below images come to us courtesy of Branden Aroyan. Enjoy this little taste of Chadd's world

Chadd Konig (Team CLIF Bar) prepares his ocean paddleboard for the grueling trip from Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara, California, to raise awareness about the practice of "fracking" in the oil and gas industry. Photo credit: Branden Aroyan.

FRACK OFF PADDLE- Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara

Journey: The coastline between Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara is home to some of the most magical and
raw landscapes, sea life and nature California has to offer. Santa Barbara-based

That's right!  Just when you thought that summer was getting good, winter film trailer season hits you like cold smoke dropping in from AK.  Further is number 2 out of  3 in the Jeremy Jones Trilogy of Deeper, Further and Higher.

So without FURTHER ado, here's the fresh hit to feed your winter stoke in the cycle of storms to come in the season ahead.

...and to get better sense of the scope of the project, check out this interview on TGR's site.

Forrest drops into an interview to shed a little light on his last season of shred.  Click the link below to read the complete interview on Jones Snowboards!
 And for a little taste of what kind of goodness Forrest likes to find himself in when the snow has gone....check out this fun little self edit taken from his POV: Surf Stylin in INDO