Robert Phelps grew up by the water here in Coronado and grew up in it. With the beach as his front yard, and now his workplace as he lifeguards at the Silver Strand Beach, he has found his niche in the ocean, mostly thanks to his father, David Phelps.

            “My Dad instilled a lot of respect and passion in me for the ocean. He was a lifeguard for the San Diego…

             On Friday May 3, the world’s best big wave surfers and all their admirers gathered at the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards show at the Grove Theatre in Anaheim. How appropriate that we would be so close to Huntington Beach, “Surf City USA”, for the big night where the top big wave…

With all the controversy surrounding the recently acclaimed movie,“Zero Dark Thirty”, I was more than interested when I was invited to a viewing of the film last year. “Zero Dark Thirty”is based on the true story of a Central…

If there’s anything I want you to get from this post, it’s a Thank you from the absolute whole of my heart, to the community that supported the climb and the adventure that we  set out on to raise money for the Lone Survivor Foundation. We had a goal of $2,400 dollars – as I was turning 24 –…

Today our United States Navy celebrated its 237^th birthday. That line holds countless stories in itself, some from years ago and some we’ve yet to hear, however, as stated on the navy.mil website, “we honor the Sailors that came before us and the ones who keep us strong today." People celebrated today in various ways, with many sailors being on a current deployment, however for those on our home front the…

Hiking for Heroes

Just one day after we were told of yet another helicopter crash claiming 7 more of our warriors overseas (see…

Most of you know that I sail on the Aolani Catamaran as it is my family's business. Today we didn't sail, however a former Captain of ours did. Ken Manzoni, owner of Adventure Rib Rides here in San Diego, spotted killer whales not far from our Coronado coastline this morning. A mother orca whale along with her calf cruised alongside Captain Ken's NAVY Rib boat for over 20…

Though I’m usually out sailing on the water, yesterday afternoon I was running along side of it. Over the infamous dunes that spell out Coronado and past our central lifeguard tower, I was heading north alongside the ocean when I came across a jellyfish; deep purple like a plum. I was so tempted to touch it, but was glad that I didn’t as I later found out that it was a Black Sea Nettle (Chrysaora achlyos),  a rare species of jellyfish found only in the Pacific Ocean and…

It’s been a while since my last update, not because of a lack in updates happening on the water around us, but because I ended up on a backpacking adventure in Asia. That, though, is a whole ‘nother story for a whole ‘nother post.

Just before my adventures abroad, I interviewed four Coronado women residents who with a passion for sailing and the open ocean, just like myself. The story was published in the latest Coronado Lifestyle…

I remember flying back into San Diego last summer after I had just finished college, it was evening and the sun had set, leaving the sky a bright but dark blue. We swung South as if we were headed to Mexico, then looped around, Airport bound. I was sitting on the left side of the plane, window seat as usual, and saw the Coronado Bay Bridge in all its glory, still standing just as…