Bio

Ward Austin
Chronicling my majestic journey traveling, surfing, skating and adventure seeking along the Pacific Coast.

Traveler
Documentarian
Adventure Seeker


BIOGRAPHY:

  • Lifelong west coast surfer and skater
    (based in Santa Cruz, California)

  • Live and travel extensively in California, Oregon, Hawaii and Mexico

  • Vast insider knowledge of both sports and their combined histories

  • Decades of searching for surf and skate spots

  • Native Californian

SKILLS:

  • Old school bowl skating 

  • Shortboard surfing 

  • Surfboard repair, skateboard building and assembly

  • Surf and skate journalism
    (research, writing, photography, graphic design and history)

  • West Coast Surfari Travel Consultant

CONTACT:

  • wardjaustin@yahoo.com

  • 831.718.0018


Charging backside. Sloat Street, SF.


Slashing backside. Gabriel Skatepark, PDX.


“Revel in today, for tomorrow might not be for the taking!” – Wardy

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