Hello 2013!!

My first blog post!!

2013 is well underway and I am so excited for new prospects and experiences! Last year was so awesome. I raced a lot, learned a lot, and had a ton of fun!! Hope this coming year will be just as good if not better, and with so many new races and events I am very optimistic about my new opportunities :)

January Surf Expo and the Orange Bowl were sooo awesome. It was great to spend time with some of my friends from all over the world, hang out at the excellent Maui Jim booth, and even go in the SUP pool! I always meet the coolest people at Expo. At the Surftech party, I even got to talk with real legends like Robert August!!! He is even coming to Suncoast for a special showing of the Endless Summer!!

The next thing up for me is the Paddle with Purpose crossing of Tampa Bay this February. This is a prone event, so I'm not sure if I'm going to be paddling or just taking pictures and helping from the boat, but either way I am so stoked that so many awesome paddlers are coming right to my backyard!! I'll get to hang out with Joe and Jack Bark, Morgan Hoesterey, Allison Riddle, and of course my local buddies like Marc Shen and Eric Shamus. It will be so cool to have the Bark team here, especially after having Jimmy Terrell of Quickblade Paddles just a couple weeks ago, as well as Sean and Judy Sweet of Sweet Waterwear!!

After that, it's off to the Punta Sayulita Classic!! I am incredibly excited about this race and I was STOKED to get my invite last minute :) I'll be able to race and surf, plus I hear that this is one of the funnest events of the year with a ton of the best paddlers in the world. I'm sure it will be one of the highlights of my year. Can't wait!!

As always, balancing paddling with school is tough. But my grades were good this past semester and I was just inducted into the National Junior Honor Society!! Starting to seriously think about colleges, and I hope to be able to go somewhere in SoCal to pursue SUP further. 

I'm also excited about launching my website, www.baileyrosen.com :) I spent a lot of time making it mine and I'm really happy with how it turned out. 

That's all for now!! Looking forward to posting more on my blog as the year progresses, my calender is stacked and I'm loving every minute of it!!

Until next time!!

Bailey xx