Date of Birth: April 25, 1977

Best Known For: Making a mean shoyu chicken, being selfish with my organic chocolate (trying to get better at that), having cute feet, duck-dives at Rocky Point, putting my foot in my mouth too many times, having too many projects left undone, going to bed too early and being a devil if you wake me up, living each day like it were my last

Local Spot: Depends where we’re living

My Crew: Given Pueo and daddy...a handful of beautiful ladies I've collected along the way

Board of Choice: short and fat or long and not too heavy

Dream Wave: Swimming Pools Namotu but a left, Boca Baranca but clean, Ehukai after a huge northwester but not crowded

My Top Five:

1.) The fresh foam that surrounds you when you duck-dive under a warm-water wave   2.) Listening to Ella Fitz and Louie while sipping on homemade Chai in a candle-lit bath while hubby is giving me a foot rub   3.) Moments so beautiful, tears stream down your face for your love of God   4.) When Given is cracking up for a reason I don’t understand   5.) Seeing a kid’s life changed for good by the time and love you give them

Survivor Aamion Goodwin shows us how to catch a feast with nothing but a palm frond. Video: Daize Goodwin

The Goodwins on the magic of San O

This summer we were able to spend two months in Southern California and San O became our go-to spot. We had several Sunday barbies where we got a chance to catch up with old friends and share tons of fun waves. I had been out of the water for almost a year and San O was the perfect place for me to get back on a board and fall in love with surfing all over again.

 

I was riding an 11'0" Chris Christenson most of the time.  We've all heard the old guy barking, "one fin, one god". Well now I'm starting to figure out what he's talking about. This Christenson board is opening my eyes to feeling the wave, instead of trying so hard destroy it. I'm learning to slow my surfing down and follow the board more. My wife has mastered this art with her effortless style in all parts of the board and the wave. Wifey and I are more inspired than ever to be in the water surfing. Thank you San O for bringing back the STOKE for the Goodwins. — Aamion

Dream surf session sponsored by Stoke Mentorship, Nike 6.0 and Surf with Daize by Hurley.

Was a pretty awesome time for a bunch of inner city Los Angeles teens when they got to ride the waves of Southern Ca.  Stoked Mentorship, Nike 6.0, and Surf With Daize by Hurley teamed up to make some serious dreams come true.  For three Saturdays in a row these kids got to experience the beach culture...  Yoga, Acai Bowls, Surf Heritage Museum, and the beach!! Most of the teens, coming from hard home lifes had only learned to swim a few weeks prior to surfing for the first time.  I was amazed at their dedication and determination to learning a new sport.  Surfing isn't the easiest to pick up, but most of the kids syood up and rode their waves to shore.  Here are some pix rom the fun.  Also check out the Nike 6.0 site for a video of the three week fun. Here's the link: 

http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nke6-en_US/2009/09/15/60-days-of-stoked-ness

 Enjoy
~Daize Shayne Goodwin

The most amazing thing about life is when you give back.  A great quote says "life is not worth living, unless it's for someone else."  Well our )( girls got a sample of that this last week when we took home made cards to a convalscent home in Newport Beach.  Tears welled up in the elderlys eyes as we sang songs and shared some smiles with them.  I was SUPER impressed with our girls... asking the elderly questions about themselves and they were eager to want to come back on their own time with more sweet things to share.  "The best thing about summer" is what one of the girls said... you ladies ROCK!!!

Back to School with Daize and her camp kids

This year we took the girls from camp to the Hurley headquarters in Costa Mesa to do a little shopping.   Hurley also stoked them all out with 40 percent off everything in the store!  Check out how happy that made them!