Ilo en Vivo + Entrevista Stephanie Dluhos - Artista, Fotógrafa y Bodyboarder

Hoy se marcó un Hito en la historia del Bodyboard Peruano. Luego de haber transmitido en Lima las dos primeras fechas, los organizadores lograron contra todo pronóstico transmitir la 3ra Fecha del Circuito Peruano de Bodyboard. Simplemente increible. Un espectáculo de olas de mas de 3 metros siendo dominadas por las mas agresivos bodyboarders peruanos.

Asi lo vivimos desde nuestros hogares:



Corchero: todavia estás a tiempo de ver las series de Open y mañana Domingo 15 las finales con el fondo musical de la DJ Jumi Lee.

Para relajarnos un poco despues de tanto oleaje... un extracto de una conversa que tuvimos con Stepanie Dluhos. Ella aparte de practicar el bodyboard es una excelente fotógrafa y artista. Acá unas lineas para los bilingües.






Hi Stephanie, how are you.. its a pleasure to meet you.
Please tell people what do you do related to bodyboarding?

While living in Hawaii, I learned about the surf culture. Being from
NYC I was mesmerized with what bodyboarders could do. Bodyboarding
has taught me the way of life: you never know when or where the next
great opportunity is going to come from or what it will be. The only
thing you can control is your response through your skills, abilities,
and attitude. Observing the trends, tendencies and action of the waves
at the beach helps you to stay prepared. With that, I have used
photography and painting to show how amazing bodyboarding is.

We noticed you like ocean photographs.. Why?? What do you find
interesting in these pictures.

Its the power of the wave that thrills me. I get turned on just by
looking at barrels and when spit comes out, YUM! I guess my interest
began because of my fear of the ocean. If you can't face what you
fear, you can't live life to the fullest. For some reason I love to
put myself in situations (bodyboarding, scuba diving) where i'm about
to have a panic attack in the water. Once I make it back to the shore
I can look back at what I accomplished, being alive and having a
blast!

What is the best pic you ever captured?

That's tough! I have favorites, but I don't consider them to be the
best. There is always room for improvement. My favorite at the moment
is the surfer standing on the rocks checking out the sets. While he
was watching the sets, a wave crashed on the rocks. That was a good
day for Rockaway Beach. Some of my other favorites are: Micah McMullin
doing dropknee, Rex Moribe doing an invert, Jeff Hubbard doing his
magic, and the sunset at pipe (no particular order).

Tell us about your passion of painting?

Painting has been my savior since I've been back in NYC. Not too many
swells come through here, and its winter right now, so its cold.
Painting lets me escape the cold and helps me create warm and colorful
places. I use a woodblock and a stencil style, which has high contrast
colors and bold lines. My biggest influences are, Katsushika Hokusai's
(known for woodcuts and but influences me with the bold lines, high
contrast) , Lady Pink (she is a graffiti artist, influences me by the
bright colors and subjects) and Ryan Beppu (is a photographer and his
images helps me compose my paintings).

What is your favorite wave.. ever surfed or not yet??

There are still places I need to check out and I have my favorites to
photograph. But to bodyboard, my favorite experience was Makaha. I
convinced Rex Moribe to do team Bodyboard competition with me for the
Buffalo Surf Contest. The biggest wave I have ridden was 5 feet until
that day. At the contest it was about 12 feet. My head was bigger than
my eyes because I thought it would be no biggy. HA! The jet ski took
us out to the wave and my heart started to POUND! There was no time to
panic, the horn blew and a wave was heading our direction. Kicking
with all my might, I dropped in on the wave and I was taking off.
While I was riding the wave Rex did his thing to make our team look
great.. who said there's no "I" in team? Once we got towards the shore
I just wanted to keep on kicking towards it. The jet ski came to take
us back. We were dropped off at a bad spot a wave was coming and it
was going to crash on us. I ducked dive, but didn't go down enough and
got caught in the wash. I was able to come up for air before the next
wave came. I ditched my board and just swam down, but my board pulled
me back up and I was caught in the wash again. I was in TOTAL panic
mode and I just wanted out. Rex talked me through it and calm me down.
With three minutes left, a wave finally came towards our direction. We
caught the wave and made our way back to the shore. I was so happy to
be back on the beach, and alive! The second wave didn't count because
we were out of bounds!

What do you know about Peru, specifically about waves here?

I've heard some amazing surf stories from those who have been to Peru
and I've seen beautiful images of the waves. I know that Huanchaco
Pitu is world's longest left. Chicama has five very long sections, but
it has its good and bad days. I also know that surfing doesn't just
happen in the oceans, it also happens at the sand dunes at Ica. This
is totally not wave related but, Lomo saltado is a delicious peruvian
dish.. maybe something great to eat after a long sessions.

Para los interesados, Stephanie estará en Lima la próxima semana y visitará Cuzco, Lobitos y porsupuesto Lima. Aver si hay algun guía cochiistico disponible.