ABOUT
The Story of Surf Missions
Born out of our love for travel and new adventures, Surf Missions was created as a way to share our expertise with the world. We know that life can seem like a repetitive cycle and that the daily grind can fill our minds and bodies with negative energy and stress. That’s why we created Surf Missions, so our community has a place to return to self-exploration, self-discovery, and share a journey with other like-minded frothers.
About Timmy Reyes
Timmy Reyes, a second generation surfer, learned early from his dad Tim Sr. Timmy quickly evolved into a great surfer at a young age. During his young adult life he spent many winters on the North Shore of Oahu honing in his big wave skills and learning from the best surfers in the world. Hailing from Huntington Beach, one of the epicenters of surfing, he grew up playing in the sand with his sister Michelle where the U.S Open of Surfing is held. He knew that surfing was what he wanted to do.
As time passed he became a multi-champion and held a record for most wins in a season as an amateur in the NSSA. He shortly left his Mother, Father, and sister behind to chase his dreams. He held his own on the World Qualifying Series with multiple event wins around the world and took home a US title along the way. He also took home the Triple Crown rookie of the year, which lead him to an early qualification on the Word Championship Tour. Making the tour was always the dream for him, and so was surfing the waves.
He had many breakout performances at places like JBay, Cloudbreak, Mexico, and Pipeline. His biggest results happened when the waves were at their best. He also made the the top 5 in the Triple Crown of Surfing three times, including a runner up finish, and catching The Wave of The Winter at Off The Wall.
In the midst of his best year on tour, he climbed to 4th in the world. Suddenly, a devastating injury lead him to withdraw from the year and he finished 11th in the world without being able to surf the rest of the season. He took a year off the tour and was healthier and stronger than ever before. He finished 15th on his comeback year, but something changed. On his 5th year on tour he felt lost.
He slowly backed away from competing and started his dream of riding big, scary waves and looking for that perfect unknown wave. This ultimately made him into a better surfer. After a couple years he came back and won the MR Price Pro in Balito, South Africa - maybe one of his best surfing moments ever. Qualifying didn’t happen for him that year and he fell short by just a few points, but maybe it was for the best. He got inducted to the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach, made a quick funny speech, and got the heck outta there.
He quickly set sail for his real journey, surfing cold waters and going to very remote places. Putting over a hundred thousand miles on trucks and cars, he did anything he could to find his perfect wave. He’s traveled with the best photographers in the world and has been featured in a movie called Under an Arctic Sky. He also landed a cover of Surfing Magazine along the way. With a 20 year plus professional surfing career in his pocket (and maybe surfing as good as ever), he’s still looking for illusive waves, coaching surfing, and traveling the world with his love Madelin
Timmy's Coaching
The philosophy of surfing is a funny one. I've challenged myself physically and mentally as a professional surfer. One of them was learning own my own but it would but a lie if I said I did it on my own. I've learned from videos of my favorite surfers and home videos from friends and family, just like any surfer would. I actually found surfing very difficult at the beginning or learning stage. It never came that naturally to me until later. At times i would think I'm doing something sick when I wasn't. haha :)
I'm no different than the person learning how to surf because I still feel like I am learning everyday. I learned from some of the best coaches, Wade Sharp, Chris Galleger, Brad Gerlach, Ian Carns, and my dad. Also have had major discussions with some of our favorite surfers of all time, But honestly i feel like the best coaching was being able to see yourself on camera. I have adopted my own ways of learning how to get better and it lead to a great surfing career. Over the past couple years I've worked kids, high school students, the everyday worker and even pros to get better at their craft, their hobby and even job. It's so fun how everyone is different, and everyone has different goals
So about the coaching for the trip... On the first day of the trip i would like to hear from everyone what they would like to do better, so that we can make it happen. We will be going through the footage daily together to break down your technique and it is going will help immensely and I will be out there to help you in the water to pump you up. Everyday we will filming surf to get your clips, but if you need a break take your time, there are plenty of hours in the day to get some. I have faith that we can accomplish what ever you want for sure by the end of the trip.
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About Madelin Jimenez
Hello! My name is Madelin, I am a Marine Biologist by training and work in the Ocean Conservation field. I have traveled and done a lot of underwater photography in my field, which led to my pursuit of surf photography videography. Traveling with Timmy to bigger, better waves around the world and filming some of the best professional surfers made me improve my land and water photography skills quickly. I am always working with Timmy to become a better surf photographer and have some of my work featured by Surfline, Indies Trader, Kelly's Slater's Surf Ranch, Firewire, and O'Neill. I enjoy working with all types of surfers both at home in San Diego, or while traveling around the world. A longboarder at heart, I enjoy surfing all types of boards and learning from everyone's individual styles.
As a surfer, diver, and sailor, I spend a lot of time in the big blue. My ultimate goal is to use the power of media and exploration in order to communicate science and conservation efforts across our oceans. I'm interested in collaborating with surfers and all ocean-minded groups in order to educate, empower, and explore. Please click on the link below to learn more about me and the mission of organization Sea Lily.