WORLD OCEANS DAY // Happy World Oceans Day everyone! Please remember today and everyday to be kind to our mother earth as a healthier earth = a healthier YOU! Below is a beautiful shot of the South Pacific taken at the Volcom Fiji Pro yesterday!
There is a lot of awareness about what plastic food packaging does to the environment, especially with the recent L.A. plastic grocery bag ban, but have you thought about what that plastic might be doing to your food and your body? Check this out: In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives,…
In the same way that travelling across time zones upsets our sleep schedule and causes jet lag, so does our 24-hour society. Between our work, personal and social lives, there simply are not enough hours in the day to accomodate all of our demands, which is why we often steal those hours from our sleep allotment.…
Today we’re highlighting our friends at the Breast Cancer Fund. Last week we had the honor of attending their Heroes Celebration Gala, marking 20 years of leading the way in identifying and eliminating the environmental causes of cancer. Among their many awesome feats, the Breast Cancer Fund’s “Cans Not Cancer” campaign has recently succeeded in…
Genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs, are created by inserting a gene from one species into another to create a new version of a food species that would not be found in nature. GMOs can have negative effects on your health and the environment. It is important to be aware of the effects of GMOs,…
Today we honor and spotlight “Rad Mom”, Barrett Christy. Barrett has been a force and source of inspiration to many in the world of snowboarding since the early 90’s. She was a member of the first U.S. Snowboarding team during the 1998 Winter Olympics and has won more medals than any other female athlete in the Winter X Games to date. Today Barrett…
B4BC AMBASSADORS // We wanted to share this beautiful video with you from Hayley Gordon called “Cloudy Day Grinds”, featuring our little ambassadors, Annika and Klara Vrklan! These little ladies truly embody everything we love about board sports. So find that grom inside of you and get outside and be active this week! Be Healthy.…
Tired of the same old Mother’s Day brunch routine? Start a new tradition with your mom this year! Do something fun and active, maybe something that neither of you have tried before, and have an awesome time laughing and breaking a sweat together. Those who are physically active have a greatly reduced risk of breast…
Here at B4BC, we are constantly advocating the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle for cancer prevention. Now, recent studies are showing that not only can this help protect you against cancer, but for cancer survivors it can also lessen the risk of recurrence and boost long-term survival odds. Read this article at MSN Health for…
Last year, about 253,880 women in the US and Canada were diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight women are expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime, and 1 in 29 are expected to die from it. In the US, there is a 90.5% five year survival rate, and in Canada it is…