{"id":45238,"date":"2014-02-18T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=45238"},"modified":"2014-02-18T09:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T17:54:50","slug":"reef-goes-head-to-toe-with-tia-blanco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=45238","title":{"rendered":"Reef Goes Head To Toe With Tia Blanco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Jki6ac9LBU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wondering why? Watch this <strong>Tia Blanco<\/strong> edit and wonder no more. Welcome to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.com\/\"><strong>Reef<\/strong><\/a> team. It&#8217;s always good to see Reef girls who can surf. Oh, and to quote <b>Dr. Hook<\/b>, she&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QChPG1rSOU0\"><b>only 16<\/b><\/a>&#8221; if you were wondering. For the official word from Reef, follow the jump.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Reef, the global surf lifestyle leader, is proud to announce that it will be taking its relationship with San Clemente surfer Tia Blanco to the next level, making her a \u201chead-to-toe\u201d Reef Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTia Blanco brings exceptional surfing talent and ability to Reef at such a young age of 16. Her self awareness, competitive passion, and her interest in a healthy and sustainable lifestyle make up the Reef Ambassador and future success story she is,\u201d says Global Reef Ambassador Manager Shea Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>Blanco, a Trestles local, has become one of the hottest up and coming West Coast surfers. Being a daughter of a Coast Guard, Blanco was born in Puerto Rico and has lived in Hawaii as well as several spots in Southern California. This graceful goofyfoot is a member of the prestigious Surfing America team. She is the perfect Ambassador for Reef\u2019s boots, shoes, and fashion-forward sandals that combine exotic styling with instant comfort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReef is truly a top notch company. When I first got sponsored, they took me to Tahiti in the first month. It was one of the most memorable trips of my life. The crew I traveled with was incredibly nice and genuine. And they were equally supportive of each of their team riders, which I really appreciated. It didn&#8217;t take long to realize that Reef is a great family to be a part of, and it\u2019s a huge honor to represent the brand,\u201d Blanco says.<\/p>\n<p>And while Blanco is committed to Surfing America Prime and NSSA events, she is extremely well rounded, enjoying painting and yoga while living a vegan lifestyle. While she is focused on a National title and maintaining her 4.0 GPA at Connections Academy, her long term goal is to make the ASP Women\u2019s World Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering why? Watch this Tia Blanco edit and wonder no more. Welcome to the Reef team. It&#8217;s always good to see Reef girls who can surf. Oh, and to quote Dr. Hook, she&#8217;s &#8220;only 16&#8221; if you were wondering. For the official word from Reef, follow the jump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45241,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45238\/revisions\/45241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}