Factivegrl

By the time summer roles around every year, we (as surfers) are generally so stoked to get some sun on our skin, some warm sand between our toes and a surf session SANS wetsuit, that we fail to remember the exact implications the sun can have on our bodies and skin, especially when we are pasty and white after a long winter indoors and under hoodies and wetsuits.

That initial summer sun burn though can be detrimental to your health, and can be the major cause of you forming skin cancer, which let’s be honest, is not all that cool. Hanging out in the sun for too long means that you get to much UV exposure, which causes DNA damage to your skin, which in turn, causes cancer. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, beating the likes of breast cancer, lung …

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Yes, yes, I know I am a surfer and I have a certain reputation to uphold, but once in a while, I love to read Cosmopolitan and a couple of those other crappy girlie mags. It’s usually the call outs on the cover that suck me in, like, “78 never seen sex positions to try on your guy”. Then you get to the page and you’re all like, what the hell, this is lame, and yes, it gets me every time, but what can you do. So I end up with the mags and generally read them, well look at the pictures at least. Now this time of year, I love to notice, when summer seems to be knocking on the door, all the articles seem to have something to do with getting your body ready for a bikini and summer. …

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