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It was a good weekend in San Clemente because The Inertia's Sixth annual Evolve Summit landed at the Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center, also known as SHACC.
The Inertia's annual event celebrating good vibes in surf and outdoors comes to San Clemente on September 16, 2023.
Jeremy Jones, the Founder and CEO of Protect Our Winters, has been a professional snowboarder for over 18 years and is widely regarded as one of the best big mountain snowboarders in the world. Ten times voted “Big Mountain Rider of the Year” by Snowboarder Magazine he has starred in over twenty snowboard films worldwide. In 2013, Jeremy was nominated by National Geographic as an “Adventurer Of The Year” and a “Champion Of Change” by President Obama for his work fighting climate change with Protect Our Winters.
Michelle Parker got her start as a ski racer at her home resort of Squaw Valley, California. By age 15, she realised her passion was freeskiing, not racing. She had competed in slopestyle and halfpipe at the U.S. Open and X Games for just a few years when a knee injury sidelined her from competition. While recovering from the injury, she travelled to Haines, Alaska, to take a mountain guide training program. That experience, she says, led her to make the switch from the park to big-mountain terrain, where she truly excelled. Michelle, one of the ski industry’s most versatile female skiers, h...
Part of Chris Burkard’s choice in becoming a photographer had to do with his insatiable urge to create. To achieve in his art. The other was that pull to the wild places he truly loves to visit: “Wilderness in its purest, most visible form,” he says. But now, he’s using that sharp eye and those ruggedly-detailed photo skills to impact and (hopefully) improve the world. Creative work can galvanize social change and inspire us to be our best. Burkard’s is certainly doing that right now. He shares his approach to creativity, innovation, and how to make an impact through your creati...