"Born and raised on O'ahu, Crystal's earliest memory is hanging out at Kaimana beach with her parents. Her dad used to push her into waves at Waikiki and by elementary school her mom was taking her to the beach to surf after school. Suffice it to say, Crystal was raised surfing. Crystal is an accomplished longboarder, but she is also an all-around ocean athlete who races outrigger canoes, competes in long-distance swims and paddleboard races, kayaks, bodysurfs and freedives. Some of Crystal's proudest moments didn't take place on a surfboard. She cites her top three as being one of two female competitors to bodysurf Pipeline on an eight- to ten-foot day and being nationally ranked in Olympic flat water K-1 kayaking and coming in 2nd place for the womans divison in the Molokai to Oahu Paddlebaord race. Crystal has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Art from Chaminade University in Honolulu. She volunteers with the Audubon Society at Waimea Valley and has recently worked with other nonprofit environmental groups including Save Our Seas, Kokua Hawai'i Foundation and The North Shore Community Land Trust. Her art and photos have been shown in art galleries and magazines around the islands.""SLIDING LIBERIA"-Filmed by Dave Homcy and conceived of by Britton Caillouette and Nicholai Lidow.....
