Began Surfing: At age 8 with cousins pushing me into a neck-breaking beach break. 
Top Contest Finishes: Care more about my adventures than trophies on the mantel. 
Current Job: Professional surfer, artist, owner & designer Collectic apparel, freelance designerEducation: Graduate with honors, from UC Santa Cruz with a focus on sustainable agriculture
Past Trips: My most memorable trips have been Liberia for the film Sliding Liberia, Nicaragua, Northeast Canada and Taiwan with the Bing team.
Future Trips: Indonesia, Alaska, Baja, Central Cal. Australia, mystery Islands near Fiji.
Music: Bob, Roots Reggae, 70's Plastic Rock, Zeppelin, Bluegrass
Favorite Quote: Deeds not words.
Why ride for Bing? Besides being a living legend, Bing has always set the trends for cutting edge surfboard design and has an amazing collection of the finest logos ever created. He is an amazing shaper and surfer and riding under his label is a great honor.
Why boards by Matt Calvani? Matt is one of the most skilled and motivated shapers I have ever had the privilege to work with. He has taken the amazing Bing board catalogue and brought it back to surfers all around the world. Another amazing thing about Matt is his passion for thinking up new designs that will keep his name and the Bing label at the forefront of board design for years to come.

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Quiver: 9'6 Unnamed Model, 9'6 Goldstandard, 9'6 Silverspoon and 5'6 Fish
Sponsors: Bing, Ten Over Clothing and Cobian Sandals 
Favorite Moves: Hang Ten
Began Surfing: 10 
Top Contest Finishes: 
1st Place Encinitas Surf Festival 11-14 Longboard Division - Moonlight Beach 
2nd Place Nssa jr. Championships High School Longboard Division - Huntington Beach 
2nd Place Encinitas Surf Festival 15-18 Longboard Division - Moonlight Beach 
2nd Place Nssa jr. High School Longboard Division - Newport Beach 
4th Place Nssa jr. High School Longboard Division - OB Pier 
4th Place ISF High School Longboard Young Mens - Ponto, Carlsbad 
5th Place Nssa jr. High School Longboard Division - Seaside, Cardiff 
5th Place Nssa jr. High School Longboard Division - Huntington Beach 
6th Place Christian Surf Association Young Mens Age Division (12-18) - Ponto, Carlsbad 
Education: San Dieguto Academy High School 
Surfing Influences: Parents, Matt Calvani
Past Trips: Cabo, Las Gaviotas and Salsipudes, Mainland Mexico 
Future Trips: Australia 
Music: a lot 
Favorite Quote: "If you fail to practice, your practicing to fail" quote by my spanish teacher Professor Krogh 
Why ride for Bing? 
Matt Calvani is the sickest shaper I know and one of my favorite surfers, Bing Copeland is a legend in the surfing era and Margaret Yao is the nicest/coolest manager ever. Also Bing boards are the best boards around.

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Robyn McGinnis, Team Captain
Date of Birth: 5/29/1967 
Hometown: Cardiff by the Sea, San Diego, California 
Local Break: Cardiff Reef 
Favorite Wave: Don't really have one
Stance: Goofy

Quiver: 9'0 Pintail, 9'4 Silverspoon, 9'4 Ashley LLoyd Model (Rounded Pin)
Sponsors: Bing
Favorite Moves: Noserides
Began Surfing: 2000 
Education: High School
Surfing Influences: My son, Josh Gandulla, and my fellow Bing Babes (Kelly & Chrissy)
Current Job: CEO/President, Sierra Glass & Mirror, Inc.  
Past Trips: Baja, Hawaii, Mainland Mexico, Tavarua (Fiji)
Future Trips: TBD   
Music: All kinds 
Favorite Quote: There's nothing sadder than a good surfer with a bad attitude.  
Why ride for Bing? Matt has been shaping my boards since I began surfing. He's helped me to develop my surfing since day one. He's kind and generous with his time and talent. I'm honored to be part of his team and even more honored to call him my friend ...  Bing Copeland is a legend and a super nice guy. He is to surfing what Elvis is to rock and roll... I'm just stoked to know him, let alone be on his surf team.

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Ashley Sherwin Lloyd 
Date of Birth: 6/5/1980 
Hometown: Santa Cruz, California... from Newbury Park/ Malibu 
Local Break: Pleasure Point/ Malibu 
Favorite Wave: Depends on my mood and the country I'm in.

Stance: Strange
Quiver: 9'0 HP square tail , 9'3 AL diamond tail, 9'9 Noserider square tail, 9'6 AL pintail, 6'5 thruster, 9'9 square tail heavy mystery cloth board  
Favorite Moves: Regular foot hang five & floater 
Began Surfing: 7  
Top Contest Finishes:   
1st place Valentines Day Masacre, Pleasure Point 
1st place Log Jam 
1st place Kaikoura, NewZealand Longboard Pro, 2005 
5th place Noosa Head Pro Contest, 2005 
9th Women’s World Championships, Ocean Beach, 2005 
9th Women’s World Championships, Huntington Beach, 2004
5th Women’s World Championships, Costa Rica 2003 
3x 1st Place of Malibu Classic 2000-2003 
Education: AA Music Santa Barbara City College 
Surfing Influences: Josh Farberow,  Dane Perlee, George Carr, Danny Tarampi, Tim Lloyd, Frosty Hesson, Darshan Gooch, Tanner Beckett 
Current Job: Musician, surf instructor, surfboard shaper 
Past Trips: Australia, New Zealand, Mainland Mexico, Taiwan, France, Spain, England, Costa Rica 
Future Trips: Tavarua, Puerto Escondito, Japan 
Music: The Be Good Tanyas, Brett Dennen, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Ray LeMontagne, Van Morrison, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Immortal Technique, Sean Hayes, Xavier Rudd... I love lots and lots and lots of music. 
Favorite Quote: Love each other. 
Why ride for Bing? Because I love classic surfboards, and Bings are the best.  Bing surfboards are beautiful and I am honored to be on the team and have my own signature model. "Bing" is also one of my favorite sound effects.

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Quiver: 9'0 Bing Performance, 9'4 Bing Lovebird, 5'10 Bing Synchronizer 
Sponsors: Bing, Icons of Surf
Favorite Moves: Poop Stance turn
Began Surfing: Age 12
Education: Vanguard University
Surfing Influences: Friends, Family, Jesus
Current Job: VP Marketing, Icons of Surf
Past Trips: Hawaii, Costa Rica, Venezuela
Future Trips: Hawaii, hopefully Indo one day
Music: Black Gospel
Favorite Quote: Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but ain't nobody wants to lift any heavy ass weight.
Why ride for Bing? Good vibes all around.
Why boards by Matt Calvani? He's just super!

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Harry Gale 
Date of Birth: 1/16/1975 
Hometown: South Seaville, New Jersey 
Local Break: All over Ocean City, NJ 
Favorite Wave: Toss up between Pavones , Mt. Irvine Bay and this wave in Cape May, NJ 
Stance: Regular

Quiver: 9'6" Model without a name yet, 9'8" Gold Standard, 9'6" Silver Spoon, 9'0" Pintail Lightweight, 9'8 Custom, 6'1 Whippet, 5'9" Quad fish,  
Sponsors: Heritage Surf Shop, Harry and Beans Coffee 
Favorite Moves: Long rides and Death Tens in critical, closeout shorebreak, I love that!
Began Surfing: 1996 
Top Contest Finishes: My favorite win would have to be last fall, the Marie A. Becker Surf for a Cure, perfect waves and really fun 
Education: Bachelors of Art-Literature 
Surfing Influences: Monk Monroe, I surf with him everyday. At 54 he really rips and continues the same daily enthusiasm for surfing and life, very inspiring. Paul Callahan, my neighbor, completely fearless, makes his own boards, kills his own food and a classic power surfer. John Peck, I like his wirey style. Tyler Hatzikian, power and grace- very original. Derek Hynd, that tripped out section in Litmus blows me away. 
Current Job: Owner/coffee roaster, Harry and Beans Coffee 
Past Trips: California, Hawaii, Tobago, Mexico, Costa Rica, Barbados and Cape May, NJ..its a different world down there.
Future Trips: More Carribean trips
Music: 80s Metal-I despise the term "hair bands" 
Favorite Quote: "If you aim for nothing you'll always hit it" and "Never store your coffee in the freezer, you'll ruin it" 
Why ride for Bing? First, its an honor just to be part of Bing Surfboards just because of the legacy.Second, Matt makes a great board. Functional, progressive with a nod to the past, the Silver Spoon is the most versatile board I have ever owned.

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Ignacio "Chuki" Solis
Date of Birth: 5/18/1967
Hometown: Aviles, Spain
Local Break: Salinas, Spain
Favorite Wave: Salinas and Rodiles
Stance: Goofy

Quiver: 9'6'' Bing Silver Spoon, 9'4 Gold Standard, 9'4 Lovebird, 6'0'' Bing Quad, 6'0 Synchronizer, vintage 9'6'' Bilbo for special times
Sponsors: Bing Surfboards, Nineplus Wetsuits and Tablas Surf Shop
Favorite Moves: Nose and tuberiding
Began Surfing: When I was 14 and spent countless hours on the beach with my friends.
Surfing Influences: From Miki Dora to Joel Tudor; from Michael Petersen to Dane Reynolds. I guess every surfer that I've seen that's put something in my mind that affected my surfing in some way.
Current Job: Computer System Administrator
Past Trips: Portugal, France, Canary Islands, Indo
Future Trips: California's been always on my mind!
Music: From Steely Dan to Pat Metheny. Quiet and easy...
Why ride for Bing? Because Bing's such a classic!! And Matt and Marge are keeping that spirit alive and well. They are nice and deserve the best.
Why boards by Matt Calvani? Because he builds great modern boards based on classic lines with spectacular results. His shapes work really well!

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Drake Courie
Date of Birth: 6/27/1988
Hometown: Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Local Break: The Cove
Favorite Wave: San O or Cardiff Reef
Stance: On my feet
Quiver: 9'6" Pintail Lightweight, 9'4" Trimulux, 9'4" Performance, 9'0" Fade to Black, 6'8" Karma
Sponsors: Few Clothing and Wetsuits, Bing Surfboards, Island Kite and Surf

Favorite Moves: Long noserides
Began Surfing: Age 12
Top Contest Finishes: 2008 Ron Jon Easter Surf Festival, 1st Place Noseriding; IBX Pro, 1st Place Pro Longboard
Surfing Influences: Anybody that pushes me to surf better.
Education: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Current Job: Manager at Island Kite and Surf
Past Trips: Costa Rica, California, and East Coast
Future Trips: Back to Costa, Back to California, Possibly Hawaii
Music: MoFro, Kings of Leon, Everything
Why ride for Bing? Bings are the Cadillac of Surfboards. They noseride unreal and have shapes that work in any type of condition.

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Janna Irons
Date of Birth: 6/1/1984
Hometown: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii
Local Break: Rincon
Favorite Wave: Tea Tree, Noosa (Australia)
Stance: Regular

Quiver: 9'6'' Siverspoon, 9'4'' Pintail Lightweight
Sponsors: no mas
Favorite Moves: Getting silly and slidey with all my friends
Began Surfing: I surfed when I was little, but went through a long anti-surfing phase and didn't get into it until I was 15.
Top Contest Finishes: Don't really remember... I always accidentally leave my trophies at the beach... I've gotten a few big checks that made me feel kinda special though.
Education: B.A. in Communication from UC Santa Barbara
Surfing Influences: My parents
Current Job: Assistant Editor at Surfer Magazine
Past Trips: Costa Rica, Oz and NZ, France and Spain, Mexico
Future Trips: Everywhere with an ocean or a mountain (hopefully someday)
Music: Pretty eclectic tastes (minus hardcore metal or rap)
Favorite Quote: Not all who wander are lost...
Why ride for Bing? My silverspoon is the best board ever created- its like cheating!

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Michael Discipulo
Date of Birth: 4/24/1967
Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
Local Break: Steamer Lane / Cowell's
Favorite Wave: Indicator's mid-tide with a solid NW swell
Stance: Regular

Quiver: 10' NR2, 10' Gold Standard, 10' Lightweight Stepdeck, 9'4" Pintail Lightweight, 9'4" Trimulux, 6'9" Bonzer, 6'6" Synchronizer, 7'7" Alaia, 4-man outrigger, mat, fins
Sponsors: Bing Surfboards, Jacobs Surfboards
Favorite Moves: Tens and tubes and just feeling the glide
Began Surfing: Age 9
Education: Everyday
Surfing Influences: My sons Gabe and Isaiah as they learn to surf, pelicans, dolphins, and dawn patrolling underground locals.
Current Job: ER Technician, Bing Santa Cruz
Past Trips: Tavarua, All Hawaiian Islands, El Salvador, Baja
Future Trips: New Zealand, Central America, Bali
Music: Old School Soul, R&B; Reggae; Jawaiian; Stevie Wonder, Prince, Earth Wind and Fire; Jake Shimabukuro, Iz; ALO, Jack, Ben Harper
Favorite Quote: Peace Love Happiness
Why ride for Bing?It is an honor to represent the legendary Bing surfboards, known for its quality craftmanship and superb shapes. I love noseriding and a classic glide. Bing surfboards are beautiful and feel great!
Why boards by Matt Calvani?Matt is a very nice and cool fellow. I am fortunate to have Matt shape my boards for me. He is a most talented shaper, who is patient in listening and always thinking about the ride. I like that he respects the past, yet is continually looking forward with his shapes.

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