Rad Livin’: Meet Jess and Taylah

Tuesday // May 26 // 2015

Discovering Jess and Taylah was like finding the definition of a DontTellSummer gal. They’re young, they’re free and making moves to do what completely excites them. Combining their passions for creativity and ocean conservation, Tidal Magazine was created. Through Tidal, their goals are to ensure that the talent of their generation is noticed, as well as raise funds and awareness for ocean conservation. There is a wide range of content in each mag and while non-exclusive (which we love!) it particularly focuses on surf, skate, art, fashion, music and culture.

As Jess and Taylah like to say, “Tidal is a huge assembly of young people making things happen” (we just got chills).

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Rad Livin’: Meet Deborah Widdick

Wednesday // May 20 // 2015

Passion, fire, adventure… all sparkling through Deb Widdick’s eyes. She’s a traveler, dreamer and the founder of Globelle Travels.

As you know, we LOVE young people supporting other young people in making their dreams happen, and that’s why we love the Globelle Travels brand and community. They are all about female travelers supporting other female travelers, through sharing their stories, celebrating their achievements, and inspiring others to take to the road.

Aside from their inspiring photos, what drew us in the most was the authenticity and depth behind each post. From just one photo, you can feel the message and passion behind the screen. We’re excited to introduce you to Debs as she shares about taking risks, funding dreams and going for something you would love to create.

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Rad Livin’: Meet Tess Willcox

Sunday // May 10 // 2015

I remember scrolling through Pinterest about two years ago when I came across a photo of the coolest hand-painted skateboards I’d ever seen. Finding them kind of felt like when you discover a song that you’ve never heard of, and you instantly feel cool just from having the knowledge of such a wonderful thing. I clicked through to see who was behind these soulful decks, and that’s where I found Tess.

When I think of DTS ambassador Tess Willcox, two words come to mind: Fucking free. She’s a leader, vision seeker, creator and dreamer and just so happens to have created one of the raddest brands in the world, Ámes Collective. Ámes (pronounced ah-mez) specializes in custom soul deck skateboards, Moroccan interior collections, and leather goodies. Tess created her dream brand out of a love of imperfection and to embrace the simplicity in life. Like her skateboards, Tess is a wild, heart-driven, free soul full of stories and depth and we can’t wait to introduce you to her.

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A Day with Karla Layton

Thursday // May 7 // 2015

When I think of Karla Layton I think of a down-to-earth Aussie girl with a big heart, sparkling eyes, and passionate soul. One of the things I love most about her is her transparency. She tells it like it is, shows herself like she is, and is as real as they come.

I spent the day with this beautiful blogger, essential oil advocate and author of the book Ease to learn more about her life, in hopes to show you that you too can be following your dreams. It doesn’t need to to be or look a certain way, what matters is what’s right for you. It definitely takes a lot of hard work, but when that dream is sitting in your heart you have to go for it!

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Giveaway: DontTellSummer x Globelletravels

Tuesday // May 5 // 2015

We’re all about you going after your dreams and doing what you love now. We’ve teamed up with one of our fave communities @globelletravels to put together a giveaway to celebrate you going for your dreams!

We will be giving away 2 DTS hats as well as featuring you on both the globelle and DTS Instagram (and Facebook!) pages.

We love @globelletravels because they are all about celebrating the achievements of female travelers and inspiring more women to take to the road! Watch out looking at their page though, you’ll probably book a flight to some incredible location after. (Don’t mind if ya do!)

For your chance to win 1 of 2 hats and be featured:

1. Post a photo on Instagram of you following your passions somewhere around the world and tell us in 50 words or less why you love doing it.

2. Follow @donttellsummer & @globelletravels

3. Use the hashtag #dtsxglobelletravels and tag us in the photo

Throughout the next two weeks, we’ll be featuring some of our favourite entries on both of our IG and Facebook pages. Remember, for your chance to win and be featured, #dtsxglobelletravels. We couldn’t be prouder to be partnering with their rad community and look forward to seeing your entries!

Keep on going for your dreams! x