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Family Series: Malin Sjöstedt

Name: Malin Sjöstedt Age: 26 From: Sweden Role at Sunshinestories: Front Desk & Social Host Words to live by:  Be a spiritual badass: Send out love to strangers, always seek out the lesson and know that happiness is a choice. Favourite thing about Sri Lanka? Absolutely everything! The weather, the beaches, the people, the culture and

Sunshinestories Family: Sherrie Houghton

Name: Sherrie “Shezza” Houghton Age: 32 From: NSW Central Coast, Australia. Calls Tofino BC Canada home. Role at Sunshinestories: surf coach & massage therapist Favourite surfboard: 9ft Donald takayama longboard… Currently searching for a new faveourite traditional log style longboard. Words to live by: Share the Stoke, live the dream. Favourite thing about Sri Lanka: Ultimate surf, travel,

Family Series: Hanna Bellman

Name: Hanna Bellman Age: 27 From: Falkenberg, Sweden Job at Sunshinestories: Yoga Teacher Favorite thing about Sri Lanka: The uncrowded waves and the winding train rides!  Words to live by/favorite quote: On my travel adventures two quotes have long inspired me: ”Where there’s a will there’s a way” and ”No falta nada, solo disfrutá” (Nothing

Travel with train in Sri Lanka

There’s something magical about train travel. While most visitors to Sri Lanka usually opt for more time efficient private car transportation, there’s something to be said about skipping the convenient way and, chasing an adventure by rail. Many find this to be a highlight of their time in Sri Lanka, and it is easy to

Family Series: Michael Davies

Name: Michael Davies Age: 29 From: Newcastle, Australia Job: Surf Coach Words to live by: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” Favorite surf board: My fathers Sam Egan single fin Favorite thing about Sri Lanka: Food, culture, people, surf, heat, and the country itself. What is your surf background? I

Seea x Sunshinestories giveaway!

Update: The giveaway is over and the randomly selected winner is: Betsy Harris! Congratulations! And thank you to everyone who entered also huge thanks to Seea for pulling this together also thanks to Bing Surfboards, Poler, Nixon and Manduka. Together with our friends at over at Seea we can present a fantastic giveaway together with

Family Series: Kelly Michalak

Name: Kelly Michalak Age: 34 years young From: Australia Job: Surf coach Words to live by: “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever” -Jacques Yves Cousteau We are all connected… Be kind to our Mother Earth… Oceans & animals 🙂 Favorite thing about Sri Lanka: Fun, uncrowded waves, sunny

The story about Sunshinestories

Recently the boys from Soda Lime were over for a visit, we got in the jeep, packed it with boards a bunch of cameras, a lot of stoked only to adventure around our neighbourhood and record this video. We surfed our brains out, ran through the bushes a million times to get the perfect footage and

Interview with Nick Holmgren

Our first head surf coach – Nick Holmgren Australia born and Swedish raised Nick Holmgren is Sunshinestories’ head surf teacher and also one of the most humble and talented surfers from Sweden. At the age of 15 his cousins pushed him into his first wave in Australia. He’s been stoked ever since. “Back in Sweden I

Our Story

Sunshinestories has grown from a lifestyle blog to a lifestyle retreat tucked in under the palm trees in the Sri Lankan jungle. A real-life concept where everyone can come live their own Sunshine Story. The Sunshine Story Sunshinestories started as a travel blog by founders Petter & Linn, documenting their 3 year long journey around the