“Follow your freak… and don’t compare yourself to others… Make sure you always have time to have fun and push yourself and go hard as well… and if you’re scared of something then do it,” said Jaleesa Vincent.
Whether it be in the surf, at home, in the studio or shaping bay, Jaleesa encompasses all of those things. She’s one of surfing’s most eclectic and creative personalities with an extensive range of hobbies that go far beyond the sea. Her recent escapades include the creation of Juju the Surf Musical, which was soundtracked by her band Cupid and the Stupids and more recently, the release of the surf film ‘Pussy Palace’ which is a celebration of her ‘Pussy Surfboards’.
Pussy Surfboards was started with her housemate at the time Ellis Ericson. While Ellis has been sculpting foam for the last decade, Jaleesa concedes she hadn’t thought too deeply about design in the past. “Before I moved into the house with Ellis, I’d never, like, even considered what a concave was. So that’s been a big change in my surfing lately, not necessarily like ripping more or anything, but just like appreciating, like feeling it, like a whole experience of surfing, from getting the blank to shaping it, to getting to spray it to glassing it.”
Pussy Palace is an ode to her craft and features the usual skit’s, creative surfing and raw soundtrack we’ve come to expect from Jaleesa. Hit the link above to watch.