Maddy Curley became CrossFit certified October 19th, 2008. Before that she coached gymnasts from age 2 to 65 for over ten years. Thus, she obtained her CrossFit Gymnastics certification soon after. She has since used her knowledge of body weight conditioning and olympic lifting to whip countless people into shape. Maddy is a four time Level 10 National qualifier and won Elite Nationals in 1999. She earned a full gymnastics scholarship to compete at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill where she was also a four-time Academic All-American and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Upon graduation, Maddy has since made quite a career on TV shows such as The Office, Party Down, CSI New York and several leading roles in indie movies. Her first go at a CrossFit competition was at SoCal’s 2010 Sectionals where she placed 2nd. The next year she went on to compete with her team at the 2011 CrossFitGames where they took 5th place! In 2012, Maddy placed 11th in the world at the Open and took another stab at competing as an individual, taking a laudable 7th place in SoCal’s Regional competition. She went team again in 2013 and 2014, placing 3rd at Regionals both times and her team placed 13th this year!

Jim is a professional triathlete dedicated to racing, winning and living life to the fullest. He always excelled at ice hockey and after college he went to play professinal hockey . He started his career with the Greenville Growl of the ECHL in Greenville, S.C., and was quickly moved to the Ft. Worth – Brahmas of the CHL in Ft. Worth, Texas. He stayed in Ft. Worth for half a season, until he was traded to the Winston-Salem T-Birds in Winston-Salem, N.C. After finishing the season ranking at the top of the team in both penalty minutes and points he decided to hang up his skates. Drawing upon his experience with training during his hockey career, Jim began to push his body to the limits, working out four hours a day, all while mainta ining a full time job. Following six months of intense training, he racked up five age group wins in six races with two overall wins, including an overall amateur win at the very prestigious Vineman 70.3, earning him his qualification to become a professional triathlete. Jim has a very promising, bright future in the sport.

Polina Carlson is Hawaii’s fastest female distance runner who has already ran under the Olympic Trials marathon qualifying standard. Polina was a competitive tennis player in college before her coach noticed that she outran everyone in running drills, including the members of the men’s team. His encouragement to work out with the cross-country team to simply “stay in shape” for tennis led to her giving up tennis in order to focus solely on running. Finding running later than most professional runners, Polina has already seen success in her running career, taking victories at the 2014 Great Aloha Run, the 2013 XTERRA World Championship Half-Marathon and finishing 5th in the 2013 Honolulu Marathon. In December of 2014 Polina placed 6th at the California International Marathon with a time of 2:35:15, and has her sights now set on the Olympics. Currently living and training in Oahu, Hawai’i, Polina loves the ocean and finds solace in the mountains. Polina is a happy runner and often finishes races with a smile on her face.

Guilherme is a four time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) world champion at the black belt level. Guilherme along with his brother Rafael are 1st degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and competitors for the Atos Jiu-Jitsu team. Guilherme was born in Rio Claro, Brazil. Along with his brother Rafael, he started jiu jitsu training through an older cousin named Thiago Mendes, who was a purple belt under Leonardo Santos. After only a few months of training Thiago recognized great potential for the two boys and took them to train with Ramon Lemos & Leonardo Santos. After teaching many seminars, the Mendes brothers decided that they wanted to have a traditional jiu jitsu school with their own students. In July 2012, with the help of their long-time sponsor and RVCA founder, Pat Tenore, Guilherme and Rafael Mendes opened up The Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy in Costa Mesa, California.

Originally a St. Louis girl, Lauren “Lou” Barnett moved to Dallas after she graduated from Mizzou. She is married to Brandon Barnett whom she met at Age Group Nationals Triathlon in 2009 – only suiting! She competed in her first triathlon after college on a borrowed mountain bike wearing a baggy cotton t-shirt and long, red shorts. But that race changed the course of her life. Several years later, after an undefeated season racing as an Elite Amateur, she began racing professionally in 2013 and quickly secured her first wins at the Olympic and 70.3 distances. Lauren is strong in her faith and loves the “playground” that God has given. She enjoys working hard and relentlessly pursuing her best, in all areas of her life. She lives a healthy, adventurous, fun-filled life, and to fuel that lifestyle, Lauren partners with the very best. Without partnerships with companies like Barnana, pursuing triathlon to the level she seeks wouldn’t be possible. Barnana rocks!

Lennie started riding at age 11 in the Midwest where he grew up, mostly riding the streets of Rockford, IL. Immediately the P.I.T. Skatepark became became his 2nd home and favorite place to ride! This is where he learned that bmx is a huge family of people that share the same passion for riding bikes while having fun and also where he learned how to do all the basic tricks. Lennie knew at an early age that he would do anything to just be on a bike in the air! Looking back he’s always somehow ended up around bikes. Weather he was jumping them or just cruising around he knew it would be one thing he does forever. Now Lennie rides everything! No matter what obstacle or terrain is in front of him, he’ll shred it! Weather it’s being upside down on his BMX or cruising around in a gorilla costume he’s always having fun and continues to push how much he can learn and accomplish by excelling in his passion! Eat healthy, live healthy – LW

Jennifer Fopma began her college career at Pepperdine playing middle blocker before transferring to Cal State-Northridge for her final season. She left Pepperdine as the school’s all- time leader in hitting percentage and ranked fifth in blocks per game. At Northridge, Jennifer was selected to the first- team All-Big West team and a third-team All-American, the first All-American in Cal State Northridge history. Fopma made her AVP debut in 2005 at Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. In 2013, Jennifer earned a Bronze medal at the FIVB Berlin Grand Slam, won the Huntington Beach Open and was named the Best Blocker on the AVP Tour. This season she is excited to be partnering with Summer Ross as they try to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. “I go Bananas over Barnana! I will even get in a banana suit #truestory”

Rafael is a five time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) world champion at the black belt level. Rafael, along with his brother Guilherme, are 1st degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and competitors for the Atos Jiu-Jitsu team. Rafael and his brother Guilherme started their jiu jitsu training through an older cousin named Thiago Mendes, who was a purple belt under Leonardo Santos. After only a few months of training, Thiago recognized great potential for the youngsters and took them to come and train with Ramon Lemos & Leonardo Santos. After teaching many seminars, the Mendes brothers decided that they wanted to have a traditional jiu jitsu school with their own students. In July 2012, with the help of their long-time sponsor and RVCA founder, Pat Tenore, Guilherme and Rafael Mendes opened up The Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy in Costa Mesa, California.

Born and raised in Orange County, Geena Urango started playing volleyball at age 11, spending her summers on the sand and the rest of the year on the hard court playing indoor volleyball. After an impressive club and high school athletic career, Geena was offered a full-ride scholarship to play for the University of Southern California and obtained a BA in Communications. Following her indoor career, Urango became the first-ever sand volleyball scholarship recipient at the collegiate level, and continued her education, earning her Master’s in Communication Management with an emphasis in Marketing. Geena has continued her beach volleyball career, currently working in a marketing role and competing on the AVP Tour. After competing in her first full season Urango paced three top 10 finishes and was nominated for Rookie Of The Year.

Riding with the neighborhood crew in Youngstown, Ohio, Anthony continued to progress, but it was the opening of a nearby skatepark – Section 8 – that took his riding to the next level. He eventually met veteran Red Bull team rider Kevin Robinson, who got Anthony into Woodward Camp and onto the Hoffman Bikes team in 2005. He surprised everyone at round one of the Dew Tour, taking the win in Dirt. Three more podiums (including another win) on the Tour gave Anthony the highly-coveted overall Dirt title. His breakout performance earned him exclusive invites to Red Bull Elevation and the X Games, where he pocketed a bronze medal in Dirt. Over the next two years, he stacked up frontflip and 360 variations, as well as podium finishes, including the X Games Big Air bronze. Fresh from earning the Dirt title at the BMX World Championships in Germany in July ’09, Anthony showed up at X Games with a secret banger in his trick bag. An early master of the new-school frontflip, he had unveiled several variations over the years, but he’d struggled with one that turned out to be tailor-made for the Big Air ramp. He landed the first-ever double frontflip there, cementing his reputation as a frontrunner in the progression of jumping tricks