Will Taylor grew up in Gold Beach, Oregon, surfing the burly waters of the North Pacific and oaring rafts down the nearby Rogue River. He attended college in San Luis Obispo, where the ocean was only slightly-less burly. That experience molded Taylor into a hardened outdoor athlete who can now belay climbing partners and navigate a lineup with equal aplomb. Taylor is the former editor of SUP magazine and his work has appeared in Outside and Blister Gear Review. He just finished his second Molokai2Oahu crossing.