Wondering what RW been up to this year? Check photos and a full summary of his epic surf travels here.

We all want to live that pro surfer lifestyle - chasing swell around the world, getting paid to do what you love. Not all of us are as fortunate, so we chose to live our lives vicariously through blog posts, such as these. Which leads me to our team rider Ricky Whitlock's past few months... enjoy! (insert winky face emoji)

"The year has started out well so far. January provided a lot of swell which you all know. I went to Maui twice and clocked in a lot of time out at Jaws and got some good clips and photos. I followed the big swell from Maui to Todos and also had a really good day out there despite getting ran over and my board getting cut in half. Other then that there has been fun waves up and down the coast. Had a fun trip to close out there year up to SF with Kerzy, Knox and Kenworthy. So ya, I'd day its been a good two months. I'm at home now, just waiting for the ocean to wake back up (which could be this weekend). I'm keeping an eye on a potential Jaws swell on Sunday or maybe a Scripps day on Saturday." - Ricky Whitlock