Side QuestsTravel · Kiteboarding · Surf

Side quests.

Travel, kiteboarding, surfing and the strange places in between. The side quests are the point: every skill I sell got proven out here.

Wind Bound: Charleston Women Kiteboarders, film poster with festival laurels
01The short film of 2024

Wind Bound

Doubt is very prevalent for women and girls in this male-dominated sport. This is what we did about it.


Finalist, Wild Wind Film Fest 2024
Official Selection, Carolina Surf Film Festival 2024

02The kite lifestyle

I risked what felt likeeverything for this.

I am forever grateful that I risked (what felt like) everything to chase this lifestyle. Filled with energy and connection, this sport and community has become my everything. Gear traded first, then a sponsorship, within months of first touching a kite.

Syd Meyer with her kite bar overhead and her board, on a flat beach
Bar up
Syd Meyer holding up a new wetsuit beside a car trunk full of sponsor kites and boards
Gear traded first
Syd Meyer walking her pink kite across the grass
The pink kite
Syd Meyer kiteboarding, hand dragging through the water
Hand drag
Syd Meyer standing in shallow water with her kite bar overhead, shot on film
On film
03Three knee surgeries

Still paddling out.

Three knee surgeries, the first one botched. I still paddle out, knee brace and all. Waikiki, 2026.

Syd Meyer riding a wave at Waikiki in her knee brace, sun behind her
Syd Meyer surfing at Waikiki
Syd Meyer laughing on her surfboard with the Waikiki hotels behind her
Syd Meyer surfing a wave at Waikiki in her knee brace
04Travel journal

Everywhere the wind'staken me

A running log of the places, the people and the moments worth remembering. Brazil, West Africa, the Keys, Oahu, Egypt, and a long list of cross-country moves.

Travel journal card: Yosemite National Park
Yosemite
Travel journal card: Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Travel journal card: Sorrento, Italy
Sorrento
Travel journal card: Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park
Travel journal card: Key West, Florida
Key West
Travel journal card: Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta
Travel journal card: Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte
Travel journal card: New Orleans
New Orleans
Travel journal card: New York
New York
Travel journal card: Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
Colorado
Travel journal card: Cancun, Mexico
Cancun
Travel journal card: Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Travel journal card: Malaga, Spain
Malaga

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