{"id":18423,"date":"2015-01-28T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/?p=18423"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:40:23","slug":"rising-star-braeden-kopec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/rising-star-braeden-kopec\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Star: Braeden Kopec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Braeden Kopec, 8 year-old super grom and rising star from Flagler Beach, Florida whose favorite place in the world is Costa Rica. On their most recent trip, Braeden and his 2 supporting parents spent their 7th trip here at Witch&#8217;s Rock Surf Camp enjoying the summertime vibes and playful surf. (Talk about serious WRSC Alumni right?)<\/p>\n<p>In between guest interviews on the Pirate Radio Show, ripping up the waves along the coast, and representing WRSC as a team rider,\u00a0we caught up with Braeden to learn \u00a0more about what make this 8 year old tick.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18424\" src=\"http:\/\/164.68.121.224\/wrsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/image002.png\" alt=\"image002\" width=\"368\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: \u00a0Braeden Dune Kopec<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0@floridgrommom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong>: 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Homebreak:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Flagler Beach Pier, Florida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic Board &amp; Dimensions:<\/strong>\u00a0 I ride Quiet Flight Surfboards team customs made by my awesome shaper Bruce Ragan. They are 4\u2019-6\u201d but\u00a0the rest of the dimensions are a secret (laughs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Surf, skate and read<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: Quiet Flight Surfboards, SunBum Sunscreen, XCEL wetsuits, Witch\u2019s Rock Surf Camp, Surf Station, DSR:Dive\/Surf\/Ride,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dream Surf Trip<\/strong>: I would fly to Costa whenever I wanted&#8230; like every week! I really like traveling and want to go to as many places as I can.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Music<\/strong>: Billy Idol<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pets<\/strong>: my crazy cat Roxy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote to live by<\/strong>: Have fun surfing, that\u2019s what surfing is really all about. It\u2019s nice to be important,\u00a0but it\u2019s more important to be nice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Bonus Video* Check out this little ripper yourself!<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"Braeden\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RpXvGKq4pQQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Braeden Kopec, 8 year-old super grom and rising star from Flagler Beach, Florida whose favorite place in the world is Costa Rica. On their most recent trip, Braeden and his 2 supporting parents spent their 7th trip here at Witch&#8217;s Rock Surf Camp enjoying the summertime vibes and playful surf. 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