Action Sports Journalist Shelby Stanger Pens Her First Book

June 5, 2023

Stanger, who worked for Shop-Eat-Surf after leaving Vans in 2009, has been writing about the power of adventure since age 19, when she started an adventure and surfing column for five San Diego Newspapers in 1999. She went on to work as the first female journalist for the Vans Warped Tour, before working in marketing at Vans fulltime, and then returning to journalism again in 2009. That’s when she wrote for SES, Outside Magazine and more. In 2016, Shelby started a podcast called Wild Ideas Worth Living, which was acquired by REI Co-op Production Studios in 2020, with Shelby still hosting the top ranked adventure show every week. Shop Eat Surf