Building Better Humans Project

Jaymie Faber grew up on the white sandy beaches of the Sunshine Coast on Australia’s East Coast. Her Dad was a keen surfer and her Mum, a beach lovin’ babe. Her childhood memories are of days in the ocean. The mornings would begin with driving around the coast. Mum, Dad and her younger brother in the car, all belting out tunes to the songs on the radio. A surf report would come over the speakers and an immediate hush would descend upon the car. Still to this day, no matter where she is, what she is doing or who she is speaking with. If a surf report comes across the radio her attention is immediately caught. Once at the beach, her Dad would be straight out the back, the promise of a lesson long forgotten with only the allure of the curl on his mind. A familiar ritual would begin. Her Mum would set up on the sand and Jaymie and her younger brother were in the white water competing for the best wave, yet only allowed to surf directly in front of where Mum sat. The family would return home salty, happy and satis