Welcome to Day Trippers - a series of travel guides brought to you by Sun Bum. In this series, we get a local’s perspective from some of the raddest people in action sports about their home towns - from Noosa Australia to Frankie’s hometown of Malibu.

‘Hometown’ is a flexible term for a series like this because by virtue of the profession, much of the talent featured are and always have been fairly nomadic. More like ‘current and most established base of operations,’ but that isn’t as catchy as ‘hometown’. So to be fair to all, like I said, professional surfer, tube lord, mother, and ceramicist, Frankie Harrer’s hometown is in and all around Malibu, so that’s where we visit today. This iteration of Day Trippers is more like a day - a perfect, relaxed, cruising day - in the life of one of Malibu’s most talented young rippers.

If you are in Malibu and looking to live like the locals, you must be willing to slow a bit. Enjoy the little things. The free things. The treats. The friends. The breeze. The waves. Take a day like Frankie (and her daughter, Yara) does: unbothered, treat tightly in hand, happy. Frozen yogurt, a toy store, multiple beaches, smoothies, a bit of sun, some hands in the clay, and back home for a sip; this a very good day.

SOMETHING YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN?

I love Malibu. It’s obviously home to me so it’ll always be comfortable. It’s close enough to the city, but really pretty beaches and mellow lifestyle kind of hard to beat if you want to be in the greater LA zone.

SOMETHING YOU DON’T LOVE ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN?

Its hard to stay there for a lot of local people financially.