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The sea is churning on this stormy April afternoon, and so is Ryan Heavyside. Threatening gray clouds hang low over cheap louis vuitton bags from china the ocean and waves break onto the jetty. But the sea is still too tame for Heavyside, his 6 foot 1 frame muscled by years of surfing.

So he overtakes the ocean by pushing his board into twists and jumps or fake designer bags ducking into a curl.

It's his second time surfing today he was in with his brother, Ronnie, after fake louis bag the morning thunderstorm so it's just as well he didn't have to dash off to New York for that modeling job for Bloomingdale's this week.

An hour later, with the edge off his hunger for the ocean, he high quality designer replica handbags wholesale heads back to work at his family's Nomad Surf Shop, snuggled between Boynton Beach and the coastal enclaves of Gulf Stream, Briny Breezes and Ocean Ridge on State Road A1A.

Ryan's father, Ron Heavyside, founded Nomad Surf Shop in 1968 and still shapes surfboards there. Ryan's mother, Beth, nurtured the shop's beachwear business. She died seven years ago.

Perfect Quality Louis Vuitton Replica Nomad is where Ryan lives, works and was discovered.

A photographer was in the shop making some photos of a friend of Ryan's who had done some modeling. He took some photos of Ryan Fake Louis Vuitton Replica Bags that led to his being asked, along with his friend, to a Versace assignment in Miami.

The photographer passed Heavyside's name along to a local manager, who ran into Heavyside by chance at a surf expo in Orlando a couple of years later. The manager encouraged Heavyside to give modeling a serious try.

The nonchalant teen slipped into the world of Gucci, Armani, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Dolce Gabbana, Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue. Before long, trips to New York evolved into jobs in the fashion capitals of Paris and Milan.

Louis Vuitton booked him exclusively to come to Paris replica louis vuitton bags in July 2003 for the spring menswear show, produced by fashion show producer KCD of New York, said Michelle Lee, the company's casting director.

His sleek hair, distant expression and body hugging clothes on the cover of the Italian men's fashion magazine L'Uomo Vogue are a world away from his back home style of humidity crimped hair, baggy, knee length shorts and a no barriers smile.

"A lot of people don't know me as a model. I'm just a guy here in the surf shop and that's the way I like it," Heavyside, now 19, said as he tagged string bikinis imported from Brazil. He's proud high quality designer replica handbags of the good price he got on the women's bathing suits, especially considering the hand done beadwork and embroidery.

A T shirted, slightly sunburned family wanders into the shop, and Heavyside helps them find flip flops.

"Ryan's an amazing, very down to earth, well rounded guy," said Erin Morris, 17, of Lantana, who has been coming to the shop since she first tried surfing at 5 and now works there part time. "He is a very considerate guy, and did I mention amazing?"

That consideration is cheap replica handbags an advantage in the surf shop, as well as in the fast paced world of modeling.

"This may sound too simple, but Ryan is a really nice person and easy to work with. In the fashion business, you have a lot of people counting on you. There are casting directors, clients, photographers, art directors and all the people behind them," said Ali Azios, who works with Heavyside at Major Model Management, the agency that 1:1 replica handbags represents him in New York. "It's stressful because of the long hours and travel."

Heavyside's commuting several times a month for modeling jobs is not unusual, Azios said.

"He'd probably be working 10 times as much if he were living in New York. But he's already working a lot and he likes to surf, so living replica louis vuitton in Florida works for him," Azios said. "Ryan is outdoors all the time and he has a natural, easy going look, like someone you'd like to hang out with."

Florida models can manage a busy schedule in New York because of frequent flights offering a relatively easy commute. There are other advantages.

"A lot of people in Florida have that sun kissed look, and there's bicycling, surfing and a natural lifestyle that helps keep them in shape," Azios said.

A South Floridian who reached the status of supermodel is Niki Taylor, whose career began when her mother sent photos of the 13 year old to a modeling agency. Taylor's career skyrocketed through the 1990s and her photo has been on more than 320 magazines worldwide, including Vogue, Seventeen, Sports Illustrated, Marie Claire, Glamour and Elle.

Even with the glamour of a model's lifestyle, like being chauffeured in New York, Heavyside savors slipping his surfboard into the back of his neat, black Silverado pick up and heading for the beach.

Elegant young women are positioned replica designer handbags enticingly next to him on fashion shoots, but he has a girlfriend at home who surfs and skateboards.

Another woman is always part of Heavyside's life. Her memory slips in at night when he can't sleep. Her presence is in the walls of Nomad Surf Shop and in the flicker of loss that sometimes haunts his eyes.

That woman is his mother.

"My dad built this place for her. She surfed. She ordered the clothes," Heavyside said. "She always had a big hibiscus flower in her hair. She was one of a kind."

His mother took him to surf expos when he was young and told him that he would make a good model for surf wear. He was just a kid and not interested.

Now he believes she is the force behind his modeling career, and he can sense the pride and happiness she would get from sharing it with him.