Skip Brand and his Healdsburg Running Company, a regional hub for runners of all stripes, deserve credit for introducing a key concept into the local lexicon: trail surfing.
“It means take the watch off, bring the dog out, and put the phone away,” Brand explains. Or, more simply, just flow: ride the landscape like a wave.
A longtime endurance athlete — he’s completed 15,100-mile runs and 22 Ironman triathlons — Brand also knows a thing or two about waves and water. He’s now in his fourth year as president of Friends of Lake Sonoma, a volunteer-run organization that supports the lake and its many recreational facilities.
“Its desire is to put as much recreation as possible into the lake,” Brand says…