How do you build a portfolio when you’ve already photographed everyone you know?

I’m looking for advice on rebuilding my portfolio when I’ve already photographed everyone in my very small friend group several times over.

I’ve been doing photography for 8 years and associate shooting weddings for 4, but I’m trying to focus more on my own work now.

I’m most interested in candid couples/lifestyle portraits and action/adventure-style work, like surfing, skiing, and people doing what they love in a natural, documentary way. I don’t want to build my brand around weddings, so I don't want to use my associate work on my site, especially since the editing style isn’t mine and very different from my own.

On top of that, a few months ago, my hard drive died and was unrecoverable, so I lost a lot of my personal portfolio work. Now I’m trying to rebuild, but my current portfolio is mostly the same few friends/couples in different locations.

I’d be happy to do free or low-cost shoots, but I’m trying to be intentional and create work that fits my actual style/vision, not just shoot anything for free.

How would you find the right people/couples to photograph when you don’t have many connections? Where would you post, and how would you word it?