This Is Livin’: Tahiti

Koa Rothman, Kiron Jabour, Ivan Florence and co explore the Tahitian right featured on the current mag’s cover.

Project: Shadowfax

Tanner Gudauskas and a fabulous blast of good times from his home in Cali to Fiji.

Ni Si Bula … Russell Bierke

NI SA BULA – Welcome
Some four years ago, Russell Bierke broke his foot in three places on his last wave on a Cloudbreak strike mission.
A solid swell recently popped up on the horizon and Russ made the last minute call to revisit the happy isles of Fiji and finally put his injury to rest.

Short film directed, filmed and edited by Spencer Frost
Additional footage – Nick Pollett

The Desert Hilton

It’s like nowhere else I’ve ever been in my life. When you wake up in the morning all you can think about about surfing, and nature, and trying not to kick your toes on rocks.” – Laura Enever

The mythos of heading into the Australian desert to find waves has been burned into the collective consciousness of surfers for generations. Images of Occy threading crystal pits in Green Iguana, or sharks cruising by Shane Dorian surfing a bombie during the Billabong Challenge are two images that spring to mind.
During a recent Adventure Division trip, Occy and Shane took a new generation of crew back to the Desert Hilton, hunting swells and experience beyond the everyday grind.
The faces might have changed but the results are timeless – miles of driving rewarded with heaving barrels over urchin-infested reef. Join Occy, Shane Dorian, Jack Robinson, Laura Enever, Shaun Manners, & Kai Hing as they head North by Northwest for one iconic trip. This is, Desert Hilton.

Chippa Wilson: Video No. 04

Sometimes words get in the way. Just watch Chippa Wilson tunnel and fly around Indo and enjoy your jaw hitting the ground as your brain explodes out of your ears. Clip of the year?

MÚKÙNÉ, Child Surfers, Not Child Soldiers

In June 2018, professional surfers Arthur Bourbon and Damien Castera travelled to Africa in order to make a documentary film about Liberia. They went there to witness the history of the first surfing community in this country, devastated by 15 years of civil war.

Here is a short film introducing their journey. A feature-length documentary is currently being edited and will be available in early 2019.

During this adventure, they met children who have swapped rifles and weapons for surfboards. In Robertsport, a village which was completely blasted by the civil war, a small group of surf enthusiasts uses their new born passion as a vector for both personal growth and local development.

For Arthur and Damien, the main purpose of their trip was not to surf the most beautiful waves in the country but to share them with the very first generation of Liberian « child surfers ».

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Surfers / directors: @damiencastera & @arthurbourbon. Production: @hand_studio