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French pro surfers Joan Duru and Maud Le Car recently found a gap in their busy competition schedules to sneak in a session at the new Wavegarden Cove. Duru, who in his maiden year on the world tour has proven his ability as a powerhouse surfer in Fiji and South Africa, jumped at the chance to rip into the Cove’s wide variety of waves. Le Car was equally impressive with her fluid rail-to-rail style, and as the two of them exchanged waves, onlookers might easily have mistaken the session for a competitive man-on-woman heat.
“It was really nice to have different waves,” said Le Car. “In the ocean sometimes you don’t have the opportunity to have those types of waves to try different things because you don’t want to fall”.
Duru quickly set about putting the new technology through its paces, testing out his repertoire on waves both small and large. He definitely took a liking to the bigger waves on offer, which enabled him to practice his vertical backhand snaps and powerful carves. “We surfed a turn wave [which was] more hollow and that was good to hit the lip, a little bit like Snapper [Rocks],” beamed the Frenchman.
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Jordy Smith at Jeffreys Bay is one of surfing’s greatest sights. The long, roping walls of Africa’s most famous right hander allow the big natural footer to generate fearsome speed, which he then harnesses and turns in to the biggest carves in the game. Spray flies to the stratosphere, raining back down at the same time as his next vicious assault on the lip. It’s brutal and beautiful, beastly and balletic. Big, bold and brash, there’s nothing else quite like it.
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Jonathan Gubbins has been traveling the world sampling barrels like an American in Costco but has found two that suit his charging style – Skeleton Bay and Kandui. Big, fast lefts that look like a goofy’s paradise. Take three minutes and get yourself a taste.
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Water Over Sand. The most simplistic description of a surfers playing field. True to simplicity, this motion piece focuses on Asher Pacey and his affinity for a pure and uncomplicated journey amongst Australia’s coastline. It depicts an adventure we all pine for…escaping the rat race, bee-lining for a remote stretch of coast off the well-worn path, equipped with little more than a swag, surfboard, fishing rod, beers, fun waves, no phone reception and a couple of good buddies to share it all with.
True to his style, this piece was captured, directed and edited beautifully by the talented Matt Kleiner.
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ROOT! Mikey Wright’s latest clip, shot over a few sessions in WA.
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…Continuing to evolve with technique, power, and style. Matt McCabe has matured into an all around freak. Filmed in Ventura, CA and the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, 2016 ’17. Shot with a RED Scarlet-W and Canon 300mm 2.8 Lens.
