In 2015, Oliver Kurtz and Sean Benik collaborated to create Serotonin, a 6-minute short. In it, Oliver scores one of the best waves of the winter at Pipe and the best wave of the summer at Newport Point, and together with Sean’s quick cuts and abrupt song changes, it turned out to be one of the most memorable edits of the year. Now, two years later, Sean and Oliver teamed up again to make Aftermath. While it’s clearly a sequel to Serotonin, it’s three times as long, and three times as weird (in the best possible way). – Zander Morton
The Aleutian Islands are a chain of islands that extend west from southern Alaska; they’re known for their extreme weather and nasty seas—the Pacific to the south; the Bering to the north. Alex Gray and Anthony Walsh didn’t just travel here to surf though. The particular island that we were exploring is home to the single longest-settled community in the entire world. The Aleutians who reside there are descendants from a group that migrated from Russia across the Bering Strait over 8,000 years ago; they never left. Gray and Walsh had traveled to the island with hopes of learning some indigenous practices firsthand—hunting, in particular—and teaching the locals how to surf in exchange. No one was making it out of this trip unscathed.
Shot 100% on the HERO4® and HERO5® cameras from http://GoPro.com.
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Supertubos, Portugal, 8th of March.
Aritz Aranburu, Tiago Pires, Balaram Stack, Iker Amatriain, Natxo Gonzalez, Pedro Correia, José Ferreira and Bruce Irons enjoying spring time in Portugal.
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After a brief hiatus, Nixon’s homespun surf contest, The Weird, makes a comeback on Hawaii’s North Shore. A mix of pro and am surfers were invited to compete in the peer-judged contest at Ehukai Beach Park. Dustin Barca, Conner Coffin, Jet Schilling, Nathan Fletcher, Josh Kerr, Betet Merta, Kaiwi Berry, Jojo Roper, Kalani David, Daniel Russo, Mike Dodd, Leila Hurst, Nathan Florence, Kamalei Alexander and Thatcher Johnson competed in the winner takes all, one-day event.
Hosted with colorful commentary by Parker Coffin, riders were matched through a blind draw pairing with one of seven weird boards. Shaped by Hawaii local John Pyzel of Pyzel Surfboards, the boards were a variety of different shapes and sizes and included everything from twin fins to asymmetrical boards. The contest consisted of four-man heats judged by fellow peer participants with the top finisher of each heat heading to finals. nixon.com/theweird
