When you live in place that has “Gold” in its name and “Super” in the name of its most notorious wave, you know that you’re somewhere special. And while the rest of the globe is traveling from far off places around the world to experience that, there’s no place quite like home for Mick Fanning.
Watching Mick toy with the long waves at the Superbank, it is so clear as to why he’s got the world titles, event wins and utter domination of various breaks around the world . From Snapper to Greenmount, all the way down the bank to Kirra, witness Mick’s casual approach – the subtle weight shifts to burn off speed to the little bunny hops to accelerate back through spinning little tunnels of joy – it’s as if Mick knows what the wave is doing before the wave even does.
Kepa Acero and Natxo González bolted to Southern Africa for the first Namibian swell of the season. Video game style mind blowing barrels contained within.
Western Australia. It’s red, it’s dusty and its raw. It’s the kind of place you can’t predict what will happen around the next dusty corner. Cue Radical Times in WA, the Unpredictable Edition.
Taj Burrow retired. Matt Banting snapped his entire quiver. Mikey Wright went home on crutches (OK, with Mikey boosting the way he does, this one was kinda just a matter of time). Leo Fioravanti slayed World Champions on his way to the Quarter Finals of the Margies Pro. Sebastian Zietz surfed his way into world number two. And Kanoa Igarashi, Jeremy Flores and Wiggolly Dantas got chatted up by a big ol’ shark out Margaret River’s Main Break.
Shot between January and March in 2016 Yugi at TropicalMotions captures the cold and dark adventures around the slabs, points and river mouths of north west Eire with Stephen Kilfeather on 16mm film.
