A day in the southern desert. As a clean swell fills in, the tide drops and nature comes to play. Almost playful surf evolves into something more typical - southern ocean sculptures.

It's been a number of years since I'v been able to get back over to Cyclops. It can be very difficult to pick the right window as well as balance my commitments with shooting pro-surfers, but once every so often the stars align.

On this particular occasion there was a really nicely directed swell heading for home but with really light and variable winds. I was pretty sure that waves would be fairly sloppy and not that great for surfing footage. The conditions, however looked flawless for Cyclops with ideal winds and a solid high tide peaking at mid day. The only issue was that the swell was supposed to fill in throughout the day.

Iv always been interested in seeing just how surf-able the wave could be on a more manageable clean swell so I thought it the perfect opportunity to find out.

I fired up my mate Rex (frequent filming collaborator) and we grabbed his jet ski and committed to the mission.

The usual dramas (unsealed roads and beach driving disasters) ensued but we managed to get ourselves where we wanted to be with minimal damage.

We spent the entire day from sun up to sun down on the water with not another soul in sight (with the exception of the sea life that greeted us).
Taking turns driving/filming and witnessing the ocean in its most refined rawness.

We were pretty well prepared and luckily nothing did go wrong (as we weren't exactly playing it safe with the ski positioning), but if something had gone wrong we would have been fair pickled.

It was quite a relief to get back to shore all safe and sound with the added bonus of coming across an echidna having an evening wallow in the coastal stream.

Natures greatest show all in one day. @tomjenno

The Drifter team pilgrimage to the famed Grajagan Bay doesn't happen as often as one might think. In an archipelago with over 17,000 islands, there are so many empty waves open to self-discovery that we occasionally forget to check the ones that are just across the pond.

However, when a late-season swell promised some significant size paired with just the right direction, all eyes were set on that very special stretch of reef on the shores of the tiger's lair

Wade Carmichael visits Mexico's renown point break Barra de la Cruz. Along for the ride are fellow rusty team riders Jacob Szekely and Letty Mortensen. The boys scoring both perfect barrels as well as the most rippable, fun sized walls you could just about get.

Film and edit by Jesse Little

When Torren and Aiyana borrowed the 35ft sailing boat 'Calypte' and departed from the east coast of Thailand in early 2022, they had a combined sailing experience of only a few days. The one requirement of their charter was to eventually deliver the boat to Eastern Indonesia. They could learn as they went, get a few friends with sailing experience to help through the tricky bits and pick up as much as possible from them along the way. With this plan, the pair embarked onto the South China Sea, headed up through the Strait of Malacca and around the tip of Sumatra; out into the Indian Ocean on a year-long expedition in search of waves. What seemed like an idyllic journey didn’t come easy. It was difficult to anticipate the challenges of the sleepless nights, the endless rolling and tossing of the boat, the breakdowns, the relentless maintenance and confined space. But adventures always seem sweeter if it really feels like you had to work to get there.

A film by Ishka Folkwell & Torren Martyn - Produced by needessentials

Stepping through the portal on a quest to surf the best cold water waves on Earth

Shot over the last four years, Awaken is the story of a group of brave souls who are deeply connected to nature and specifically the frozen waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. Their commitment to such a pure pursuit is a reminder that everything we need to thrive is already provided by Mother Earth.

Featuring: Oli Adams, Taz Knight, Noah Lane, Gearoid Mcdaid and Conor Maguire

A film by Reverse Paradise

Directed by Oli Adams

Directors of Cinematography: Megan Jones and Jacob Bartrop

Principal Cinematography: Megan Jones, Jacob Bartrop, Seth Hughes and Oli Adams

Additional Cinematography: Mikey Corker, Mathew Ham, Tim Boydell, Olly Fawcett, Ollie Treacher and Josh Hughes

Still Photography: Megan Jones and Luke Gartside

Sound Mix: Boyde

Supported by: Dryrobe

instagram: @reverse__paradise

Can we get a hell yeah? Full respect to the teams out there for this XXL outer reef paddle session, all the pleasure and the pain, great to see Tom Lowe out there with Nathan Florence, next level stuff.

We salute all the crew and teams out there, we doff our hat to you.

Footage:
Brent Beilman
Daniel Leigh
Zoard Janko
Jack Germain

Safety:
Mikey Bruneau
Kai Hall
Kalani Brown

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