Maui's Ian Walsh scored his first - and last - professional surfing victory at Sunset Beach eight years ago. Today, back at Sunset in a near-perfect performance, he showed he is clearly one of the most talented surfers to ever emerge from Hawaii.
Less than a week after the recent groundbreaking XXL swell smashed into Europe, a second XXL swell is on target for the region.
"What would you do? You've got a brother, are you gonna fuck him over for your own journalistic ambitions? What would you do..?"
Uncharted Waters is a fan's film – straight up. It makes no pretense of being otherwise. When you're a grommet you get your idol's autograph, when you're older, and if you have the means and the talent, you make a documentary about them. And that's what Craig Griffin has done.
Ain't nothing like a succesful out of town mission.
On Sunday, photographer Toby Manson and sidekick Sam Jones set the alarm early, scarfed a bowl of ceral and hit the highway before sunrise. Their window of opportunity was limited.
Ain't nothing like a succesful out of town mission.
On Sunday, photographer Toby Manson and sidekick Sam Jones set the alarm early, scarfed a bowl of ceral and hit the highway before sunrise. Their window of opportunity was limited.
As I type many of the world's best surfers are winging their way toward Fiji. Parko, Mick, Slater, Dorian, Anthony Walsh, Mick Freeman (who?). All of them chasing a south swell that formed in the Southern Ocean late last week.
As I type many of the world's best surfers are winging their way toward Fiji. Parko, Mick, Slater, Dorian, Anthony Walsh, Mick Freeman (who?). All of them chasing a south swell that formed in the Southern Ocean late last week.
When your older brother is acclaimed as one of the most talented surfers of his generation and the pundits proclaim you to have equal ability, a pro surfing career seems inevitable. Brett Herring walked away from that to follow a different path. It has been a long and varied journey and it is very far from finished.
