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Mainland Mexico, post-drone prediction: “You can expect to see every wave in the world shot with one in the near future,” says Jimmy Wilson. Photo by Jimmy Wilson.Indonesia, pre-drone nostalgia: “I took this before sending a camera into the sky was a reality,” says Russell Ord. “Back then, climbing a rusty cell tower, with missing parts and a slight lean, was the only option.” Photo by Russell Ord.Bryce Young. Asymmetrical sled. North Sumatran symmetry. Photo by Andrew Shield.Monochrome paroxysms. East American backwash. Photo by Matt Clark. Alex Botelho, navigating the blast radius of a Portuguese upsurge. Photo by João Leopoldo.Harrison Roach, highline poise, solitary mindset. North Africa. Photo by Woody Gooch.Pre-session commuter Josie Prendergast takes the slow boat in Panama. Photo by Morgan Maassen.Nic Von Rupp catches the morning train in Ireland. Photo by Al Mackinnon.Society Islands airlift, French Polynesia. “Marlon Brando bought this atoll in the 1960s,” says Tim McKenna. “After his passing, an eco resort was built, which has become a popular retreat for the rich and famous. Barack Obama recently stayed a month to work on his memoirs. A perfect left-hander breaks along a bend in the reef in front of the resort. There’s no reef pass, so access to the wave is complicated. It’s one of the most exclusive, uncrowded, freight-train lefts in the world.” Photo by Tim McKenna.Evidence of life at an anomalous, non-Roaring-40s fueled point in New Zealand. Photo by Cory Scott.Hurricane vim, as viewed from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Photo by Daniel Pullen.Dan Malloy, picking through the bull kelp north of Conception. Photo by Kanoa Zimmerman.British Columbia, Canada. Rotating eastward after a stint on the North Shore, a transient Balaram Stack re-acclimates to an icy—but still hospitable—backdoor experience. Photo by Marcus Paladino.Tofino resident Michael Darling, homebound through the pines at his local watering hole. Photo by Marcus Paladino.Low odds gold panning at Sandspit. “I shot a few hundred images like this from the water,” says Seth de Roulet. “This was the only truly sharp one.” Photo by Seth de Roulet.
[Feature image: Undulating light source. Long Island, New York. Photo by Matt Clark.]
