In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surferIan Walsh, as he sets mind and body in motion to redefine the upper limits of what’s considered ‘rideable.’ With massive El Niño powered swells building across the Pacific, Ian, Shaun, D.K. and Luke Walsh band together in a way that only brothers can to progress surfing to unimaginable heights.
Starring: Ian Walsh, Shane Dorian, John John Florence, Greg Long, DK Walsh, Shaun Walsh & Luke Walsh
2min34… One sand bank… 40 barrels. This is Vincent DUVIGNAC, scoring home like no one.
Regular footer and local native Vincent Duvignac is probably the most intense surfer to watch out there. Winter is around the corner and Vincent already packed his boardbag to get ready for his next adventure leaving his homebreak, searching for new places.
Last January, as I was coming home from a trip in Canada, one of my client asked me if I was keen to fly to Oahu the next day to cover the Eddie Aikau…
I was there in 2009, last time the event ran and I shot action the all day, the level of commitment was pretty incredible. I always thought that if I had the opportunity to shoot it again I will focus on the behind the scene as the vibe is pretty unique.
I landed in the middle of the night before the contest, the brief wasn’t really defined yet so before things started too clear up I shot pretty much everything which happened in front of my lens, wandering around the Waimea Bay car park…
The rigours of the journey was slowly killing me and I knew it would be a long and intense day so I decided to go with the flow and let people act as they wanted in front of my lens…