In Distance Between Dreams, the most historic year in big wave surfing comes to life through the eyes of iconic surfer Ian 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.
A little insight into the life behind the mysterious @johnnyjungle (John Barton) who lives his life shooting some of the most amazing images out of Indonesia. Johnny bases himself in the heart of the Mentawai Islands at the epic Pitstop Hill Resort as the staff photographer.
How this project came about – I was on a swell mission with Alex Smith and Riley Laing in Indonesia and we chased the swell to the Mentawai’s where we linked up with Johnny at the hill. I was pretty interested into the life Johnny lives and had been following his work for years so I decided to sit down with him and have a chat.
Infamous for his disdain of neoprene, Clay Marzo was in a predicament. “Brah, I can trunk it,” he said to the collected crew as we stared at 6-8’ offshore wind groomed tubes on what would become the day of the year at an undisclosed Baja California beachbreak.
“Clay, it’s northern Baja in mid November and the water is like 59-degrees…you’re tripping!” was the reply as we zipped up our 4/3mm fullsuits with a hot, dry wind whipping up sand and debris.
He gave in and began pulling on and squirming into a new wetsuit his brother Cheyne Magnusson got for him. Clay Marzo was in a fullsuit for the first…ever? Who knows.