This is my own version of the video we shot with Sammy Winter for Contiki’s “No Regrets Days” campaign last year. The story was that Sammy would have exclusive and special access to skate inside a museum a morning before it opens. We shot it in Paris at the City of Fashion and Design. We wish we would have had more time to shoot more skateboarding action as it was planned, but sometimes, time isn’t on your side.
There has always been an underground element to the world of big wave riding. For the most part, those who put their life on the line at waves like Jaws, Mavericks, Waimea Bay, etc. aren’t doing it for a paycheck or to make the pages of surf magazines, they truly have a passion for riding mountain-sized waves. One such surfer is 26-year old Maui resident Paige Alms. Surfing alongside Maui chargers like Albee Layer and Matt Meola, big wave surfer Paige can hold her own—and then some—with the world’s best when thunderous swells hit the North Shore of Maui, particularly the legendary spot known as Peahi (a.k.a. Jaws).
How did you get into surfing big waves? … More