What is with all the guys hating on professional surfers? Honestly, surfing should get it’s territorialism sorted out.

These guys broke their backs to get good enough in the sport to be able to go professional in it. If people knew the effort and sacrifice that goes into getting good enough in ANY sport to be able to do it in a professional manner, they would think twice about hating on those who made it their life.

So they end up exposing a couple of surf spots, what is the big deal? The ocean is for everybody, not just a select few. Localism and territorialism in surfing must go. With more surfers we are going to have more crowds. More crowds mean that the professional surfers have more competition. That puts EVEN MORE pressure on the guys who made this movie to make a living.

Nik, you have a problem with someone making a life out of surfing, but you don’t seem to have a problem with someone making a life out of MMA. What is the difference? You could say one should not disgrace the purity of Martial Arts through making it a big show for the masses. As someone with over 13 years of Martial Arts experience, I can honestly say that big time MMA is just as much a sell-out, if not more of a sell-out, than professional surfing. MMA fighters go and beat each other up in a octagon cage for the entertainment of others. Professional surfers ride waves and film them for the entertainment of others. What is the difference here? Martial Arts can be seen as just as sacred as surfing. They are equal in my opinion, and I see both as sacred. But, I don’t see a problem with either sport when done professionally.

If it is all about keeping spots uncrowded, then get over your selfish territorialist instincts. Maybe if you share a wave with someone from another town, when you visit his town some day he will do the same for you. If we all could just learn to share a little…

Green Ptpeline

Congratulations on serving up some Incredible surf Stoke, keep up the great work!

I thought it was great! Wish I were there.

You negative idiots like Nik Juddo and John all a bunch of insecure idiots. are you for real? REAL job? MMA hahahaha you friggn kooks.
If you want to do this sort of thing you have to WORK for it. if you want to get paid to surf you have to work for it. surfing is hard and being pro is harder. Get a friggen clue. no ments in this vid. idiot ..

If you wanted to travel in your life instead of struggling why dont you work harder ,study more, choose not to buy all that shit you buy, or a house get married and have kids. live simply. save what you can live beneath your means. its not that hard.
MMA BAHAHAHAHA

Nik the dick, why don’t you stick to your local and posing in your speedo! guys like Kepa remind us in the surfing community that there is still so much out there to explore, but you wouldn’t grasp the concept, you need some depth to understand. Awesome movie, thanks SURFER

Some of you people don’t seem to be able to appreciate things like this. Yeah, these guys are doing something we probably all wish we could do everyday. One comment went as far as to say these guys couldn’t hold down a regular job. This is the most illogical statement I’ve read in a while. You assume a man who can crush a wave in a nearly frozen ocean can’t flip a burger? Did it occur to you there are MANY jobs related to what these guys did in this video, that could be considered a regular job to a lot of people. This video isn’t even suggesting these guys do this everyday or something, that’s why it’s called a journey. Personally, I’m landlocked for the unforeseeable future, so seeing this is as close as I can come to feeling a wave. Appreciate your sloppy swells, your second hand stick, crappy beach etc. or trade me with 110 degree weather, sick humidity, rednecks, and no beach for miles.

la la la fantasyland, these guys just go around and surf all these far flung and ultra costly places (like Norway and mentawis) and never work a real job in their life to pay for it. i got news for you guys -most people are struggling just to get by, you are very spoiled and you couldn’t hold down a real job if you tried.

Wondering why I can see the film when I dowload it on my mac? I get the music only and a blank screen. I can play it with no problem, but the download doesn’t work.

Great Video with good spirit ! My favorite part when that guy, ( Kepa A? ) surf Patagonia by himself !
Thanks for sharing !

Anyone who sets up a camera and films themselves is a complete tool.

Maybe u got some footage of “slush bay” too? i read the article about it in the big issue and it looks pretty amazing.

Finally a really good surf video, couldn’t take Sterling anymore!!

This is so cool it hurts! Those waves in South Africa were full. Even just as a body surfer the waves were a ride not to be missed and no wet suit was needed. Oh boy…I’m homesick! Yea jelouse to, coz I never managed to stand! Keep riding guys.

WOW! What an awesome journey and great waves… Only in my dreams could I have had such an experience. I grew up in Hawaii in the 70′s & 80′s and now I am in Florida being a husband and a dad. Not much time for surfing right now but this type of stuff keeps me alive in my heart. Surfing is life for those who know and are able to live it. THANK YOU for a great experience through your eyes. Keep the dream alive and keep surfing for us all…. Aloha!

Nik is a huge douchebag. Lay off the roids dude! The movie was awesome. Thanks, Surfer!!!

The last sequence should not confuse people…. this wave is absolutely deadly. Surfing it without helmets and booties just goes to show what a bunch of dicks these guys really are and will do anything for better surf shots – Show Ponies gone mental. On the other hand, the first Spanish guy, this is what a true surfer is .. this makes Machado’s pre manufactured “Drifter” movie look even more like a Fail than it already is. There was once a day when surfing was not so sold out – but in true Capitalist fashion, the big 4 surf companies got bigger and bigger until they sold their soul – very sad indeed.

Sick! Thank you SURFER for putting this together. Now I have to blow off work and go surf.

thanks! how cool and mellow is this Kepa Acero?! That´s a SURFER to me…

Thank You

this film was produced & directed by bryce lowe-white