In the eyes and through the lens of a surf photographer things like wind, waves, rain and so many other factors of nature become the primary mood indicator of the day. In the few years I have now been fascinated by the ocean there is one thing I have learnt: Nature doesn’t like us.
Brazilians dancing, singing, hooting and making a lot of noise in general: Brazilian Filipe Toledo just won the first Championship Tour (CT) event by finishing his last wave if a perfect 10 score. The only perfect 10 of the whole men’s event.
It’s Saturday, 4.55AM. Two bags and myself are waiting on the side of the road near my apartment in Queenscliff. No wind. I can smell the salt in the air and in the distance I can hear a constant deep rumble. It’s PUMPING and I’m about to get on a flight. The previous afternoon I…