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Thicker Than Water is a collection of images and memories that started with the first time we stood on the deck of a surfboard and ends with an eighteen- month journey through the North Atlantic, South Pacific and, at the invitation of surfEXPLORE principal John Seaton Callahan, the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Starring: Rob Machado, Kelly Slater, Brad Gerlach, Shane Dorian, The Malloy Brothers, and others.
There was a moment last year that sums up Thicker Than Water. We were on the northwest coast of Ireland hiding from sixty miles per hour wind behind an old stone wall. Noah Johnson had decided to windsurf across a flooded cow pasture using a towel as a sail and we were determined to capture a shot of him. As we fumbled with lenses and a new can of film a massive gust swirled over head then descended upon the freezing water pushing Noah forward. Everyone cheered and Chris yelled something to me but his words didn't penetrate the wind. I'm not sure but I think he said, "Now we're making a… Read More

There is no other wave in the world that has dominated the hearts and minds of surfers like Pipeline. For nearly fifty years, this frightening gift of nature has stood out as one of the most challenging and perfect waves on the planet. While first believed to be unconquerable, Pipeline soon became the wave by which all others would be judged. The history of tube riding itself, surfing's holy grail, is largely woven through Pipe and Backdoor's incredible history. Through two-hundred pages of captivating and timeless images from over fifty of the world's best photographers, combined with words from surfing's most renowned writers,The Pipeline: Deep Inside The World's Most Respected Wave tells the stories from almost five decades of heart-stopping action: the first rides, the first contests, triumphs, deaths, localism, foreign invasion and performance revolutions. No surf break has given as much to the sport of surfing as Pipeline, and this book offers the photographs and tales that illustrate why Pipe's… Read More