It has been a little while since I have been on an assignment for a surf shoot, so when the chance came up to take a trip into the desert for a big Southern Ocean swell with big wave specialists Mark Mathews and Ryan Hipwood, I had to drop everything and pack a bag in a rush to make the last evening flight.

These days, it seems everyone complains about the internet and how there are no uncrowded waves anymore. Everyone is certainly onto it more but if you make the effort to go a little further, beyond where most would go, then you can score the waves of your life with absolutely no one else around.

I’m not going to say any more about this trip except that it is Australia, our home and that I’m convinced it is the best place on earth to go surfing. In fact, this trip is blowing my mind!

Billy