The year was 1992, and the surface was just being scratched in Indonesia. In a movie that challenged the Momentum style of editing that was ruling at the time, Sonny Miller’s portrayal of Frankie Oberholzer and Tom Curren reignited every surfer’s passion for the unexplored and unknown. The movie, of course, was The Search. For their legendary performances in outer Indo, Curren and Frankie O will forever be remembered as the original Searchers.

Fast-forward to now and the pressing question of how to end Tip 2 Tip. Nearly every member of the Rip Curl team has been aboard the Quest 1. New waves have been discovered. The new stars – Dillon Perillo, Dean Brady and Bruno Santos – survived their epic stretch at sea. But what about the old stars? They’re still in the Rip Curl family. They’re still ripping. Why not have a little reunion tour… 16 years later. And so it was. Frankie Oberholzer and Tom Curren, along with Tom’s kids Frank and Patrick – deep into northern Indo on the Quest 1.

But when Frankie O said, “I thought I’d never come back here again,” that gave the brains another idea: If it wasn’t an ending for Frankie Oberholzer, then maybe it shouldn’t be an ending for Tip 2 Tip – just another chapter in the Infinite Search.

As it turns out, this trip is just getting started…