The Search: Right Foot Forward
There are levels of surfing perfection. At the highest level everything comes together.
1. Wind.
2. Tide.
3. Swell and
4. Crowd – or more importantly a lack thereof…
You can have the first three factors just right and you’re stoked, but if the fourth and final is on overload then you’re on the frustrating lowest of low levels. You’d rather it be less than perfect and uncrowded than the stuff dreams are made of and never get a chance to actually ride a wave, right?
What the boys found was their own little left – probably no more than an hour away as the crow flies - from the perfect but packed reefs several windy bays away.
Luke Hynd has had his fair share of perfect Search waves in 2015. So he’s learned firsthand that with some time up your sleeve, it’s possible to just keep going until you find something new and inspiring that stands out.
Young Rip Curl Searchers Luke Hynd, Jacob Willcox and Harry Bryant got together to chase a swell at a couple of the better known spots on the surf adventurers bucket list not long ago. When they got there all of the above happened – especially factor 4 – and the crowd simply pushed them out and into a better place.
Instead of hassling, they hustled. A quick re-pack of the boards, a sniff of the wind for which direction to go in, and then they were off happy to see what they could find. They scored. A private Idaho in a populated land…
Pictures by Andrew Shield. Footage by Darcy Ward. Clip Edit Scott McClimont.
“It’s such a progressive wave. To know before you take off that your gunna get a little pit and then hit a snowboard jump that breaks in the same place every time..."
Each time the boys paddled back out they would see their mates pull into a pit and do a huge punt. “We were pretty much screaming the entire surf!” Jacob Willcox sheet / oil glass.
