international surfing day
On June 20th, 2011, none of us showed up to work. All our computers showed screensavers. Everything was dark and idle. There were no paper jams. No cooler talk. Just silence through the halls. The Rusty House in Newport Beach, however, was bustling. We’d taken it over for the weekend, and on the morning of International Surfing Day, we were up at 6 a.m., running through the house in our wetsuits, looking for bars of wax and coffee. The waves out front were 2- to 3-foot and sheet glass. No one out. We all had a skip in our step as we ran to the beach. We were beating the system. I’m often asked by people, “So what exactly is ISD? I saw it on the news, but I don’t get it. I just go surf?” I struggle to answer. I run through a catalog of well-known surf clichés: “Only a surfer knows the feeling.” “Do what you love, love what you do,” etc., and still, I don’t think they’ll get it. Because somewhere in our giddy gallop down to the shore that morning in Newport is the spirit of ISD. It’s nothing more than that, either. It’s a day to ditch work and go surf and hang out with the people who share that giddy gallop with you. At SURFING, we disregard obligations and go surf and we clean up the beach. That’s our celebration. How you do it doesn’t matter as much as the fact that you take a moment to enjoy the day.
Cover: Lowers // photo: taras • seaside reef (polaroids) // photos: raen
welcome to isd EDITORIAL
contributing photographers
Editor in Chief travis ferrÉ
Nathan Lawrence, DJ Struntz, Al-
Managing Editor stuart cornuelle
fredo Escobar, Domenic Mosquei-
Associate Editor Taylor Paul
ra, Casey Rossi, Nicola Lugo, An-
Photo Editor peter taras
drew Sheild, Jack Dekort, Alan
Associate Photo Editor jimmy wilson
Van Gysen, Scott Bauer, Javier
Art Director chato aganza
“Pacotwo” Munoz, Peter King,
Art Director Scott Chenoweth
Pat Stacy, Daniel Pullen, Epes
Online Editor jason miller
Sargent, Dooma, David Macomber
We surfed for two hours that morning, joined by a bunch of friends and family. We all snaked Jimmicane. Flirted with Maya Gabeira. Talked comps with Nate Yeomans and made jokes with Damien Fahrenfort. We surfed. All day. And so did all the people in this flipbook. Pretty wild just what goes down in one day of surfing. Hope you found a couple yourself. We sure did. —Travis Ferré Special Thanks to the Surfrider Foundation for organizing our beach cleanup in Newport Beach and all of the other cleanups around the world.
chapter one
opening presents around the world, some nice kiddies woke
to find that isd had been extra generous. craig anderson // Photo: Nate Lawrence
indon
Photo: Nate Lawrence
nesia
craig anderson // Photos: Nate Lawrence
craig anderson // Photos: Nate Lawrence
ba
Photo: nathan myers
ali
chi
Cristian Merello // photo: Alfredo Escobar
ile
Photo: Alfredo Escobar
tahi
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TeahUpo’o //Photo: Domenic Mosqueira
Tika Nui // Teahupo’o // Photo: Domenic Mosqueira
cent amer
tral rica
jimmy Rotherham // el salvador // photo: casey Rossi
Peter Mendia // Nicaragua // Photo: nicola Lugo
austra
D-bah // photo: andrew shield
ralia
Tom Woods // Photo: andrew Shield
Mitch adams // NSW // photo: jack Dekort
jeffr ba
rey’s ay
Photo: Alan Van Gysen
Adam Kirtchner // j-bay // Photo: Alan Van Gysen
Photo: Alan Van Gysen
west
t oz
Photo: Scotty Bauer
boo // west oz // Photo: Scotty Bauer
Marti Paradisis // West oz // Photo: Scotty Bauer
unidentified // west oz // Photos: Scotty Bauer
Photo: Scotty Bauer
unidentified // west oz // Photo: Scotty Bauer
chapter two
home for the holiday We hung our stockings at the rusty house in Newport Beach — a.k.a. isd headquarters for 2011. the garage was full of rusty sleds, and we of good cheer.
joy to the world chapter three
it might be called international surfing day, but everyone celebrates the same way.
Tanner Rozunko // San Clemente // Photo: peter Taras
north carolina // photo: dj struntz
lowers // photo: peter taras
chile // photo:alfredo Escobar
north carolina // photo: dj struntz
Hodei collazo // san sebastian // photo: pacotwo/we
Hodei collazo // photo: pacotwo/we
spain // photo: pacotwo/we
rob machado // cocoa beach, florida // photo: peter king
Huntington beach // photo: pat stacy
photo: peter king
Outer banks // photos: daniel pullen
Matt meola // photo: epes sargent
south africa // photo: alan van gysen
maui beach cleanup // photo: dooma
Life rolls on foundation // New jersey // Photo: David Macomber
cocoa beach, fl // photo: peter king
river jetties, ca // photo: jimmicane
newport beach, ca // photo: jimmicane
Ponto, ca // photo: chris straley
shane beschen and kids // photo: peter taras
keala naihe // lowers // photo: peter taras
Nate Yeomans // Trestles // Photo: peter taras
ISD
Bali // Photo: nate lawrence