Oftentimes, the best part of a surf trip isn’t the waves. It’s the experiences that occur during the chase–those moments in between waves where things are either perfect or terrible. Those terrible moments are the ones that make the perfect moments so perfect. The sweet ain’t so sweet without the sour, after all.
Because of the privacy settings, you’re going to have to head over to Vimeo to watch it, but it’s worth the click. Like all good trips, it wasn’t perfect. Josh Moniz and Leo Fioravanti headed to Papua New Guinea in search of the untapped. “From almost missing flights to malaria dodging, Josh Moniz and Leo Fioravanti embarked on a surf mission to Papua New Guinea with only the fear of the unknown,” wrote Marc Chambers, the filmmaker. “Papua New Guinea is a rich place of simple cultural inhabitants, where many who occupy the small islands and atolls have never seen a surfboard nor a surfer before. In one of the most memorable installments, this video closes with a life changing experience for the both of them: teaching a small village of children hugging the coastline of a punchy beach break how to surf.
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