For some, life begins and ends with waves. It’s an endless search for something bigger, something better, something crazier. And for the Swell Hunters, they had it all. A group of hardcore boogie boarders, close-knit and crazy, spent years chasing that perfect wave… until one day, it all came crashing down.
This is the story of one man’s fall from stardom, and the hard, long road he faced to come back.
Really, though, boogie boarders get shit on a lot. They go by a lot of names: boogers, dick draggers, speed bumps. For the most part, they take it in stride, and a few within their prone ranks quietly charge some of the heaviest waves in the world. In fact, a lot of the craziest waves surfers ride today were pioneered by the people on sponges, but you’ll never hear them bragging about it. Once their spot is overrun, they simply find another, crazier one.
