The great thing about surfing is it can take you to some achingly beautiful parts of the world – crystalline waters, lush green tropical fauna replete with some pretty crazy colorful birds. I once heard a pro skateboarder explain in an interview why he’d choose to be a surf groupie in another life. Something to the effect of, “Skaters hang behind strip malls and at cement suburban skateparks, surfers travel to the white sand beaches of Fiji, Tahiti and the like. Where would you prefer to hang out if you weren’t there to surf or skate?”
That skater, whose name escapes me, is wise. Photos of the locales that surfers get to travel to in the pursuit of waves are postcard worthy in their own right. Just ask Alex Smith. Here the dude gets some pretty amazing waves, but even the shots in between will blow your mind.
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