Florence made the most of his business trip. Photo: Nathan Florence//screenshot
While most surfers dream of a vacation to Kandui, Nathan Florence was lucky enough to go there on a business trip. In Florence’s latest vlog, he and wife Mahina went to the Mentawai islands, where Red Bull was organizing a retreat for up-and-coming surfers to ride perfect waves in Indonesia and pick up knowledge from seasoned vets like Florence and Jordy Smith.
We’re “here just to surf, have fun, talking surfing in general, careers, sponsorships, competitive surfing, big wave surfing, all that good stuff,” said Florence. “They got a trainer here, a mindset coach, but we’re really here just to surf a lot.”
Smith’s advice for the kids was not to take everything too seriously and have fun, while Florence explained how to channel fear to ride big waves.
From the looks of it, Florence and Smith didn’t score any major swells, but an average day in the Mentawais will still bestow most surfers with the wave of a lifetime. The crew scored barreling rights and lefts, while Mahina got a longboard session on a more mellow wave.
