Cruising Down The Islands

If you have been there, there is no way back. It’s what puts you to bed at night and wakes you up in the morning. It makes your heart speed up. Slow down. Stop. And continue. Continue when others say stop. You’ll fall, crash, get hurt, but you’ll never regret. Because you know that there is no way back, when you’ve got what it takes. The spirit to get there. Si tu as été ici, il n'y a pas de retour arrière.

The Nixon Surf Challenge 2014 in association with Monster Energy, Reef and Lomography headed to the Russian Far-East, with William Aliotti (FRA) edging out 2013’s winner Vincent Duvignac (FRA) in the shadow of Kamchatka’s volcanoes to be crowned Overall Winner of the week-long, peer-judged surf contest and adventure. With decent swell all week long and somewhat changeable weather conditions, the invited surfers charged hard in the 1-1.5m waves from the outset, despite frigid water temperat...