One Step North

From his perch at the Nike house, Koa spots an afternoon window at Backdoor and slips out for a few to the delight of the post-Pipe Masters crowd. About SESSION: Because in the water is only half the story, the SESSION series gives a window into the before, during and after of one Nike athlete’s surf session. It’s not all barrels and glamour — but then, sometimes it is.

Onshore winds from the south dish up a fun little sesh just over the dunes from the house Julian and his brothers grew up in. Jules rides a stumpy little sled and works on his backhand rotor.