The Barrel 2013 – Behind the Curtain 3

“The Barrel” celebrates its first “Monthly Grind”. Be curious about the great pictures straight from the ocean to you. Get drawn in by great barrels and spectacular moments. “The Barrel” is a unique surf project, which gets appreciated all over the world.

4 April 2013 – iON Worldwide and Carlton Dry today announced a year-long surf project celebrating surfers’ collective passion for seeking out and riding barreling waves, where the water is hollow where the wave breaks. The Barrel surf project will showcase the vision of barrels as shot and shared by professional and amateur surfers, photographers and videographers to win monthly prizes.

Join the iON the Barrel crew for another month of barrels collected from their travels around the globe. Drop in to a few tubes from the Ments to Mexico and check out some of the waves the www.surfthebarrel.com members have been sending in to the website this month. iON the Barrel is an interactive website open to all surfers, photographers and filmers with a passion for barrels. There are sweet prizes for the best of the barrel winners each month and a documentary film coming out in Nove...

The iON the Barrel crew have had a massive couple of months chasing hollow waves from the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, down to spicy Mexico and then over to Tahiti to test our courage with an epic swell in early June. Monthly Grind host Peter Hayes bagged more barrels than he can count and this month’s segment takes you inside a few super sweet ones. You don’t want to miss the XXL waves that pounded Teahupo’o and big wave legend Garrett McNamara among others in this month’s Grind and you...

No time to rest – The iON the Barrel crew share some more highlights from their recent Tahiti sessions. Glistening water angles show Teahupo'o on a more mellow day, sparkling clear water and mouthwatering barrels with some ripping tube-rides from two Aussie surfers Shaun Cansdell and Peter Hayes as well as a couple of incognito locals who shared their stunning local break for the day.

This episode of Behind the Curtain heads to Kirra on the Gold Coast of Queensland (Australia) where pro-surfer Mick Fanning, and many other great tuberiders, call home. We meet local surf filmer Craig Halstead and get an insight into why Kirra is one of the key barrel locations featured in the soon to be released surf film, “iON the Barrel presented by Carlton Dry.”

The Barrel crew began their pilgrimage for barrels back in January at the birthplace of surfing where huge Pacific swells pound the sands of Hawaii. On the fabled North Shore Harro filmed the humbling, crashing waves at Pipeline, Waimea Bay and up and down the reef-ringed coastline where surfers from around the world are drawn each winter. Check out this behind the scenes teaser of some of the guts and the glory rides that will feature in the movie, to be released in November.