The Barrel 2013 – Monthly Grind 9

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” 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 packed up some big boards and their courage and headed south to Mexico in May to take on Puerto Escondido's "Mexican Pipeline". Here's a sneak preview of some of those crushing Mexican waves and some sweet tube rides including some all time POV from Ken "Skindog" Collins who will be featuring alongside Rusty Long and others in the Mexico section of the upcoming movie - iON the Barrel presented by Carlton Dry. Coming November 2013.

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...

iON the Barrel presented by Carlton Dry is a film coming out in November 2013 that celebrates the holy grail of surfing - the barrel. The film is a tribute to barrels, to some of the famous barrel waves and the surfers who pay homage paddling out each day seeking precious moments in the barrel. For this instalment of the Monthly Grind get ready for a preview of some of the favorite barrels bagged in Hawaii, Indonesia, Mexico, Tahiti and Australia.

While the holiday season was all about turkey for many, the iON the Barrel crew were busy filming and many of the world’s surfing elite were charging Pipeline on Oahu’s fabled North Shore. Santa brought sacksful of epic swells and the Pipeline Masters and Triple Crown delivered in spades to a packed beach. The Barrel brings you some of the highlights and applauds monster pits by Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, John John Florence, Jamie Sterling, Kiron Jabour, Nathan Fletcher, Reef McIntosh, Jam...