Seafarers, Four Young Surfers With Passions Beyond The Riding Of Waves

Surfer Magazine - Surfing’s beginning and end are in the storms out at sea. As the collective focus of the surf world narrows, spiraling toward a singular obsession with performance on a wave, the big blue ocean’s role in the grand scheme of things is unjustly diminished. There’s much more to it than a swell meeting a sandbar. Tracing surfing’s lineage for perspective, we find our forefathers to be watermen who made their living by the sea, those who planted the seed from which this sport sprouted. While surfing’s spotlight focuses on heat scores and hashtags, four young watermen are tapping into a connection with the ocean much deeper than the basic riding of waves. Don’t get the wrong idea, as surfers, they all rip—it’s just that they’re fine with losing sight of the shoreline as well.

Read more about these amazing Seafarers