INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY
Feb 23, 2016
international surfing day
On June 20th, 2011, nOne Of us shOwed up tO wOrk. All Our cOmput-
ers shOwed screensAvers. everything wAs dArk And idle. there were
nO pAper JAms. nO cOOler tAlk. Just silence thrOugh the hAlls. the
rusty hOuse in newpOrt BeAch, hOwever, wAs Bustling. we’d tAken it
Over fOr the weekend, And On the mOrning Of internAtiOnAl surfing
dAy, we were up At 6 A.m., running thrOugh the hOuse in Our wet-
suits, lOOking fOr BArs Of wAx And cOffee. the wAves Out frOnt were
2- tO 3-fOOt And sheet glAss. nO One Out. we All hAd A skip in Our
step As we rAn tO the BeAch. we were BeAting the system.
i’m Often Asked By peOple, “sO whAt exActly is isd? i sAw it On
the news, But i dOn’t get it. i Just gO surf?” i struggle tO An-
swer. i run thrOugh A cAtAlOg Of well-knOwn surf clichés: “Only A
surfer knOws the feeling.” “dO whAt yOu lOve, lOve whAt yOu dO,”
etc., And still, i dOn’t think they’ll get it. BecAuse sOmewhere
in Our giddy gAllOp dOwn tO the shOre thAt mOrning in newpOrt is
the spirit Of isd. it’s nOthing mOre thAn thAt, either. it’s A dAy
tO ditch wOrk And gO surf And hAng Out with the peOple whO shAre
thAt giddy gAllOp with yOu. At surfing, we disregArd OBligAtiOns
And gO surf And we cleAn up the BeAch. thAt’s Our celeBrAtiOn. hOw
yOu dO it dOesn’t mAtter As much As the fAct thAt yOu tAke A mOment
tO enJOy the dAy.
Cover: Lowers // photo: taras • seaside reef (poLaroids) // photos: raen
welcome to isd
NathaN LawreNce, DJ StruNtz, aL-
freDo eScobar, DomeNic moSquei-
ra, caSey roSSi, NicoLa Lugo, aN-
Drew SheiLD, Jack Dekort, aLaN
VaN gySeN, Scott bauer, JaVier
“Pacotwo” muNoz, Peter kiNg,
Pat Stacy, DaNieL PuLLeN, ePeS
SargeNt, Dooma, DaViD macomber
editor in chief traViS ferrÉ
managing editor Stuart corNueLLe
associate editor tayLor PauL
Photo editor Peter taraS
associate Photo editor Jimmy wiLSoN
art Director chato agaNza
art Director Scott cheNoweth
online editor JaSoN miLLer
editoRiAl contRibuting photogRApheRs
we surfed fOr twO hOurs thAt mOrning, JOined By A Bunch Of friends And fAmily.
we All snAked JimmicAne. flirted with mAyA gABeirA. tAlked cOmps with nAte yeOmAns
And mAde JOkes with dAmien fAhrenfOrt. we surfed. All dAy. And sO did All the peOple
in this flipBOOk. pretty wild Just whAt gOes dOwn in One dAy Of surfing. hOpe yOu
fOund A cOuple yOurself. we sure did. —travis ferré
special thanks to the surfrider foundation for organizing our beach cleanup in new-
port beach and all of the other cleanups around the world.
Craig anderson // photo: nate LawrenCe
opening presentsaround the world, some nice kiddies woke
to find that isd had been extra generous.
chApteRone
opening presents
photo: nate LawrenCe
indonesiA
indonesiA
Craig anderson // photos: nate LawrenCe
Craig anderson // photos: nate LawrenCe
photo: nathan myers
bAli
bAli
Cristian mereLLo // photo: aLfredo esCobar
chile
chile
photo: aLfredo esCobar
tAhiti
teahUpo’o //photo: domeniC mosqUeira
tAhiti
tika nUi // teahUpo’o // photo: domeniC mosqUeira
centRAl AmeRicA
jimmy rotherham // eL saLvador // photo: Casey rossi
centRAl AmeRicA
peter mendia // niCaragUa // photo: niCoLa LUgo
d-bah // photo: andrew shieLd
AustRAliA
tom woods // photo: andrew shieLd
AustRAliA
mitCh adams // nsw // photo: jaCk dekort
jeffRey’s bAy
jeffRey’s bAy
photo: aLan van gysen
adam kirtChner // j-bay // photo: aLan van gysen
photo: aLan van gysen
west oz
photo: sCotty baUer
west oz
boo // west oz // photo: sCotty baUer
marti paradisis // west oz // photo: sCotty baUer
Unidentified // west oz // photos: sCotty baUer
photo: sCotty baUer
Unidentified // west oz // photo: sCotty baUer
chApteRtwo
home for
the holidaywe hung our stockings at the rusty house in newport beach
— a.k.a. isd headquarters for 2011. the garage was full of
rusty sleds, and we of good cheer.
joy to the world
chApteRthRee
it might be called international surfing
day, but everyone celebrates the same way.
tanner rozUnko // san CLemente // photo: peter taras
north CaroLina // photo: dj strUntz ChiLe // photo: aLfredo esCobar
lowers // photo: peter taras
ChiLe // photo: aLfredo esCobar
north CaroLina // photo: dj strUntz
hodei CoLLazo // san sebastian // photo: paCotwo/we
hodei CoLLazo // photo: paCotwo/we
spain // photo: paCotwo/we
rob maChado // CoCoa beaCh, fLorida // photo: peter king
photo: peter king
hUntington beaCh // photo: pat staCy
oUter banks // photos: danieL pULLen
matt meoLa // photo: epes sargent
maUi beaCh CLeanUp // photo: dooma
soUth afriCa // photo: aLan van gysen
Life roLLs on foUndation // new jersey // photo: david maComber
CoCoa beaCh, fL // photo: peter king
river jetties, Ca // photo: jimmiCane
ponto, Ca // photo: Chris straLey
newport beaCh, Ca // photo: jimmiCane
shane besChen and kids // photo: peter taras
keaLa naihe // Lowers // photo: peter taras
nate yeomans // trestLes // photo: peter taras
baLi // photo: nate LawrenCe
ISD