TRAVEL: Having heard tales of friends scoring uncrowded, rippable waves in Papua New Guinea I’d long been eager to experience the uncrowded perfection it had to offer. When my phone rang with an invite to film a trip with super groms Jay Brown and Darcy DeClouett I jumped on the chance immediately.

CREATORS: Patrick Trefz is a surfer and photographer from Santa Cruz who has built a solid portfolio of images from his global travels. As comfortable in the wilds of Alaska as he is in the sidewalk sophistication of a Biarritz cafe, Patrick’s work is born out of travelling. He’s taken his visual sensibility and branched into film with projects like “Thread” and “Idiosyncracies”. With his latest project “Surfer’s Blood” his technical chops had to increase tenfold in the editing bay to attain the vision he had in mind. The new film is launching this month.

ISA WORLDS: Led by an impressive three individual medals, Team USA rose to the top of World Longboarding and was crowned Team Gold Medalist at the 2018 ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship at Riyue Bay in Wanning, China.

ISA WORLDS: An outstanding, all-around performance earned Team USA the first Gold Medal of the 2018 ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship in the ISA Aloha Cup on Monday at Riyue Bay in Hainan, China. Team USA's four team members all put on a well-balanced, el

ISA WORLDS: The world's best longboarders kicked off the competition on Saturday at the 2018 ISA World Longboard Surfing Championship in Wanning, China, dropping high scores and putting on an exceptional display of talent, style, and skills.