below-sea-level
We were (to the best of our knowledge) the first ones to surf this little slab. These small Northern Indonesian islands were first discovered by the crew of our boat only a couple of weeks prior and I can remember sitting on the beach waiting for another set to provide Rasta and Daniel Thomson with more small right peelers when across the bay, a peak popped up and spat over a submerged island. I swung my lens around and refocused just as the second wave did the exact same thing. After a third wave followed suit, I called out to the boat guy in the channel and 30 minutes later we were on the peak for the rest of the afternoon. Photo: Cyrus Sutton.
Cyrus Sutton.
Cyrus Sutton is the Creative Director/Filmmaker at the ever-popular Korduroy.tv. Although his surfing speaks for itself, it’s been his filmmaking that grabbed the attention of the masses. Sutton received an Emmy award for The Next Wave: A Tsunami Relief Story in 2005, and has worked on Riding Waves, Tom’s Creation Plantation, and most recently, Under the Sun. A documentary film shot in Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, Australia, Under the Sun looks at where the commercialization of surfing stems from. Shot in super 16mm, it stars Dave Rastovich, Nat Young, Beau Young, Rabbit Bartholomew, and Dean Morrison.
Under the Sun DVD is now available at Korduroy.tv and includes 75 mins of bonus surfing, deleted scenes and making of special features.