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Jun Jo is simply a maniac. A good man with a great heart. This was in Japan for RedBull. The goal was to film a typhoon with a bunch of other RB riders, who are all equally as mad. This is a wave that, up until this point, had never been surfed or photographed. I was on a ski with these bombs going off all around. It was very unnerving, but highly rewarding. Photo: Nate Smith
Editor’s Note: We’ve chosen to focus our relaunch around the theme: EVOLVE. Transformation is core to who we are, and we put it out to The Inertia’s influencers and most talented contributors to share moments that caused significant personal growth and transformation – ideally with some relation to surfing, but also to life in general. These are Nate Smith’s moments.
I can recall when I was really young always being mesmerized by what my mates where doing on a wave as I’d paddle back out – sitting and watching them blow the tail or get barreled. I thought those would make amazing photos. So there was my solution for the next few months. Fifteen odd years later, and I’m still doing it. Funny, yet cool, how things work out.
See more from Nate at NateSmithPhoto.com