Dan Malloy at Rocky Point on Oahu's north shore. 2001
I was well versed at shooting quality Backdoor and Off The wall, but every so often with exactly the right swell direction and tide, Rocky Rights gets every bit as good as Backdoor. This is evidence here of Dan Malloy on a drainer. The thing for me was that NO other water photog's were in the water, where Backdoor at the time typically had at least a half dozen other photog's at pretty much any given time, so it truly was a revelation at the time to be able to shoot such a perfect wave and be the only guy out. That was pretty much when I stopped shooting Backdoor and OTW in preference for an uncrowded Rocky line-up. Photo: Sean Davey
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 a few of Sean Davey’s moments.
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