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Eastbound & All Around, Ep. 1: New Smyrna Super Session

This fall, Surfline dispatched photographer Billy Watts, former Surfing Magazine editor-turned-Inherent Bummer mastermind, Travis Ferre, and a tight crew of professional surfers led by South Carolina sensation Cam Richards to the southern half of the Eastern Seaboard and even deeper into the Caribbean Islands. The assignment: to shred and shoot everything that moves during their strike missions for “Eastbound & All Around” — a new video series presented by Surfline in association with Inherent Bummer.

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RVCA SURF MEXICO

RVCA Surf advocates Billy Kemper and Luke Davis find themselves South of the border on a surf trip that we all dream of.

For Billy, this was his first surf trip back after a long road of recovery, rehabbing the life-threatening injury he experienced in Africa. His work was rewarded with perfect barrels and empty lineups with one of his closest friends, Luke Davis.

The journey never ends when searching for quality surf. While for Billy & Luke, this time the journey led them to Mexico where they simply enjoyed what was in front of them. It's moments like these that keep us inspired to travel and chase that ultimate feeling⁠.

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Luke Davis Knows Hitting Snooze Means No Tubes or Dance Moves - The Inertia

Luke Davis is blunt when it comes to dawn patrol: "If you sleep in and miss waves, you feel like sh*."

"If the waves are good, then I would say I'm a morning person," says Davis. "I'll wake up at like four and go surf. If it's shitty, I'll sleep in and try to get my hours in and sleep until like 9. It just depends. It depends on the waves."

The day we met, there were no waves. Luke was there for biz. And despite admitting his dawn patrols are situational, Davis has a certain respect for circadian rhythms. Something glowing screens are all too eager to destroy.

"Waking up with the sunrise, there's something about it," says Davis. "I don't know what it is, but it feels natural. That's when you're supposed to wake up is when the sun's rising."

Luke Davis in California Gold

Luke Davis on the recent run of swells in California getting after it. The journey along Pacific Coast Highway in search for what might lie ahead.

Billy Kemper Fights For His Life After A Wipeout In Morocco Nearly Kills Him | BILLY Chapter 3

After suffering a life-threatening fall on a strike mission in Morocco, Billy Kemper found himself living out every surfer’s nightmare. Stuck in a faraway hospital with a severely injured knee, hip, and pelvis, Billy’s only goal was to get back to his wife and four kids. The journey home would be more unpredictable and difficult than he could have ever imagined.

Billy Chapter 2: The Session Of A Lifetime Goes Horribly Wrong For Big Wave World Champ Billy Kemper

2019 was a career-defining year for Billy Kemper. From coveted magazine covers to Big Wave contest wins to a memorable run in the Pipe Masters, Billy was riding an incredible wave of momentum into 2020. That all changed in an instant with a life-threatening fall in big, barreling surf at Morocco’s Safi Point.

BILLY: Chapter 1 - Big Wave Champ Wins It All, Chases Massive North Atlantic Swell To Morocco

In the premiere episode of this six-part documentary series, immerse yourself in the adrenaline-pumping world of Big Wave surfing and meet one of the sport’s largest figures, Hawaii’s own Billy Kemper. Follow Billy as he joins up with fellow pro surfers Koa Smith and Luke Davis and heads for Morocco on a strike mission that will alter his life forever.

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Luke Davis back-to-back rides in SoCal.

Surfer: Luke Davis
Filmer: Nathan Baker

Luke Davis | Panama

In surfing, big swells mean strike missions, and when Luke Davis got the call about a solid swell on its way to Panama this past January, he couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Dropping everything at a moment’s notice and going into the unknown are what makes these missions so special. Hopes of an unforgettable mission is the gamble and, in this case, the reward was well worth the risk.

Video by Chris Papaleo

WACO TEXAS WAVE POOL | RVCASURF | BSR CABLE PARK

Filmed: Blaine Suque; Water footage: Zak Noyle; Music: The Cairo Gang, “Be What You Are”.

Straight airs. Tweaked airs. Air reverses. Spins. Grabs. Dirty little tubes. Punchy little sections. Over and over and over again, till your legs are burning and you need BBQ. This is the Waco experience, as recently enjoyed by the RVCA team of Luke Davis, Ford Archbold and Noah Beschen.

One other thing worth noting about the Waco experience: predictable, repeated waves don’t just allow surfers multiple chances to practice crazy new moves. They also allow photographers to visualize creative shots in advance and plan for exactly how they want a frame to look. There are few better surf photographers than Hawaii’s Zak Noyle, who was also on the trip, and used his creative vision to come up with some very unique shots.

SEE ZAK NOYLE'S PHOTOS FROM OUR WACO TRIP: