The Dock

Published on Jul 15, 2017

At four am we were up, towing out what’s now known as "The Dock” in Bali for this concept shoot. We asked ourselves, what does the future look like? A cashless society? Self-driving cars? We’ll leave the wavepools for Kelly Slater and co. Instead, we envisioned lineup where you don’t have to paddle. Which turns out to be a rather dangerous affair.

“The dock’s been scary,” said Ozzie Wright. “At one stage I just came up, got my board and saw it coming right at me. I like the chaos of it. The whole time everybody was like, “Where are we going!? Where are we going!? That was the fun bit. I kept thinking what if the tip was on the beach at a little shorey? No paddling, just run out, jump on a wave surf it to the beach then run back out and jump on another one. That’d be so much fun.”

“It would just kill you if it hit you, yeah?” asked Noa Deane, after the fact. “What’s it weigh? Half a tonne? When it wears a wave on the head it kicks like a snake. Like, Balaram jumped up and went six feet in the air. Then he landed on the wire, so sketchy. It whips right at the end because it’s connected to a cable which adds extra tension.”

Now that the tension’s relieved, we invite you to loosen your belt and enjoy “The Dock” as ridden by Noa, Ozzie, Yago Dora, Mitch Coleborn, Balaram Stack and Imaikalani Devault. After all, what's fun without a little heightened heart rate?

Directed by Sam McIntosh

Edited by Dan Scott

Creative Direction by Shinya Dalby

Produced by Richie Olivares

Oceanic Logistics by Tom Screen.

Executive producer: Brad Dougherty

Cinematography by:

Dan Scott
Jesse Little
Jimmy “Jazz” Kinnaird
Scott Stinnett
Tom Carey

Music (in order of appearance):

The Past Tense by Infinite Bisous

Falling Down Stairs by Distractor.

Surfers (in order of appearance):

Noa Deane
Ozzie Wright
Yago Dora
Imaikalani Devault
Balaram Stack
Mitch Coleborn

Thanks to Alexandre Lamoureux, Philippe Gosselin, Thomas Taatjes, Rizal Tandjung, Made Adi Putra, Betet Merta & Muklis Anwar.

Big thanks to CanDock for making the shoot possible.

Making of 'The Dock'

Published on Jul 27, 2017

The Flying Squirrel | Quincy Symonds

7-Year-Old Phenom 'Flying Squirrel' Takes Surfing World by Storm

Published on Oct 1, 2016

Meet quite possibly the best child surfer in the world, Quincy Symonds.

The Flying Squirrel | Quincy Symonds | TEDxBrisbane

Published on Oct 17, 2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Quincy is six years old. She has been surfing and skating since she was four. She is not only one of the best 6 year old surfers & skaters on the planet - she is beautiful kid with a spirit that needs to be seen to be believed.

At six, Quincy Symonds is already tipped as a future Layne Beachley or Stephanie Gilmore. They call her The Flying Squirrel. She may well be the best six-year-old surfer and skater on the planet. Prepare to be gobsmacked.

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