CJ Hobgood in the Australian Smith optics Tour 2009

In the first surf edition of Great Days, we followed Smith Team riders CJ Hobgood and Yadin Nicol around Western Australia as they competed in the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. During "off-days" the crew traveled up and down the storied coastline of Western Australia in search of Great Days-worthy waves.

The Nixon Surf Challenge 2014 in association with Monster Energy, Reef and Lomography headed to the Russian Far-East, with William Aliotti (FRA) edging out 2013’s winner Vincent Duvignac (FRA) in the shadow of Kamchatka’s volcanoes to be crowned Overall Winner of the week-long, peer-judged surf contest and adventure. With decent swell all week long and somewhat changeable weather conditions, the invited surfers charged hard in the 1-1.5m waves from the outset, despite frigid water temperat...

While the Northern Hemisphere was hunted by thunderstorms, long nights and cold temperatures, Nixon’s William Aliotti caught some great waves in sunny Tahiti. The 19-year-old from St. Martin has developed some killer air skills during the past years, scored solid results on the WQS and already managed to pocket two invitations to the Nixon Surf Challenge being the youngest surfer on the team. The trip in company of fellow Frenchies Maud LeCar and Joan Duru was William’s first time in Tahit...

Here is my last edit from my trip to Australia for a moth and traveling with a Camper Van. I hope you enjoy it !