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Dusty Payne, front row tunnel, Peniche

Dusty Payne eliminated Jordy Smith in the Rip Curl Pro, Portugal. Two men who helped define a new era of performance surfing! And, Dusty, only a coupla events back from injury, with renewed energy and passion (a few months outta the water will do that to a man). How good does life look from inside a tube this green, with screaming fans only just visible on the sand. But, now the Hawaiian faces his room mate during the Portuguese stint, and the current world number one, Joel Parkinson. Both men are students of trainer Wes Berg, both are regular footers, but each has a completely different game. The joys of competitive surfing, huh. Watch it all unfold in a few hours’ time.


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Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller, 33 years old, does not know how to write a bad email. Your pals at Stab have learnt to live vicariously through Miller’s red wine-fuelled letters from the road. His travels take him to some dreamy locales and, in those places, he scores all-time photos: “My favourite photo I’ve shot was of Benny Bourgeois in the Caribbean, with a fisheye. Often I just take photos, but rarely do I get to make one.” In an age of tail-highs and released fins, Ryan still most likes to shoot someone who can lay-down a big backside turn. Namely: Jordy Smith, Dane Reynolds, Gabe Kling, Kekoa Bacalso, Damien Hobgood and Peter Mendia. Like most photogs, Miller misses Scott Aichner’s work. But, as far as contemporary inspiration? “Trying to see things through my daughter’s eyes. It’s wild to think about someone experiencing something totally new on almost a daily basis when, as adults, we rarely get to experience something truly new.”

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