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Michel Bourez, bread and butter (with a little pepper), Portugal

“There’s so many options here when there’s swell,” says Ryan Miller of the beaches surrounding Peniche, in Portugal. “There are beaches that face almost straight south and straight north within 20 minutes of each other.” With another lay day called at the Rip Curl Pro, cars rented by the 34 saw mileage rocket again, with every pro scouring the coastline for a secluded spot. Michel Bourez, pictured here throwing a frontside air (that’s actually kinda big when you look closely), decided to avoid the road frustrations and dive in close to home. And, it certainly worked out for him.


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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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