Return to Top
  • Full Frame

Ry Craike, frontside finner, Indonesia

Ry Craike ain’t a stranger to Indo. He’s spent a whole lot of time there. In fact, he’s almost like a local. “Ry pulled in last night and we barely even saw him,” says photog Ryan Miller, who’s currently in the isles on a DC shoes surfing trip. “Dude is such a local over here that he was straight into the local bar having drinks with all the Indo boys. The rest of us are still trying to figure out what to order at our hotel and this guy has the whole town dialled in about five minutes.”

And that’s not all Ry has on lock. “He has these damn frontside finners dialled in as well,” says Ryan. “His make rate is about 90 percent.” Expect more to come from this trip in the coming days.


Photographer profile

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.”

More photos from Ryan Miller
Visit Ryan Miller's site here

All FULLFRAMES