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Taj Burrow, last light (and last surf) at La Graviere, France

This may or may not be our last photo from France. With the gang headed for Portugal, Taj Burrow, the eternally excitable grom, milked the last light outta La Graviere before jumping in a car and resisting the temptation to photograph his speedometer (been watching the social media? Yowser!). For the last six years, Taj has finished in the top five and, heading into Portugal, he’s sitting at number five. His surfing fits punchy European beachies (like Peniche) like hand in glove, too. Watch him light up like this tomorrow when the Rip Curl Pro, Portugal fires up.


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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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