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Meet The 2019 Billabong Squad

Photographic evidence of Bong’s deep pool of international talent. 

style // Dec 12, 2018
Words by Stab
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The Billabong Team is amongst the very cream of the crop, as far as legacy lineups go. Since the Green Iguana days of Occy and the Eighties heavies, a Bong sticker gracing on the tip is a stamp of very serious approval. 

Each winter at their Off The Wall abode, Billabong founder Gordon Merchant hosts a BBQ, gathering two dozen or so of the world’s best surfers spanning four generations in one place—”from the up and coming Bloodlines groms, the womens team, current CT guys, to icons like Occy, Shane Dorian, and of course, Parko.” Each year, Merchant offers a few pearls of hard-earned wisdom to the team, gathered around him in a circle show-and-tell style, this year telling stories “around the life lessons of mindset, the importance of not sweating the small stuff, and gratitude.”

Here’s your 2019 Billabong squad:  

 

BBG Team Photo 2018

Photography

Duncan Macfarlane

Gordon Merchant
Occy
Dorian
Joel Parkinson
Italo Ferreira 
Seth Moniz
Griffin Colapinto
Fred Morias
Ryan Callinan
Jack Robinson
Ethan Ewing
Josh Moniz
Tai Buddha
Justin Becret
Micah Moniz
Adin Masencamp
Reef Heazelwood
Laura Enever 
Bella Nichols
Pacha Light
Macy Callaghan
Alessa Quizon
Josie Prendergast 
Jaleesa Vincent 
Dakoda Walters
Kian Martin
Brodie Sale
Axel Irons
Ethan Stocks
Kai Martin
Ocean Macedo
Tommy Coleman
Kepa Mendia

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