Maps To Nowhere Just Made Us Question All Our Life Choices (Again)

Surfline and O’Neill’s Maps To Nowhere has quietly become one of the best properties in surfing.

It’s exploratory, cinematic, and consistently delivering the kind of cheek-puffing sessions that make your brain hurt.

In this episode, Soli Bailey, Ian Crane, Brett Barley, and Sara Baum head to a sand-bottomed mirage that looks suspiciously like Skeleton Bay’s long-lost twin.

Unlike the last mission—where 2024 World Champ Caity Simmers, her brother Timo, and Soli traded 20-second drainers on their forehands—this one’s a screwfoot’s dream: three goofs and one reg, all going left.

Guided by South Africa’s Alan Van Gysen (aka AVG)—surf photographer, desert explorer, and one-man media machine—the crew camped off-grid for several days before it really arched her back.

Matt Wilkinson summed up our feelings best in the comments of Soli’s post:
“What the fuck am I doing with my life?”