Try Not To Despair In Current State Of Existence After Watching Juliette Lacome's Mentawai Part - Stab Mag

Episode 3 of EAST with Harry Bryant is LIVE, presented by Kona Big Wave and Vans.

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" I went on a board trip a few months ago in the Mentawai with my friends (Coco Ho, Laura Enever, and Frankie Harrer) and managed to get a couple clips," Juliette messaged us.

Try Not To Despair In Current State Of Existence After Watching Juliette Lacome’s Mentawai Part

Featuring lonely atolls, 50 shades of blues, and satin surfing.

elsewhere // Feb 20, 2024
Words by Coral McDuffee
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Filmed by Layne Stratton and @misterrclips. Edit by Juliette

“Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
I cried to dream again”

Shakespeare’s brutish monster imparts this wisdom in the lost world of The Tempest. The ethereal atoll causes the book’s grimmest character (whose name, Caliban, represents the origin of ‘cannibal’) to elate in her natural beauty.

One can only assume that Caliban was speaking of the Mentawai Islands, home to the Indian Ocean’s most picturesque canvases, pearly sand, and 50 shades of teal and green. Like a bit of heaven, most who go there, cry to go again. Luckily, this is not an immediate concern for the middle class of us, with the average surf charter price ranging from $2000 to $3000 per person (not including food, plane, and other accommodations).

For now, peel back your shoulders, invest in that sketch penny stock, and indulge in Juliette Lacome’s life. You’ll in get there one day— in flesh or in spirit.

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