John John Florence, solitude amongst chaos, Copacabana, Brazil

Rio’s been offering up the goods. “This was during a little free-surf jaunt up from the comp site of Barra Da Tijuca to world famous Copacabana Beach with Slater, John John and Ross William, barrel hunting with the big dogs,” recalls Peter King. “It’s usually flat there, and always closed out, but with the amount of swell we have right now it was looking a bit like medium-sized Puerto…lots of closeouts, but still the occasional shoulder. This image was captured by local 15-year-old, Igor Hossmann. He’s only been shooting for one year, and freelances for Revista Surfar in Brazil. Imagine how stoked he was to get John John and Slater paddling out at his local spot that’s usually a one-foot, closeout shorey!”