Albee Layer Found The End Of Maui

Trend forecasters, sociologists, and urban strategists actually believe we’re slowly seeing a shift away from global transience. 

They’ve been using terms such as “Hyper-Localism,” “The Rootedness Renaissance,” and “Radical Deceleration” to describe the phenomenon.

Born on Maui, residing on Maui, and making little effort to leave the island for The Eddie, let alone international travel, Albee Layer is one of the Valley Isle surfers responsible for bringing progressive local big wave and aerial surfing to stratospheric global levels.

He has anything but decelerated those two facets of contemporary surfing. Part 2 of Changing Seasons, Albee’s vlog series, is strictly focused on a high-performance approach to waves that can hurt you badly, even if they might not kill you as easily as Jaws or that other psychopathic left he’s had some fun with.

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“This wave breaks really rarely and is in the middle of nowhere,” Albee told Stab. “It’s like a three-mile hike over some pretty heavy terrain, and there’s nothing out there” — meaning, the sheer weight of equipment and supplies only adds to the challenge of the trek.

A recent three-day swell was a good enough excuse to commit and set up camp on Maui’s sticks.

“These were probably the best sessions I’ve ever had out there,” he said. “My girlfriend, who’s a doctor, came with us in case anything went wrong. It probably gave me a false sense of security.” Regardless of her presence, the distance from any medical facility added to the list of hazards at a spot like that. “It definitely helped me psychologically,” he admitted.

At several points in the video above, you can see the protruding lava rock lurking just beneath the sections he’s hucking himself over. “The ramp is amazing, but it’s super shallow and sketchy,” Albee said. And though not as visible from the comfort of your laptop, “the current and waves themselves are pretty wild.”

It’s also worth noting that Albee was joined by Jon Spenser, who was swimming his housing out all day every day, Dan Norkunas and Kawika Regidor for the rest of the footage, Stab Highway recruit Kai Paula, and former CTer Imaikalani Devault for company and in-water encouragement.