The Mentawais Are Willy Wonka’s Ticket To Better Surfing

“I think he’s just about to kick start his career,” Parker Coffin said of Luke Swanson during their goof-centric sessions in Indonesia this summer. “I’ve known him since he was a little kid and it’s amazing to see how far he has come and what he’s grown into as a surfer and a person.”

Indeed, the 19-year-old from the North Shore has raised eyebrows across the internet several times over the past few years, namely that exquisite backflip. 

Above, Luke makes his annual leave from Oahu to the another equatorial surf haven. What the Ments lack in raw Hawaiian power, they make up for with oil painting conditions and cookie-cutter reefs — the ideal setting to perfect one’s craft before taking it back to the big leagues.

And yes, he’s having quite the Hawaiian season as well.