Watch: A Psychedelic Surf Trip with Jaleesa Vincent, Laura Enever, and Josie Prendergrast - Stab Mag

Live Now: Chapter 11 Mini-Documentary With Dane Reynolds

1230 Views

Watch: A Psychedelic Surf Trip with Jaleesa Vincent, Laura Enever, and Josie Prendergrast

Venturing across Australia’s south coast.

cinema // Feb 12, 2021
Words by Esther Hershkovits
Reading Time: 2 minutes

In October, Jaleesa Vincent, Laura Enever, and Josie Prendergrast headed down to the South Coast of Australia to shoot for Billabong’s new Surfadelic collection, which just launched today. 

Surfadelic is inspired by retro style and psychedelic visuals from the 70s–complete with heady b-roll and abstract effects. Billabong even made single fins and twin fins with psychedelic patterns to match the collection, but “we all prefer to ride our own boards when the waves are pumping,” says Jaleesa Vincent. And since we mostly see Laura and Jaleesa on their regular shortboards in the video, it’s safe to say the waves were pumping all week. 

The women showed that even if their wetsuits are a blast from the past, their surfing remains cutting edge. “My favorite part of the trip was for sure the barrels,” says Jaleesa Vincent (probably talking about :30). “It was great to do a surf trip and actually hunt waves and not just focus on the fashion side of it.” Barrels over bikinis is not always a given in a women’s surf campaign. 

Jaleesa, who spent the trip duct taping the stitches on her foot together so she could surf, says the last session was the heaviest. “We had been on the boat for eight hours and we were about to leave and it started pumping again and we were like ‘fuck, we’ve got to go back out don’t we?’ And I’m glad we went back out.”

Watch the video above, and shop Billabong’s Surfadelic line here.

Comments

Comments are a Stab Premium feature. Gotta join to talk shop.

Already a member? Sign In

Want to join? Sign Up

Advertisement

Most Recent

Full Frame: Scandinavia Is Surfing’s Next Frontier

A 30-hour drive, bathymetric maps, and 10 years of searching yield surfing's newest discovery.

Mar 29, 2024

Watch: João Chianca Had A Remarkable Hawaii Season Before His Injury

Plus an update on his condition.

Mar 28, 2024

Pittar’d And Feathered

Do the WSL judges deserve the internet's wrath? We asked the man of the hour.

Mar 28, 2024

Robbo, Pickles, And Tyler Wright Become The Underdogs Breakfast At Uninspiring Winkipop

The foreboding blade sharpens and inconsistent judging prevails on Day Two in Torquay.

Mar 27, 2024

“I Don’t Always Win Heats, But When I Do, I Try To Beat John John”

Slater shines and the axe begins its descent on Day 01 at Bells.

Mar 26, 2024

Back Against The Wall: The Ramzi Boukhiam Redemption

Morocco's first CT surfer on speaking six languages, having no coach, and snatching Fil Toledo's…

Mar 25, 2024

Will Kirra, Babies or JJF Stop a GOAT Winning at Bells?

Bluesky BOAG advice from a Superman specialist and former Trials winner.

Mar 25, 2024

Bells Preview: The WSL’s Victorian Sword Dancing Equinox Ritual

Will a Brazilian crack the Top 10 at Bells?

Mar 25, 2024

69 Shin Bones Later + the Anticlimactic State of Big Wave Record-Breaking

Lucas Chumbo might have surfed the biggest wave ever this year. But how will we…

Mar 23, 2024

Watch: ‘Fresh and Fried’ Ft the Quik Kids

How taxing is it to tackle the Gold Coast’s Triple Crown in a single day,…

Mar 23, 2024

The Popular Vote: The People’s Stab In The Dark With Kolohe Andino Champion

Which board looked best — to you —under Kolohe's talons?

Mar 22, 2024

Six Key Learnings From Portugal

Three CT events in, what do we know? 

Mar 21, 2024

‘Zipper’ Is Going On Tour, Here’s Where You Can Watch It  

Dates, times + locations for the Venice, Encinitas, Sydney + Byron premieres.  

Mar 20, 2024

Dane Reynolds On His Future, His Past, And Chapter 11’s Raison D’être

Our 9-minute plunge into the collective psyche of Ventura's pillar(s).

Mar 20, 2024

From ‘Blue Ribbon Cross Country Runner’ to Vogue – How Steph Again Is Back With A Rip Curl Remix

Everything we know about the she-GOATs sponsorship boomerang.

Mar 18, 2024

Stab Interview: Darren Handley Explains Why You Can’t Buy The Winning Stab In The Dark Model

And his decades-long standoff with Slater.

Mar 17, 2024

Griff Embraces Portugal’s Eternal Time Loop To Vanquish Medina + Ewing, Defay Delays The Inevitable

A redeeming closing act at Supertubos.

Mar 16, 2024

The Secret Behind Lungi Slabb’s Inconceivable Greenmount Funnel

Six broken boards, one leaking forehead, and five days of Superbank mysticism.

Mar 16, 2024
Advertisement