Sometimes the best mid-season training involves a last-minute flight to Fiji.
Over the past month, two separate strike missions scored at Cloudbreak, with Australia’s CT contingent finding themselves in the right place at exactly the right time as part of Surfing Australia’s High Performance Program.
Led by Surfing Australia High Performance Coach Nathan Hedge, Ethan Ewing, Morgan Cibilic, Molly Picklum and Liam O’Brien made the Pacific pilgrimage, arriving to a Cloudbreak forecast that delivered exactly what they came for: a high-performance playground to sharpen their tools ahead of competition.
Our crew was there to capture every session, offering a behind-the-scenes look at what high-performance preparation really looks like when the charts light up.
The result? A week of long days in the lineup, heavy water, ruler-edge walls and barrels measured in seconds. Among the highlights was a tube ride stretching an incredible 10+ seconds.
A huge thank you to the team at Tavarua Island Resort for their incredible hospitality throughout the trip.
Credits: Surfing Australia / Owen Milne / Hunter Vercoe
Music:
Come Boy – The Bungalows
Foreign Lands – The Beefs
#SurfingAustralia #HighPerformanceProgram
Gezzuz, some big surfing on small boards right there!
Aussie surfing is in good hands 🙌 👌 👏
That Liam ride will be a generation inside ledge wave forever
Ethan is a magician
Hedgie could've been on tour in his early 40s. Guys been ripping at such a high level for decades
what about the time hedgey paddled from namotu to cloudbreak at night, insane
Chippo needs to get back on the CT. He would be hard to beat in big hollow lefts.
Lobby's barrel was crazy.
The song at the end was beautiful! Thank you for adding that in for the world to listen too
Good to see the hog involved in Oz surfing , what a machine , watch out world competitors
LOB’s barrel is obviously incredible, but Ethan’s foam ball slide is a thing of true beauty
Lobster classic low key demeanour 🤙
What a cráic lads
Is this at Pipeline?
Hedge fuckin inspirational shit bro
Camera work in the channel is a brutal watch. Shake-o-vision
Hotdog schooled them.🤙
10/10
phkn rippin score boys🤙🏼shapers be rippin too😅