If It sounds lIke a mIssIon, count us In.

the Reef squad (IncludIng alana)

take to the PhIlIPPInes

c l o u d

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the attendant told us at the check-in counter. The last time he’d

even seen boardbags was a couple months before, when con-

ner coffin, ian Gentil and i were checking in on our way to indo.

Well, damn. i guess people hadn’t been hitting cloud 9 via LaX lately.

it’s pretty interesting, the ebb and flow with surf destina-

tions. Places you see in all the magazines will have their good

run and then seem to get abandoned. easier, cushier spots

become the new target: nicaragua, Salina cruz, Tavarua, etc.

But Heath “nutty” Walker did not forget about cloud 9, one of

the world’s most perfect righthand reefs. He knew the Philip-

pines was a fitting backdrop for Reef’s “modern gypsy” image, and

as Reef team manager, nutty got to make the call. Off we went.

There’s no charge f o r s u r f b o a r d s

“,”

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aT THiS POinT We came TO undeRSTand One ReaSOn

PeOPLe miGHT nOT fRequenT THe PHiLiPPineS:

flighTs To siargao only leave Twice a week.

= T h e m i s s i o n o f aa m i s s e d c o n n e c T i o n

l i f e T i m e .

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OPTiOn 1: WaiT fOR THe neXT fLiGHT OuT THRee dayS LaTeR.

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cOveR PHOTO: jimmicane

OPTiOn 1: WaiT fOR THe neXT fLiGHT OuT THRee dayS LaTeR.

editor in chief TRaviS feRRÉ

managing editor STuaRT cORnueLLe

associate editor TayLOR PauL

Photo editor PeTeR TaRaS

associate Photo editor jimmy WiLSOn

art director cHaTO aGanza

art director ScOTT cHenOWeTH

Online editor jaSOn miLLeR

intern caRLy cLemenTS

edItoRIal

nick ROSza

THiaGO camaRãO

PauL fiSHeR

jimmicane

suRfIng by

PhotogRaPhy by

jay THOmPSOn

aLana BLancHaRd

RuSSeLL ORd

O P T i O n 2 : T He c O k a L i O n G f e R R y.

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BedS/RuBBeR maTS aRe aBOuT five feeT LOnG. jay “BOTTLe”

THOmPSOn iS nOT a SHORT man.

12houRs on a feRRy.

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houRs on a feRRy.

Off One feRRy, OnTO THe neXT!

nOTice aGain HOW nOT-SHORT BOTTLe iS

(WiTH ROSza, fiSHeR and nuTTy fROm LefT).

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finaLLy aRRive aT THe SaGana ReSORT… and BeauTifuL fLaTneSS.

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finaLLy aRRive aT THe SaGana ReSORT… and BeauTifuL fLaTneSS.

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BOTTLe + aLana BLancHaRd (LefT). THiaGO “SHRimPy” camaRãO (RiGHT).

THe PLace iS nOT uncROWded By any meanS.

the locals get theIR waves, and They know how to suRf, too.

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the locals get theIR waves, and They know how to suRf, too.

nick ROSza and fRiendS.PHOTOS: jimmicane

a l a n a b l a n c h a R d and RuSSeL ORd Link One uP.

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e v e n W a i S T - H i G H

WaveS WedGe uP and

B a R R e L aT c L O u d 9 .

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BOTTLe In a mInI shack.

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BOTTLe In a mInI shack.

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PHOTO: jimmicane

some of

the cleaRest

wateR In The world.

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aLana BROuGHT HeR BROTHeR

dORian

On HiS fiRST-eveR SuRf TRiP.

WHaT a SiSTeR!

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aLana BROuGHT HeR BROTHeR

dORian

On HiS fiRST-eveR SuRf TRiP.

WHaT a SiSTeR!

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aLana and fiSH SPLiTTinG PeakS. yeS, THe RiGHT iS BeTTeR. cLOud 9 OveRv ieW:

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SHRimPy (LefT) and aLana (SO RiGHT).

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aLana in fROnT Of THe SaGana ReSORT.

fLaTneSS LeadS TO BORedOm,

BORedOm LeadS

TO dRinkinG

(BeeRS and cOcOnuTS)…

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…dRinkinG LeadS TO HanGOveRS (BeeRS nOT cOcOnuTS).

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mORe

fL aT ne S S

L e a d S T O

explo r aTio n a n d …

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…gasolIne In coke bottles? and WHeRe did fiSHeR GeT a BaBy?

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and you thoughtchoPes had lay-days.

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SOmeTimeS THey aRen’T SO Bad.

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T He S W e L L f i n a L Ly a R R i v e d!

afteR a week of bull-shIttIng,

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T He S W e L L f i n a L Ly a R R i v e d!

afteR a week of bull-shIttIng, B O T T L e T H O m P S O n “ L i k e S ” T H i S . PauL fiSHeR “ cHeckS in.”• •

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nuT T y made THe caLL TO eXTend eveRyOne’S TickeTS fOR THe T yPHOOn SWeLL.

He deSeRved TO Be ReWaRded.

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nuT T y made THe caLL TO eXTend eveRyOne’S TickeTS fOR THe T yPHOOn SWeLL.

He deSeRved TO Be ReWaRded.

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BOTTLe finaLLy GeTS TO STand uP in One (LefT),

WHiLe nick ROSza (RiGHT) fiLLS an emPT y BOWL.

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SHRimPy camaRãO, fROm a SHRimP’S-eye vieW.

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B O T T L e i n a G L a S S y j a R …

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… and wIth a jaRRIng hack.

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nick ROSza cOckS HiS knee.

BeTTeR THan THe OTHeR Way aROund.

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PHOTO: RuSSeLL ORd

boTTle dips a rail and lets it soak for a while.

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boTTle dips a rail and lets it soak for a while.

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paul fisher and the definition of “fun-size.”

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Reef

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