BALLADE | Clovis Donizetti & Thomas Lodin

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We all know winter in France feels quite long, right? Some of us get a thick wetsuit and warm coffee before morning surfs, others just take a plane and run away.

“Every winter for more than a decade now, I’ve been flying away from the cold winters to find warmer places. At first, my trips were mainly for surfing or competitions. This year, we visited our second home, Australia.” Clovis

One glider, a musical improvisation by Clovis and Thomas behind the lenses. The simple pleasure of sliding on long and warm waves of the southern hemisphere.

 

All pictures are from Thomas Lodin. This project has being supported by Oxbow


FLIGHT 566 TO BEIRUT

Adrien Toyon was born under shelling in a hospital basement north of Beirut during the civil war which once ravaged the peaceful and prosperous Lebanon. Actually, his real name is Adrien Khouery Toyon.

He moved to Reunion Island when he was four years old, where he learned to surf. But everytime he goes back to Lebanon it feels like home.

During a winter swell in the Mediterranean, Adrien and the crew from Wasted Talent went on a trip to Lebanon. Adrien wanted to surf a mythical slab near where he was born that had never been surfed called ‘Yours’.

So there they went, on the Flight 566 to Beirut, and stood at Lebanese passport control being asked by men with handsome moustaches and heavily braided shoulders as to their intentions.