Summer’s over and school’s back in. This is the age of experimentation: fins first, switch stance, coffin rides. Time is on your side. Plenty of waves to get… and give. Stolen sessions in between classes.
And up north, there’s even more time for people like Pat Cullen: Inspired and inspiring. Respected and respecting. His aloha spirit doesn’t require palm trees. Seasoned locals giving him a nod. From far away, but local by any other name. You earn your stripes doing winters up here, wearing 5/4s, surf ears, and lobster claws.
Seven months ’til spring and final exams, now. Young and hungry. Wild and free.
