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“Kelly’s whole life is scoring good waves,” says Johnson, pictured next to his longtime pal Kelly Slater. “Seems like he’s always figuring out where the best waves are, whether they’re up the coast a few hours or a flight away.”

In the middle of the South Pacific, there’s an island chain gilded with reefs known by a select few surfers to sculpt big northern hemisphere swells into beautiful, rifling barrels. Along these perfectly situated isles, there’s a specific wave that very few have ever glimpsed in person.

As far as surf trips go, it’s the

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