Surfer

OZZIE WRIGHT

Source: “When I was coming up, I didn’t feel like surfers wanted to travel the way I wanted to,” says Wright. “I just liked doing art wherever I went. Now these younger guys want to do the same thing so it’s been really fun.”

Wright, with more style in his fingertips than most have in their entire body.

In a lot of ways, you really paved the way for most of the guys on this boat trip in terms of what path they could take in professional surfing. What’s it like surfing with these guys who have picked up that torch?

It was really cool. Now that I’m older, I get to do heaps of trips with kids

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