IT REEF
Yvon Chouinard told me about it. We were chatting about travel, eating sashimi and drinking beer astern a yacht in the Tuamotus. Founder of Patagonia, Chouinard had seen much of the tropics – surfing, sailing, exploring, bonefishing – but he hadn’t surfed the wave we discussed. “Somewhere I’ve always wanted to see,” he said. “Untouched nature, lots of reef passes, no surfers, good surf. All you need is a local fisherman to take you out.”
“Why haven’t you been there?”
“Probably because there aren’t any bonefish.”
Chuck Corbett of Tabuaeran, to where Chouinard
