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SURFER: RUSSELL BIERKE

 PHOTO: ARTHUR PICARD

Photographer, Aurthur Picard, had pledged to traverse Scotland and Ireland by train rather than be complicit in the airline industry’s contribution to fossil fuel emissions. Public transport made timing his run for waves more difficult, but the serendipity kicked in when he reached the west coast of Ireland. After trekking through the dark and scaling the fabled cliffs of Moher, Aurthur found himself bobbing in frigid waters alongside filmer Joao Tudella. As it happened, the tight pack

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