Summertime in Santa Barbara during a post-El Niño mega winter is a huge let down if you just got tubed out of your mind for the past 6 months. So, Andrew decided to keep stoking the fire and chased down a bomber swell all the way to Sumatra.

andrew bennett in nias 2016 from Stretch Boards on Vimeo. video: @nickliotta

Andrew was settling his feet into a new 2×4 step up round pin 5’11” x 18.6″ x 2.4″ and chasing down the bombs on a 6’8″ x 18.5″ x 2.6″

check out more of Andrew’s trip to Nias by visiting sundancebeach.com

the boards may have showed up late…. but at least they managed to show up! photo:@nickliotta

andrew driving hard on his 5’11” 2×4 round pin step up. photo: @justin_buulolo

no stranger to backside tubes. photo: @justin_buulolo