Italian climbers went to Trento, Italy, to participate in the Block and Wall bouldering competition—which took place not on boulders but walls and buildings.
Now the group is traveling during a record-breaking season of rain and cold. The effects of endless precipitation brings the teams morale to an all-time low.
The competition, often hailed as the most progressive surfing event of the year, takes place at the renowned break at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, CA.
More than 50 films are showing, and the guest speakers are a who's who of big wall climbers, kayakers, skiers, skateboarders, mountaineers and storytellers.
This scion in surfing is at the top of the new school class and has a hefty stack of nontraditional sponsors. He's also 17 (that's where chaperones come in).