Editor’s note: Scotty Hammonds is from Encinitas, CA and probably surfs better than a lot of the people he shoots photos of. I like when that happens. Nate Lawrence does the same to people. Anyway, Scotty’s been floating around and living in Bali the past few years, shooting and surfing and he recently linked up with Chris Ward on this little gem during the waiting period for the Rip Curl Padang Cup. It’s classic and great to see a crisp one like this. Scotty wrote to us about it below. —Travis 

This was taken the morning the event was supposed to happen. I swam out for an hour and there were a couple nuggets coming through, but it was just a little to inconsistent to run the event. I think Wardo has been over here for a while now and it was so sick to see him surf live and then to get the chance to link up on one is just crazy.  I’ve been a fan of his since I was a little kid. His barrel knowledge is next level, and this was one of the gems that came through that morning. Pretty happy to have this one on file.—Scotty Hammonds