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charged into the surf, fully clothed, to drape

home turf. “Something I will remember

photographer Jeremy Koreski, Pete submitted

a Canadian flag across Pete’s shoulders and

forever,” Pete says. “Words can’t really

a piece and made the final video cut alongside

march him victorious back to home soil.

describe it.”

some of surfing’s biggest names. He also

He was the first Canadian to win a major
surfing tournament — and he did it on

That win led him to the cover of Surfer
Magazine, another first for a Canadian. He
followed that up with three back-to-back
features in Innersection.
The controversial brainchild of surf video

made the final selection the following two
years in a row. He had hit the big time.
Pete could have used the momentum
from Innersection and Surfer Magazine and
the Cold Water Classic to launch a jet-set

kingpin Taylor Steele, Innersection is like

life of surf competitions and international

a surfing reality show. Riders film a video

travel. But he chose not to: “I have a family

segment and submit it for viewing and

at home and I love where I live. The guys

public voting. The most popular videos

that compete are on the road all year and

get strung together into a full-length film,

basically live out of a suitcase. That’s not

with the top-voted rider taking home a

what I want to do.”

cheque for $100,000.
Along with his old friends and longtime
collaborators, videographer Adam Chilton and

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In the end, Pete decided to focus on
surfing for fun rather than surfing for points.
“The older I get, the less competitive I get,