Vissla's new profile film "22" featuring Cam Richards

South Carolina’s Cam Richards is well aware of the importance of quality clips to a career. After all, he gained notoriety five years back when he battled Dane Reynolds in an online video contest vying for a spot in the Hurley Pro. Dane would end up winning, but not before Richards brought it right down to the wire, even forcing Reynolds to sign up for an account on Instagram in search of enough votes to leapfrog Richards in the final. These days Richards is competing on the qualifying series, but he’s still finding the time for freesurf trips, like this one to Portugal with filmmaker Victor Pakpour. The pair spent two weeks driving up and down Portugal’s never-ending coast, finding rampy wedges and peaky tubes and collecting a grip of ripping A-clips, before ending their trip at Portugal’s infamous slab on Richards’ 22nd birthday (thus the name.) While The Cave--a gurgling right over basically dry rock--is barely a real surf spot, Richards still paddled out and threw himself over the ledge on the first set that rolled through. Luckily, he missed bouncing off the exposed reef and was able to paddle back out and redeem himself, to cap off the trip on a high note, and share this eight-minute edit with the world. For an interview with Richards, and to see Pakpour’s frames from the trip, click here.
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[@holdyourbreath90]

Always a blast watching Cam surf! Great video & sick aerials!

[@haydennmarie9404]

This is proof that although we were raised in Garden City we can still be amazing and have the capabilities to surf big waves!

[@thehipalbatross1502]

Fr!

[@gregroberts52]

Well done!

[@muhumad33]

Are you keeeeding me this dude rips so hard last section is best air to barrel

[@Gonesurfin624]

7:28 😳😳

[@erikkudrna]

8:08 that grab and recovery.

[@67Aquaholic]

Oh, and he's pretty good in big chunky slabs too........gooooo Cam

[@Noyader]

Met him at Surfside. good man

[@burk7984]

i live there such a cool guy

[@HoStevie]

*Hot fire* 🔥

[@rippah1979]

South Cack represent!!

[@Ibprius]

When they say produced in a surf movie does that mean the person mentioned paid for all of the starring professionals surf trips? I’m confused here...cause it costs zero to publish on RUclips.

[@shawjonesmax]

what's the last song?

[@ianroux6163]

But where is his railgame?

[@jeandenisyagues9213]

pouahh du lourd :o

[@evanblodgett6222]

Wow!

[@jonasakyildiz6494]

Mate if you could do airs like that why would you wanna concentrate on turns

[@FrankieCoyazo]

Jonas Akyildiz He's a slappah thats why......yea i just made up new Aussie slang brah....

[@Kill3erAsian241]

air after air after air after air after air after air after air, where tha turnsssss?

[@Kill3erAsian241]

Haha this guy competes at the pro level and I've seen him rip waves like these apart. I just don't like this trend of vids showing surfers doing airs the entire time.

[@FrankieCoyazo]

It takes turns to do airs brah

[@nathanamell5713]

Yoo say somthing to the Fannnnssssss!!

[@Vzyadokmoe]

First music?

[@C---M]

Yes it has music.

[@parcic7991]

😍😍

[@maattttt07]

6.5 outta 10.. Not enough turns I agree

[@klatsootnekry6676]

Ha ha ha, "where are the turrrrrrns???". Sorry he doesn't surf the way you want him to! Frankly, I'm blown away at how much speed surfers can generate on otherwise underwhelming waves. And, as always, am underwhelmed by the narrow minded bullshit generated by the surf community at large. I read comments all the time, like: "What's this artsy bullshit?" "This music sucks!" "He does too many airs!" What a bunch of nattering grannies.