{"id":278350,"date":"2026-01-16T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=278350"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:24:50","slug":"billabong-bloodlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/billabong-bloodlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Billabong Bloodlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billabong Bloodlines Mentawai\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/udj2KUTGBe0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>At some point, every surf kid learns the hard way that a passport, a boat, and a stretch of perfect Indonesian reef will either make you or break you. For the latest Billabong Bloodlines crew \u2014 all under 18 \u2014 that moment came deep in the Mentawai Islands, on their first-ever boat trip.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Mentawai edition, starring Europe\u2019s next wave of troublemakers: Axel Dominguez, Alejo Valido, Josh Karbus, Oxel Oregi, and Gabriel Aviben. No safety nets, no home breaks, no \u201cjust one more turn.\u201d Just relentless swell, sharp reefs, and the kind of surf trips that accelerate careers\u2014or at least permanently recalibrate expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The clip documents equal parts progression and pressure: wide-eyed groms stepping into consequence, learning boat life, and figuring out how to perform when the waves actually deserve your best surfing. It\u2019s raw, fast, and refreshingly unpolished \u2014 exactly how a Bloodlines trip should look.<\/p>\n<p>Edit: Guillaume Arrieta (@we__creative)<br \/>Footage: George Karbus, Julius Wauwau, Jemari Paerata<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mentawai edition, starring Europe\u2019s next wave of troublemakers: Axel Dominguez, Alejo Valido, Josh Karbus, Oxel Oregi, and Gabriel Aviben.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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