After two years of planning the trip was almost over before it started. An hour before boarding their flight to Moscow, Russia invaded Ukraine.

At a time when the world was seeing the worst of human nature, these guys flew behind the iron curtain and found, to their surprise, the best of it. Mi-8 helicopters, skidoos, frozen campsites, and frozen bank accounts, this surf trip quickly became far more than anyone could imagine.

 

Using a wide array of FCS travel accessories, boardbags, leashes and fins, the entire team sampled one of the wildest corners of the globe and found some pretty incredible surf in the process.