The Originals – Billy Bain

THE O’RIGINALS are living in the city and going to art school and frothing about surfing crowded weekend slop whenever they come home. They’re holed up in the bush, growing their own veggies and charging slabs on 12-foot guns, whenever a dirty low pressure system drops its guts.

13/08/2018

In an alternate universe, Billy Bain may have gone on to be an elite professional surfer. He cut his teeth in junior contests and enjoyed success, the thrill of sponsorship and even a few magazine spreads. The future was seemingly laid out before him, but inside there was conflict. Billy wanted to draw and paint.

The O’Riginals Part 1 follows Billy’s story from up-coming grommet through to his decision to leave his suburban beach home and move to the city.

“Like so many kids who show promise as talented juniors, their journey with surfing doesn’t just stop when they finally decide the contest rash vest isn’t for them. If anything, it’s just getting started, that’s what makes Billy’s journey so cool. That – and the fact he’s doing it on his own terms,” said O’Riginals Director Vaughan Blakey.