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Luke Gartside In current times, it’s hard to resist feeling a nostalgia for the heady days of global surf travel. So, we’re encouraging you to indulge it enthusiastically with our ongoing series of discovery stories from some of the world’s most prolific surf explorers, running all this winter here on the Wavelengthmag.com The first edition featured Martin Daly and today we’ve got Jack McCoy, described by many as the world’s premier surf filmmaker, with a career spanning over 4 decades. Photos: (L) via sportshutters & (R) By Art Brewer via EOS Born in LA and raised in Hawaii, Jack spent his youth organising surf film screenings, before moving to Australia in the early ‘70s to shoot stills and write stories for Tracks. He discovered the wonders of Bali’s Bukit before the masses, coaxing Gerry Lopez and Jeff Hakman out for their first trip in ‘74 with a photo of an Uluwatu spinner pinned to the wall of his restaurant. Soon after, Jack swappe ....