160° WEST // PACIFIC SLABS

Three weeks in the middle of the Pacific. Four bodyboarders. Urchins, low tides, monsoonal rain and a few memorable sessions when everything finally came together.

160° WEST brings together Michael Novy, Cade Sharp, Chase O’Leary and Simon Cassidy for a bodyboarding edit filmed by Inverted Bodyboarding’s Ben Wells and edited by We Bodyboard. Also featuring Eric Gamez from Booghouse and other riders, the clip captures some of the best sessions from the crew’s three-week trip.

For anyone who enjoys travel-based bodyboarding films, quality sessions and a soundtrack worth turning up, this is one for the watchlist.

Three Weeks Chasing Waves in the Pacific
Bodyboarding trips rarely run exactly to plan. Conditions change, tides dictate the opportunities, and the sessions you travelled for can take patience to find.

For the 160° WEST crew, the trip meant navigating sea urchins, low tides, monsoonal rain and, according to the trip description, a few of Sharpy’s hangovers. But across three weeks in the Pacific, there were days when the conditions aligned and those sessions form the heart of the edit.

That contrast is part of what makes a bodyboarding trip memorable. The waiting, weather and setbacks become part of the story, while the sessions that finally deliver make the effort worthwhile.

The main travelling crew brings together four names familiar to bodyboarding fans:
•    Michael Novy
•    Cade Sharp
•    Chase O’Leary
•    Simon Cassidy
The clip also features Eric Gamez from Booghouse, alongside additional riders sharing the sessions.

We’re proud to help bring projects like this to the screen. Supporting bodyboarding is about more than the equipment: it is also about documenting riders, sharing sessions and helping the wider community experience trips they might otherwise never see.

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed footage, put time into the project and helped turn three weeks of travel into 160° WEST.

The soundtrack brings together: The Jesus and Mary Chain — Sowing Seeds, Status Quo — Pictures of Matchstick Men, Royal Blood — Figure It Out

Turn it up, settle in and enjoy a trip through some of the crew’s best Pacific sessions.