If you’re a fan of skateboarding you might associate the name Arto Saari with Trasher’s “2001 Skater of the Year” award or recognize his face from many a magazine cover. But around 2013, the Finnish ex-pro skater shifted gears and started chasing a career in photography.
Saari caught the surfing bug in 2016, and when he decided to move to the North Shore, he fell in love with the culture and started shooting all things surf related.
Slowtide recently just dropped the above short–in conjunection with their new line–highlighting Saari’s recent work.
More from the Slowtide desk about the collab:
Today, Slowtide announces a collaboration with Professional Skateboarder and Photographer, Arto Saari. Originally from Finland, Saari decided to pursue a career as a professional skateboarder in the late 90’s. Fast forward to 2001, he was on countless magazine covers and even won Thrasher’s Skater of the Year award. Through skating, his passion for photography is found and a new facet of his talent is explored. Five years ago, Arto and his family moved to the North Shore of Oahu where he developed a newfound passion for all things revolving around the ocean. The Slowtide x Arto Saari collection highlights a few of his favorite ocean images from his time in Hawaii. Each image comes with a deep backstory of things like how the swell was on that day, what surfers were out in the water, and what camera and lens he chose to shoot with on that day.
If you’d like to check out the collab, click here.