During the new year break Victorian shooter, Steve Arklay, headed north to Papua New Guinea on a surf trip. All of the exposed reefs fired. This is the first series of photos from Steve's trip.

The water photographer hook up... Unless the wave is a compact and predictable reef hooking up with a well-ridden barrel is one of the hardest things a photographer can do. For his part, Darren does his best to stay concentrated on the job at hand, knowing all the while that Steve has hooked him up on a screamer. Sequence by Steven Arklay.//STUART NETTLE