Mike Lay

A short film exploring the deep but often lost connection we have to home and our homeshores. Filmed on the Outer Hebrides in the Scottish Isles, Finisterre Ambassador Mike Lay and islander Colin MacLeod exchange waves and reconnect with the land and waters that have shaped their lives.

A thread. A yarn. A tale. A story to tell. A visual and sonic masterpiece journeying across the Celtic fringes, through thunderous barrels and peeling points breaks, pulling on threads that reveal that it’s as much about the journey as the folk that are with you along the way.

Following in the footsteps of a thousand other travellers, Reef teamrider Mike Lay and friends set off on the road west to Galicia. With a diverse range of surfboards and open minds to waves of various size and quality they explore the countless coves of north-west Spain, what it means to travel and whether it is the destination or the getting there that really matters.