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Quintessential free-surfer Dave Rastovich and film director Nathan Oldfield teamed up for Patagonia’s recent project ‘In The Family Of Things’. The clip starts with Pulitzer Prize recipient Mary Oliver reading her classic poem Wild Geese, which talks about how one lives a good life by aligning with nature. 

This text aligns with Rasta, who not only is a poet when riding waves, but the 43-year-old has embodied Oliver’s poem in his life path as a free-surfer. Rasta reminds us to surf for the joy of it and to see the graceful activity as a time to connect with nature. Oldfield does a fine job of showcasing Rasta’s ethos as the tube maestro’s elite skill’s are on display throughout the clip.

The final part of Oliver’s poem is what the title of the edit is named after.

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -over and over, announcing your place in the family of things.”

It seems Rasta finds his place ‘In The Family Of Things’, while searching for barrels in empty lineups along the mid-north coast. 

Enjoy!

PS. I’d chop my pinky to surf like Rasta. (Sorry, I couldn’t make it be too deep).