Despite John John Florence’s phenomenal talent on a surfboard, there’s a couple other things the young North Shore prodigy loves to do and dedicate time too. One of those, as you probably already know, is skateboarding. The other, perhaps less known, is photography.

Ok, so who doesn’t love photography today? But fortunately John John’s passion for capturing cool stuff while on the road actually runs deeper than simply snapping away at sunsets to gain Instagram followers.

Here French photographer Sebastien Zanella meets with John John at home to discuss his photographic interest further and find out what drives his aesthetic vision.