WNW

A fun day, i only had a hour to shot in the early am.... getting the house ready for turkey day....

More Black Boarders

PIER WALK

The wife has given me the honey do list, asked for a surf check before the chores were to start... got to take a pier walk and hang out for few moments... winter is here..

black boarders

High Pressure usually

Means small waves, but high pressure can also mean new opportunities

RETURNS

Surfer magazine must be cleaning a little house, cause i got some returns today....

DEW DROPS

Nothing special today, took a quick walk onto the pier, took a few clicks and headed home to feed and walk the dog... the dew drops were the only thing happing ...

Billy Hopkins

Billy Hopkins HB supergrom fresh off the plane and ripping. A 3 week trip in the land of auz seems to have added some muscle to the kids bag of tricks..

SurfShot

thanks to surfshot and joe foster for running one of my flash shots. joe was my swimmer for the shot and worked hard to get in the sweet spot. lining-up for a shot like this is very difficult and you only have 40 minutes to get it....

RIP Chris Hawk

Chris Hawk, shaper and surfer, has passed on.

Bob Ballou, a longtime friend of Chris, has scheduled a paddle-out in his memory at 11 a.m. THIS SUNDAY (11/1/2009 - NOTE time change from Daylight Savings Time, clocks set back 1-hour), on the north side of the Huntington Beach Pier. The paddle-out is open to everyone.

“Back in the day," recounted Surfer's Hall of Fame Founder Aaron Pai, "he was one of the best surfers in Huntington Beach and he has been a master shaper since the 70’s. We are super stoked to be able to induct Chris Hawk into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame.”

As one of the renowned Hawk brothers that includes Sam and Tom, Chris helped shape the Huntington Beach surf culture in the 1960s and ‘70s. While the brothers often travelled to Hawaii and charged Sunset and Pipeline, Chris chose to make his mark as a master surfboard shaper.

During one of these many Hawaiian trips, Chris met legendary shaper Dick Brewer and was taken under his tutorage alongside Reno Abellira and Davie Abbott. Chris soon became a household name on the mainland and the “go to” guy for many hard-core surfers up and down the California coast for years and years.

Wind Swell

Wind Swell, almost always unexpected results. opens up angle for photograph that you dont see everyday...

NIght Moves

A few more form the other night....

A few

From this past run of surf, go get em ....

thanks to Paul Cerion for the hard work manning the flash...

Port4

I was going through my 35mm negative film for the port. stumbled upon a few hidden moments from the winter of 05.
i feel dirty by posting these up, back in the day, this was my spot. grew up there getting my licks. the vibe was not friendly and posting up images of the spot would have got your ass kicked. That was then,this is now, there was no internet back then and the lawyers make money now. the spongers have invaded but you can still score it, it takes a bit of knowledge and is best on the off days. you gotta know the numbers for sure...

Port 3

waiting for a possible classic set-up this up coming week. Cleaning up the housings and charging the batteries..

Fun Waves

Fall is here, a nice little west swell in the water gave the boys some room to play.
weather was nice the AM till the fog moved in.....

Port Part2