We are having a good winter so far, homebase sand is wrong though. other spot have filled the void..HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!

Holiday Routine

Kinda the same thing for the last 35 years for me. west swell, kids out of school, old guys off work for xmas, and fun waves with no sun....groundhog day shit

Holidays and WNW

get the shopping done and get a few too.... strange angles today, a few spots were open to it....

Short Days and Short Waves

Short walks on long piers, days are getting very short, small kind today. i thought i would play with the iso button and shoot in the dark....

Run Around

just stayed home today and went out front......more west but drop in swell... good lighting though

The Hype machine

The 40 year storm for hawaii turned into another average swell for socal. This nw really was knocked down a bit. it seems that everyone in orange county converged on my tiny home break yesterday and judging by the images ive seen and the home bros report it just wasn't the real deal, but its only December.

I did an escape run up to my other favorite spot about 5 hours from home and got a few

SIMPO IS IN!

Brett and I crossed paths back in 2003. Brett was a fresh face in HB and i was just figuring out how a camera works.
so it was kinda natural for us both to end up working together, we both needed each other. i got my first double page
spread in surfing mag working with brett, this was a much needed boost for both of our egos. Brett has worked hard but for
a natural like him, it was just a matter of time. So Brett congratulations on qualifying for the 2010 WCT TOUR...




enjoy a few moments along his journey

the blob is coming

with all the fancy new internet, you can predict a major swell arriving. lets hope it holds together and the weather isnt a bummer.
the last blob in 05 had spots open up from a 20 year hibernation