HBSURFSHOT

Day Late

2012-01-28T16:08:00.000-08:00

water housing problems caused me to miss yesterday, only a few this am

2012-01-27T04:59:00.000-08:00

shore break play out front.....

New Housing

2012-01-24T17:10:00.000-08:00

Got a new toy today, playing at the creek, can video now, check the side bar for fresh brother andino action

Sean Collins

2012-01-09T07:37:00.001-08:00

Saying goodbye to an old friend..i secured a spot a the top of main st to capture this angel....

NIce December Days

2011-12-28T15:11:00.000-08:00

Getting back my head back in the game, swam a few days and took advantage of the nice sunrises we been having...

R I P Sean Collins

2011-12-27T16:40:00.001-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011

2011-12-24T18:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night......BE SURE TO LEAVE OUT THE MILK (LOW FAT) for Santa

HB PIER 12-22-2011

Friends of Mike Morgan, who passed away in 2005, gather to pay tribute and to raise money for the Seal

2011-12-22T15:14:00.000-08:00

Great day today in seal beach, the mike morgan paddleout raised over 2,000 for the seal beach victims..

Friends of Mike Morgan, who passed away in 2005, gather to pay tribute and to raise money for the Seal

Time is passing by

2011-11-25T20:04:00.009-08:00

Thanksgiving, xmas shopping, black friday, occupy, unemployment, iran, iraq, on and on...life still rolls on, time passes, but you still check the waves, try to surf when you can, and just get by in life. this past fall i have been organizing a charity event to help with the families of the seal beach shootings. times like this that you realize that life is all about life, your life. so take care this winter season and get some waves. it seems that waves are the olny thing that remains the same.....

Fall is fine

2011-10-15T10:40:00.000-07:00

Great weather, great waves, and great surfers...makes for some fine images this past week...

2011-10-14T15:55:00.001-07:00

more fall days

2011-10-08T11:52:00.000-07:00

Fall mornings

2011-10-07T11:55:00.000-07:00

Finally fall has come. offshore winds, and clear skies before 7. Seems that fall has started early, so winter isnt to far behind..

School Days

2011-09-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

Fond memories of New Zealand swells starting up right around school time.....this year was no different as we had a major bomb swell in the first week of September

September to remember

2011-09-04T09:51:00.000-07:00

September 2011 has been great so far, with more swells on the way. While most of the crowd in orange county were gazing at the wedge, just down the street, locals were enjoying the lack of publicity......

Colby Turner...Mr. DNA

2011-08-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

When your dad is Ryan Turner, Huntington Beach's own BIG wave legend.... oh and your uncle is no other than Timmy Turner of second thoughts fame, ( a hellman himself plus a crazy Feral Film maker), you tend to develop a no fear attitude....

Ryan Turner near home base

Uncle Timmy Scoring a cover shot

COLBY turner is only 6 years old, and i call him Mr DNA, after one of my favorite DEVO songs. The kid has the right stuff.
..here is Colby Turner, a well seasoned traveler to indo and future skateboard and surfing star..........

Newport blues

2011-06-16T16:11:00.000-07:00

As june gloom goes into to full gear, i was summoned to 54th st to capture the quiksilver crew. these are the guys behind the trunks. these are the nuts and bolts guys...the warehouse workers, graphic artist, team managers, and VPs...all just like little kids at recess

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pulling files...

2011-06-10T17:52:00.000-07:00

searching through older files for a specific image, you sometimes stumble upon a few out takes that slipped through the system, and God created blogs so you can post em.....

spring to summer

2011-06-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

happens in a flash, but this spring transitions are a bit colder, but we got our first south as always..before june....

Spring Time

2011-04-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

Nice condition today and tiny NW windswell, typical spring, but a very nice day. shot ted navarro and friends

Spring winds

2011-04-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Spring time, is wind time. south swells and choppy mornings cause low crowds and fun waves

Spring time, is wind time. south swells and choppy mornings cause low crowds and fun waves

Storm Trooper

2011-04-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

Weather and clouds make for some interesting formations and color..

Surfline love

2011-03-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

Surfline has been using a few of my images the past few months. the articles with my images get around 60,000 views in 5 days, i couldnt ask for anything better than that..

More randoms from the files

2011-03-13T09:04:00.000-07:00

film slide images from my files......

Colors and Texture

2011-03-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

Did a surf check before work, saw the light was good so i grabbed the camera and ran out on the pier to shoot, got the last few minutes before the ball came up. low light, slow shutter, and clear air makes these things possible

The dirty LBC

2011-02-27T08:48:00.000-08:00

A stormy AM on the OC LB boarder...

Year of the rabbit

2011-02-05T15:55:00.000-08:00

A placid year, very much welcomed and needed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. Our life style will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances. Plus improved surf and conditions....this might be a great year.....

GOLD RUSH

2011-01-25T09:24:00.001-08:00

A Great run of surf this january, and got the cover shot for surfline's swell feature..

Hb for days

2011-01-18T20:25:00.000-08:00

We are having a great run if surf and conditions this week

Afternoon delight

2011-01-18T07:27:00.000-08:00

Nice conditions and swell have made for a good run of fun surf this past week, more on the way....

nice winter morning

2011-01-16T10:22:00.000-08:00

Chasing the nice light and clear atmosphere.
early morning slow shutter speeds and coffee make form some interesting images

Katin moments

2011-01-12T12:23:00.000-08:00

a few moments from the 2011 Katin contest held last week in HB

Katin Contest

2011-01-09T21:06:00.000-08:00

The last real contest in california. I surfed in the Katin in 1981, the surfing has changed a bit, but the objective is the same. Get your best team riders from your surfshop, lay down the cash and see what you got... tons of fun and a great vibe. this year was no different than it was in 81, except now the surfers are doing 360 air reverses on every other wave..congrats to tim curren and team Hurley on the win..

HB sunshine

2010-12-29T07:43:00.000-08:00

A nice day with the sun out, surf photogs, wct pros,and local pros get it while its dry........

random bars

2010-12-26T09:30:00.000-08:00

If you know were to go

Post Rain

2010-12-22T13:45:00.000-08:00

Lets hope the weather cleans up and we get a little swell after these rains, sandbars should be working, so it comes down to who knows were to go....a few post storm images from last year

92648 CREW

2010-12-16T16:47:00.000-08:00

Rainy days make for play days. broke out the 7d and played a bit, i need a better tripod...still learning....

OC moments

2010-12-12T08:49:00.001-08:00

A few random images....

Kanoa Igarashi

2010-12-11T17:34:00.000-08:00

Man this kid is sharp. 12 years old and he already surfs better than several wqs surfers. Kanoa is a contest machine. I got a chance to work with kanoa, We took a road trip from his home in HB to salt creek. The kid is smart, gets straight A's in school, is very polite, respectful, and curious. Kanoa took a liking to my camera. After a few smart questions, He began to shoot images and understanding how the camera works. He could take my job away in a newyork minute..i better keep him in the water and away from my camera gear....

LA NINA

2010-11-20T08:27:00.000-08:00

She is coming, East coast will get a lot of energy and the west coast will go hungry, thats just how it is. OC saw some great conditions last month but december might come up short... let hope I am wrong on this... a few moments from the pier last month..

No place like home

2010-11-11T18:35:00.000-08:00

At least for a traveling pro like brett simpson. Ever since i have known brett, he has been a homebody. He cant wait to get home, even though he pulls into the best waves in the world as a wcter. I was walking my dog down the path in the early AM. The pier is 3 foot and clean. Up in the lot i see Brett. I go up to say hi, and he is amped like a 14 year old grom..This guy Brett is like is one of the top 20 surfers in the world. He surf Jbay, tahiti, gold coast, and all the other spots on the tour, but here he is frothing to surf 3 foot OC, he tells me he is heading down the street near the rocks for a sesh. Of course i run home to get the wetty on and load the camera........welcome home brett

The high and lows of life

2010-11-08T11:19:00.000-08:00

This past week has been such a tough time for the surfing world with the death of A.I. but on the other hand, its been one of the most historic and memorable weeks since modern surfing began over a 100 years ago. Losing AI was hard, but then kelly comes along and does his 10 thing and takes our minds off it for a few minutes.

Fall Time

2010-10-30T07:47:00.000-07:00

Its my favorite time in SOCAL, nice weather nice wind and nice waves. il pay higher taxes to live here....a few from last few days..

Echo Beach again

2010-09-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

The 80's are long gone. the bright colors, poka dots, and neon sunglasses. The tiny stretch of newport between 54th and 56th started it all, and the echo beach boys came back out to play, almost 30 years later..the young guns put on a show and the old men showed they could still carve it up....

COBB WEBS

2010-09-17T18:10:00.000-07:00

GOT EM OUT, DUSTED OFF THE OLD 600MM AND TOOK A STROLL TO THE WEDGE.

2010-09-12T17:39:00.000-07:00

Various out takes form the files, but swell is on the way and looks god, so dust off the school clothes and get ready to ditch some school classes

Summer fun zone

2010-08-26T15:34:00.000-07:00

Summer time is all about fun in the sun. The sun came out this past week, along with a fe waves.

Back in the game baby

2010-08-22T16:03:00.000-07:00

After a few technical difficulties, i have fixed my flash gun. The flash gun is a tricky piece of equipment. first you need a really good swimmer to line-up a few feet from the surfer, then you need the surfer to do something good, then you need the flash to go off. many misfires and a lot of hard work gets you two maybe three usable images..if your lucky..more to come.. thanks to joe foster for swimming...

Surfline Love

2010-08-06T12:56:00.000-07:00

helping pay the food bill......the US open is blowing up this year. a huge changing of the guard is underway..
check out some of the photo features on surfline for more details.....

Derek Peters

2010-07-26T16:10:00.000-07:00

DP is a local kid in HB. He is on the hb high surf team, has been surfing for a few years, he got a very smooth style (looks like he has been check parko vids), he has a arial game too. underrated but ozzing with talent, he could sneak up on you in a heat.

keep your eyes on this grom...

wedge video

2010-07-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

i went to the wedge the day after july 4th, made a quik video with my new 7d...

Wedge July 5th from chris sardelis on Vimeo.

typical july day in newport beach at the wedge, the only game in town a real good show

sup

2010-06-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

King for a day

2010-06-22T16:11:00.000-07:00

Another paying gig close to home. Nice sunny day at Goldenwest st huntington beach. This is the west coast qualifier contest with the winer going to france to surf for the ultimate king of the grom crown. The hawaiian groms flew over the pond and kicked some ass.....check surfline in the next few days for results...

Grom search (never ends)

2010-06-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

Getting paid to shoot groms is a blast. These kids are so stoked and pure its refreshing. the curl put on a good show and thanks surfline for the work. AH to be a kid again......

Gloom June

2010-06-08T16:36:00.000-07:00

Its here, no sun for you till noon, so get on it before the wind and check the wind after 2 cause sometimes it will get glassy and classy

Summer Time

2010-06-04T05:58:00.000-07:00

Summer time is fun time. When your a grom, summer time seems like a dream. Summer camp, no school, cartoons in the AM, beach fun all day. As you grow older, summer time is hot, you have to work, the surf is shitty and the crowds drive you nuts. The inner child never leaves though as you can still find some magic in those 3 months, just imagine..............

Rock and Roll Highschool

2010-05-11T06:25:00.000-07:00

Got a GIG shooting the Huntington Beach high Surf Team banquet. Lisa Anderson, P.T., and a video message from Kelly Slater rounded out the star packed crowd. The groms were stoked...

The Groms listen when teacher Slater speaks...

Back to Work

2010-05-09T16:28:00.000-07:00

Now that the south combo swell has dropped, its been a really good spring this year in SoCal. a few from the last few days

Father Time

2010-05-06T05:56:00.000-07:00

He has a way of creeping up on you. 10, 20, 30 years go by. you dont really notice until you join facebook and your bros from high-school start posting old photos..... man i am getting old fast if there is such a thing.. i

Postcard from Timmy Turner ( Iceland)

2010-05-01T08:48:00.000-07:00

Back in the day, people used to send postcards from vacations spots around the world. Getting a postcard with an exotic picture and a few words from a friend or family member was kinda cool. Well now its an attachment to your phone and a few words of text. check out what Timmy Turner is up to in Iceland... Sent to my iphone yesterday with the words "just hanging out waiting for the ice to clear"

Revered for his award-winning film, ‘Second Thoughts’ which won the 2004 Surfer Poll “Movie of the Year”, Timmy plans to continue his lifelong quest to find waves of absolute perfection, while documenting his adventures. After enduring a life-threatening staph infection in 2005, under doctor’s recommendations, Timmy is to avoid the tropics at all costs. The result?
Timmy is a year into filming his new movie, “Cold Thoughts”, a riveting follow up to his first movie, which focuses on perfection of the coldest order. With trips to Iceland, Canada, South America, as well as other extreme locales in the bank, look for Timmy to push the limits, capturing the same mind-blowing content.

Clay Marzo

2010-04-29T05:27:00.001-07:00

Clay Marzo is a cool cat. Clay has autism but has focused on his passion and its paying off. i had the opportunity to work with clay a few summers ago. The kid is funny and honest, ( he told me i look old for my age). clay has his problems like everyone else, but he is surfer and surfers let their problems go when they hit the water. clay is no different

Drunken Sailors

2010-04-20T12:19:00.000-07:00

Some one is having a bad morning in south HB. Low tide sandbars can bite you if your not paying attention.

Tax Man

2010-04-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

Been out of the loop for the past month. working hard to keep the tax man off my back. snuck out this morning and set-up on the pier, enjoying the clean conditions and a cup of joe...

More Boxes

2010-03-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

My OCD has kicked in and im on a roll with the boxes, its the spring time blues with shity winds and lack of waves.

Multiples are fun

2010-03-06T10:51:00.000-08:00

Over time they start to make some nice combinations..

Ground Hog Year

2010-03-01T13:46:00.000-08:00

Man talk about a long winter nap, this past month has been groundhog day shit. must have been over 20 days of ridable surf this past February and it looks like march is going to be good as well.......

Surf City before dark

2010-02-20T13:22:00.000-08:00

Maybe 5-7 times a year do swell and no wind come together for afternoon sessions. This winter has seen several days with favorable conditions for after work fun, this may lead to a great spring season..

More Moments from mr E

2010-02-17T21:26:00.000-08:00

February in SOCAL

2010-02-16T14:28:00.001-08:00

We have been on a roll in socal, Mr West has been hanging around for a few, nice conditions make for trunks in February....

A day with 7D

2010-02-13T14:19:00.001-08:00

Cover Shot

2010-02-12T08:15:00.000-08:00

Getting a cover shot in any magazine is a thrill. Thanks to Joe Foster and the rest of the crew for choosing my image of Ted Navarro in Newport for the cover of the spring issue of
SurfShot Magazine

Crazy Neighbors

2010-02-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

I am blessed as a surf photographer. you see i live on the same block with three world class surfers. Ryan and Timmy Turner live on one side and aerial wizard Ryan Carlson the other..Ryan Carlson huge Kerrupt flip

I received an email yesterday with this photo attached. That is Ryan Carlson and Timmy Tuner in New York during the peak of the mother of all blizzards on the east coast. These nuts were filming Timmy's new movie Cold Thoughts.

Click Here to see the cold thoughts trailer

2010-02-09T19:13:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Chad Wells, Joey Marshall and the boys at blisss mag.

check out page 80 for my portfolio feature

Bliss Mag Port

kanoa vid

2010-01-31T17:47:00.000-08:00

50 Years of Harbour

2010-01-30T06:07:00.000-08:00

Rich Harbour has been making surfboards for over 50 years now. The Honolua company is coming out with a book soon "the harbour chronicles". My first experience in the working world was at harbour's shop. Rich took a chance and gave me a job stripping the resin floor in the glass room. i promoted to the sales desk and the life lessons learned were priceless. 30 years later Rich and i are still friends.

Congratulations Rich on 50 years of success.

There is going to be a grand opening (Feb. 13th only) of the exhibit at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion on the campus of Orange Coast College. It is free admission, free parking, will be catered by the OCC culinary class with beverages provided free by Starbuck's - once again, all FREE! The exhibit runs until April 9th, but there is only one Grand Opening ceremony.
The book is being printed and bound in Asia, and the Chinese New Year is right in the middle of the process. This complicates being able to exactly predict the book's delivery as they all go on vacation, but our best estimate is March 29th. It is hard bound containing 144 pages of many, many pictures and stories.
Signed and numbered copies (150 only) will be $49.95 and unsigned are $29.95. At present we are not taking reservations for the signed or unsigned copies .
On March 29th (if the books arrive by this date) there will be a VIP (special invitation) book signing of the numbered editions, plus LIMITED EDITION #3 Curly Redwood/Balsa will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. There will be a $10,000 reserve and it remains un-glassed, waiting for me to sign it and place the happy, highest bidder's name on it.

www.surfersjournal.com/journal_entry/harbour-chronicles

Winter time

2010-01-28T06:18:00.000-08:00

This winter has been Good, Very Good. Its looks like we might have one more weekend of fun waves. Soon the weather pattern will change to the spring time blues.

Calm after the storm

2010-01-25T08:25:00.001-08:00

what a wild weekend, and the hits just keep on coming

South Winds and West swells in longBeach

2010-01-20T18:49:00.000-08:00

Make for some interesting situations. Spots that cant break are showing signs of life. Its seems like the boyz are always on it. only two guys out and some serious shit going on...

Katin Comp

2010-01-17T09:11:00.000-08:00

Got a paying gig to shoot the katin. Seal Beach wonder boy Chris Waring took it to em.

The comp had a cool vibe and the team format adds to the flavor of the event

2010-01-13T06:26:00.000-08:00

a few more from this past weekend at the seal beach surf contest sponsored by katin

2010-01-11T14:44:00.000-08:00

stayed home for this swell. small, clean, and fun. the local contest was on and seeing old friends from 30 years ago is nice. Got home court advantage today, no one around a day after the circus left town. im holding the goods for later days...

2009-12-30T15:04:00.000-08:00

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

Holiday Routine

2009-12-21T18:21:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-18T12:16:00.000-08:00

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

Short Days and Short Waves

2009-12-16T08:18:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-10T17:23:00.000-08:00

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

The Hype machine

2009-12-10T04:17:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-12-06T19:57:00.001-08:00

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

2009-12-05T18:14:00.000-08:00

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

black friday part 2

2009-11-30T15:31:00.000-08:00

So far this fall has been great, lots of 280-300 stuff and some great weather

WNW

2009-11-23T07:29:00.001-08:00

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

More Black Boarders

2009-11-21T19:49:00.000-08:00

PIER WALK

2009-11-20T07:18:00.001-08:00

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

2009-11-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

High Pressure usually

2009-11-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

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

RETURNS

2009-11-14T14:29:00.001-08:00

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

DEW DROPS

2009-11-10T14:31:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-08T07:22:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-01T08:41:00.000-08:00

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....