Ready, Set, Engage!

I had the great honor of shooting my friend Josh and his fiance's engagement photos today. It was a great moment and we got some really cool photos. Here are a few.

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Ana

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Here is a little token I found at Blacks and another I found at the pier yesterday, actually I found a lot of tokens yesterday. I have a plethora of images from the past 3 days. I will post more when they're edited.

Peace

dos negros

Jibber and I headed down south to shoot barrels. After 7 hours of watching too much high tide junk at just about all the reefs in La Jolla, we headed back to Blacks with an end result of high pressure offshore flow, negative tide, and 8-10 foot bombs, and about 12 guys in the water having the session of a lifetime. That was the largest surf I've swam in to this day. Here are a few shots from today. Aloha

Aye grande muchos!!!

Johny D and I checked a few spots this morning. Salt Creek was good, Oceanside was A-framing but had too much tide, and the reefs in Encinitas were too crowded. We decided Blacks was the call. We pull up and there are only a few cars in the parking lot which means 1 of 2 things; it's either too big for people to surf, or it's shitty. Well it was actually neither of those. The sets were averaging about 12 feet on the faces. All the peaks were working, and with the tide going out it was only getting more hollow. We suit up, run down the goat trail, stretch, say a prayer and paddle out. John get's an overhead right to warm up followed by a left wedge at south peak. I paddle deeper than the other 4 guys by us and wait a little further outside. After 15 minutes or so, I see a bomb on the horizon and I start to paddle. John and the 3 others are paddling out in the channel. Probably close to 15' on the face, this thing breaks about 20 feet in front of me. I start to duckdive as deep as possible and I feel my board get ripped out of my hands. I feel the fishing string of a leash snap and I do the tumble. I come up and my hand shaped Will Scovel 6'3 is getting washed in. I swim to the inside to see half my board floating. I go in, without catching 1 wave, and start my upset walk back to the trail. I change, grab my camera, and shoot a few waves.

bu wha?

some decent baja bu courtesy of Hurley


Ezera Surfboards

Sean Pearson of Ezera Surfboards testing out the Pro Model.

holy hail

So as some of you may know, I've recently been highly intrigued by the game of golf. It's a lot like surfing... you either love it or you hate it. It's really expensive, you wear funny clothes, and a good game is as inconsistent as hail in San Diego. When you're on, you're ON and it's a great feeling, but it just doesn't happen that often unless you're Tiger Woods (guilty until proven innocent).

Thanksgiving weekend my brother and I had a game reserved with some good friends at a wonderful hidden course in Deluz/Temecula area called Cross Creek. We started off and had a great front 9. Stopped inside for a lunch break and when we started the back 9, we noticed some black clouds above. Hole 10 is nice, hole 11 it starts to drizzle. That drizzle turns into a nice down pour, and that heavy rain soon starts to freeze. Then comes the lightning, which apparently makes great company for standing on a golf course soaking wet holding a metal rod. Long story short, if you ever get the chance to play golf at Cross Creek please by all means take it! It's the best course I've ever been on. Just check the weather before you go. - shoots

Peein

Northside with Ian Statzer. Most are scared to surf by him I don't know why, but here are some friendly shots.