Something for the kids!

I was recently contacted by TaughtMe2Books.com to assist in promoting their upcoming publication of 'My Daddy Taught Me to Surf", a surf-related children's picture book. They plan to release the book sometime this summer. Feel free to check out their website, Facebook Group and Twitter page to learn more.

"You know me, anything for the kids!"

PLEASE VOTE!

Just noticed today that one of my shots made it to Surfline's June '09 Top 20 User-Submitted Photos Of The Month Contest. Please click the link and vote for photo #1 of local legend Pat Weber getting shacked silly @ Home. Posted below is the same shot to confirm you're voting for the BEST photo. =)

Your support is greatly appreciated!!

Board Cam Clip

Views from the inside w/ a good track (h20 footage starts at 1:06)

Mentawai Islands by Jaime Izquierdo from King Millenium on Vimeo.

FOR SALE: Al Merrick Flyer 1 (flawless)

**EDIT: MERRICK FLYER IS SOLD

I also have a 6'0" Pat Reardon fish for $200 if anyone is interested. Email for photo/info requests: yusaphoto@yahoo.com.

Southern Overlap

Overlapping S/SW swells in full effect today! Paddled at a erie spot I've never seen break before with nobody around (which made it more erie). The conditions? Head high and heavy with some draining below the deck. After an hour+ of good rides/beatings, I sat patiently waiting for the next round of bombies to roll through. All of a sudden, the winds switched and the glassiness disappeared within 15 minutes. Had fun while it lasted.

Drove home and snapped a few at the spots still working it:

These and more on Eppic.

Monday's Quickie

Quickie logged:

Snapped a quick few of the lil guys appealing enough to kick my motivation into gear. The result, mini-wedgy peaks to a hitable end section.

Props to our boys in Purple and Gold for bringing another title to LA!!!

Have a productive week everyone.

Just the beginning!

Pulled up the cams yesterday evening to see if the new stuff was showing. Sure enough, building SW with a touch of NW windswell. Hit the hay with that "can't wake up to get some waves" itch. B-lined early style with hopes of scoring before the negative low.

The result? 2 spots. 2 sessions. Sparsely populated. Good times.

Not as big as anticipated, but uncrowded and shapely:

Apparently, this is just the beginning. =)

Milking It!

According to the models, Tuesday had to be milked. Long story short, it was one of those days where at first glance you see framing peaks/barrels - rush to suit up - hit the water - and 15 minutes later you're thinking, "Where did those bombies go??"

In the end, I think we arrived an hour too late on the rising tide, but had a blast nonetheless. Very curious to see what this spot was doing the past few days.

Thanks to JT for the shots today, it's always nice to be on the other side of the glass.

One of the few that snuck through (above) on the rising tide. Still kicking myself for missing that one...

Reassuring the photographer he's #1:

Hoping for a swell-filled weekend and a win tonight in Orlando. Shoots!

Redemption Session

Due to being absent for yesterday morning's offerings, I was motivated to make up for it today. And with the weekend crowds flocking, had to commit to find some empties. Split peaks with another lone soldier till my arms/legs felt like jello. Was expecting more size, but can't complain with slabbing frames:

This peak (below) was throwing to a nice ramp section all morning.

Most of these are post-session shots, it was still really good. Oh well, putting the Lakeshow on priority. I'll post more here after the game. Have a great Sunday everyone.

Whomp!

It's been a while since my last post, feels good to be back with something to offer. Lately, the call of duty has had me shackled in the cabin, leaving me to live vicariously/mind-surfing shots from my fellow blogging-bruthaz (thanks fellas). When the window of opportunity showed this morning, I was on it. Gased-up with high hopes of seeing the recent bump in energy.

Well,..... Although, the energy increase was there, yesterday's afternoon onshores were enough to cause morning sickness. Guess I'm too picky... Drove a while with no luck and ended up having fun shooting whomp with the local:

These, and more shots here.

"Switching" Things Up

We're officially in a seasonal switch. A time of year when the north and south energies meet and greet, often resulting in peaky bumps along our coastline. Lately the surf has been sufficient, but that always leaves room for more hefties. Found some archived images from the past few seasonal switches, "switched":

Aussies @ Home!?!

Woke up at SF time this morning and saw the smoke stacks blowing in the right direction. Optimistic the goods would be served up today. B-lined to headquarters and was glad to see how things cleaned up compared to yesterday. Good to see everyone having fun in the hollow glassiness.

Saw these 2 fellas setting up for an "Aussie" paddle out. Seeing those soft-bottom boards and that Body Glove spring from '85 took me WAYYYYY back.

A few more here.
Have a great Friday, it's a nice one!

Weekend Magic

This past week, the majority of SoCal saw waves. However, as most spots were affected by unfavorable winds, a select few served up the goods:

Some more here.

BalPen

As the forecasts stated, a big disparity in size. Ain't that the truth!

Some more here.

Cuarenta'th

It's here. Obvious traces of NW windswell continuing to show, but the South is dominating mercilessly! While select spots are loving the combo, others are happy to pull in the southern goods. Enjoy:

Some more here.