San Francisco Strike...out

Got a last minute call to fly up to SF to hang alongside Timmy Curran, Benny B, and Keith Malloy as they film for Timmy's new movie. We ended up getting fogged in for the 2 days I was there and enjoyed a night out on the town before driving back down to SD the next day. All in all, the waves were non-existant, but we shared some stories, laughs, sushi, and a couple beers along the way. Here's a couple snapshots from behind the scenes at the train station...

Matuse team in Nicaragua

Matuse Wetsuits flew myself along with my friends and fellow teamriders Derek "Double D" Dunfee, Mikala and Daniel Jones, and our boy Matt donatelo to Nicaragua to chase the last south swell and get some new images for an upcoming advertising and editorial gallery to go in Surfer Magazine! I owe a huge thanks to John Campbell and the boys at Matuse for choosing me to shoot.

Here is a link to a quick edit from our trip and a few photos for your viewing pleasure...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KAL6SvPkQA&feature=email

Sparky

My good friend Chris has the raddest dog. His name is Sparky, he is a 4 year old ball of energy who goes on daily walks and runs around the backyard like there is no tomorrow.

Swine Flu

Last sunday I found myself getting off a plane in Mexico City and being handed a pamphlet about this "Swine Flu" pandemic. I was on my way back from a 5 day Peru mission. As for now, I'm feeling good and don't think any of those little buggers got in me. Here's a shot of me working on the shots from the trip.

COVER

This months issue of Surfer Magazine has a photo I took of Greg Long earlier this year on the cover! It's one of those "If I told you I would have to kill you sort of places" so don't get any ideas as to where this wave is, because these lips are sealed!hahaha. Inside the issue also has a couple spreads too!

Billabong XXL 2009

I just wanted to say a HUGE congratulations to my friends Derek, Greg, and Twiggy for taking home the big W at the XXL awards last night! Derek won the Monster Paddle in of the year only 6 months after breaking his leg surfing in Tavarua. Greg rented a party bus to take us all up there and the good times only got better. Here are a few shots from the night...
Look for a more in depth review of the night on surfermag.com

Back home after 5 weeks

I am back home in San Diego from a 5 week trip to the southern regions of our world. We started on a 2 week camping/wilderness trip that will be featured in an upcoming Surfer Magazine issue and than flew into an incredible 3 weeks of waves on the Goldcoast of Australia. It's 4am and I've barely slept for the past 4 days...Jetlag and traveling has kept me up. Here's a few photos from my trip and will put a few more up once I get some sleep..

G'day Mate!

Hello friends, I'm checking in from down unda. Yes the land of Oz. Australia is a weird place for me. For one reason or the other it has always been really good to me. The first time I ever flew in, we were surfing perfect Kirra hours after landing. Kirra is one of those waves that rarely breaks and to fly into a swell there is pretty random. Fast forward to my 4th trip (the one I am on now) and here I am having just gotten out of the water from another 2 days of perfect kirra with another week of cyclone swell on tap! I love Australia!!! We've been shooting a ton and I've even slipped in a few sessions myself.

Here's a quick writeup that we did on the Billabong Australia Website and look for new photos soon!

http://www.billabong.com/au/blog-post/284/my-mate-todd-is-tops

Random collection of photos...

sometimes the moments searching for waves, or after a surf are the most rewarding. Here are a few moments that I came across that I shot over the past months...

Caribbean Adventure

I just got back from a last minute trip down to the Caribbean with a couple of the boys from Billabong to shoot alongside there film crew to gather clips for their upcoming film titled "Filthy Habits." It is a sequel to there original film made 20 years ago which featured all of there best surfers surfing at there best around the world. I had less than a days notice to prepare for it and it was a great trip from the get go. We had a ton of fun trying to find waves, dabble in the culture, and make new friends along the way. I owe a huge thank you to the crew at Billabong for inviting me on the trip and look forward to the story coming out in an upcoming issue of Surfer Magazine!