end of the roll

window display in Solana Beach

journey of a lifetime

see more here: 

http://www.surfermag.com/photos/across-the-pacific/

smile

jenna. sf 2011

Gabriel Medina

Gabriel Medina.  Pipe masters 2011

Jamie Obrien at Pipe

JOB..late afternoon pipe. 2011

Pipeline Masters..day 1

CJ Hobgood..last heat of the day.

Sunday football with Quik and Balaram

Balaram Stack Quik ad from Mexico...I still like the Chargers more.

hawaii time

I apologize for the lack of updates lately..It's been a very busy week in Hawaii since arriving just after Thanksgiving.  I worked on a really cool shoot for Quiksilver with some of their key surfers as well as a campaign for a new headphone company which should be out next summer.  Shoot all day, edit all night..A lot of images, a lot of editing, no complaints.  For now I leave you with this image from the first day I arrived. Big, North Swell Pipeline, 3 guys out..Howling North East winds.

Behind the scenes Tahiti

At times when documenting trips I find what is going on behind the scenes to be more interesting than the waveriding itself.  On this particular trip that didn't quite apply...the waves we had were by far the scariest things I had ever seen.  The night we flew into Tahiti happened to be mere hours before one of, if not, the heaviest sessions took place at Teahupoo.  While everyone was trying to sleep a couple hours before the sun came up.  Beren Hall and Taylor Steele were up nearly the whole night prepping for the shoot ahead.

Billabong Pro Security house. The end of the Road Tahiti. 1am. August 2011