Dane at SS

Dane Reynolds paddled out at secret spot over the holidays and proceeded to go bananas on some fun looking rights.




I had my camera but left my good lenses in Japan, so I dug an old zoom lens with broken autofocus out of the beach house closet and tried to make the best of it.







The peanut gallery was in full effect, running down the trail to get front row seats with beers in hand.

OJAI TAKES DOWN VENTURA

Breaking news!
At the inaugural Ojai vs Ventura surf n shred showdown, held in Hobsons lefts and straight out mushburger rights, team Ojai prevails.



Team Ventura won the chest hair competition...





Not a pic from comp day but close enough.

Championship cup and champagne of beer.


Looking forward to a repeat victory in 2012.

California

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Fukude Harbor

PK Shorebreak

I've had my camera waterhousing sitting in my closet collecting dust for way to long, I finally had the chance to jump in and take some shots at PK during a recent evening. I suited up and jumped in the water, unfortunately a couple fishermen had their lines in the shorebreak right where the light was the best. As I flopped around on the inside dodging fish hooks and dirty looks, throwing my camera into some pits, I ended up getting some good shots.

Shaka!

I drive past this place every day on the way to Hamamatsu. Obviously I throw a big Shaka sign out the window as I pass by.

Goto

Some photos from a recent day at Goto. For about a month the sand piled up against the side of this concrete wall creating a good righthander. I risked soaking my camera and walked out to take a few shots.



There is usually a crew of fishermen on the wall, catching fish and dodging set waves that wash over the end.


Makoto dropping in






Later on in the afternoon the light improved and the winds cleaned up.




Jack and friends came out to attack some lips.








Once the sun set I tried using my flash with limited success...





And finally wound up with some nice long exposures using the wall as my tripod