Party time

The boys were back in town for Doc's wedding.
Coors lights + patron + good friends = Good Times!

Typhoon waves

There has been some good surf recently from the typhoons, here are a bunch of random pics from over the past month.

This the coastal road driving towards Shizuoka. There is almost a surfable wave here underneath this bridge with Mt. Fuji in the background.

When it is too big for the beaches in front of Fukude and the winds are out of the east, this protected left point down in Irago turns on.





Around the corner from the left point is the more exposed coastline, a little too big to surf this day.



Same spot here in Omaezaki as the photos in the previous post.

Most of the waves that break on typhooon swells are difficult to find, localized, or both. Gun-san is a local everywhere in Shizuoka and he hooked me up by taking me out to a lesser known rivermouth setup. He and his group of friends have been surfing this area for years and they have it dialed.



The rivermouth we went to had a fun setup, lefts on one side and rights on the other in front of the driftwood locals shack.





Another rivermouth setup, this one was a bit muddier. There was a crew all over it in the morning here but by noon here it was empty.



And back to PK, once the swell backed down a bit. The sand setup has been good here, just mind the tetrapod shorebreak.





Two shots from Unagiya-san at PK.

Sequence from Marcio

Here are few shots from the last typhoon swell that I had emailed to me from Marcio, a photographer out in Omaezaki. There weren't many people out this day, but every once in a while a good set came through with some double up goodness. Typhoon #9 is rolling through this week and the forecast looks good...

DJ U-Chan

Typhoon 6

Typhoon #6 has churned up some gigantic surf here, I took a looooong road trip to find a more protected wave, and wound up stumbling into some rivermouth perfection. This point only turns on when its big and the swell wraps into the Suruga Bay. The view from the lineup while riding this wave is incredible, with Mt. Fuji towering in the background as the wave wraps down the point. However, my camera is not waterproof so I have no photographic proof!
By chance, Nori-san from Cojo Surfboards stopped by on his way to Fuji and snapped a couple cell phone pics.

Some pics

Last weekend we had some typhoon surf, out front was huge and out of control, so Tasuke and I loaded up his truck and took a trip to a more protected beach up the coast. My canon g11 came along for the ride.


Tasuke, feeling it.
(note to camera owners, taking your camera from inside an air-conditioned car straight into 90F humidity will cause condensation on the lens! but it can make for an interesting shot)

After surfing a tetrapod wedge wave with "rocket take-offs" we cruised around the beaches near Shizunami. This sign speaks for itself.

No menacing face in the waves in real life.

We braved the dangerous high waves and hung out for a bit to take a few shots.





Looking north

Looking west

Astro City

After an afternoon bike ride...





I came across a place that had caught my eye a few times before. There are often many strange sites in Japan but this one was especially unique. If you have ever wondered where arcade games go when they die (c'mon really who hasn't), wonder no longer.