It's all about your angle to get the light bouncing of your subjects. Here, a surfer checking the waves gives this image a deceiving perspective. Photo:
Chris Sardelis
If you live on the North Shore of O’ahu and need some trees trimmed, removed, planted or cared for, call my good buddy Ash at Green Hawaii Tree Care. Or you can find him pulling in near the rocks at Pinballs. Photo:
Mark McInnis
This is one of my favorites yet. Keiki beach break so big it's dwarfing everyone on the beach. I’d say 20 foot faces. Some Hawaiians would probably say ten though. Photo:
Doug Falter
It’s laughable that this picture of Bob McTavish, just a snapshot taken in 1965 or ’66, would resonate with so many people, so many years after it was taken. The totally empty break is a bonus of course (although you’d have thought that I might’ve waited for a better set to come though) and John Mantle’s old Holden does no harm on the nostalgia index. The break is National Park at Noosa Heads in Queensland, and I was loyal to the friends who’d taken me there originally and swore me to secrecy. The first story I published with pictures from there was titled ‘Rincon is where you find it.' Photo: John Witzig
Roca Puta (Bitch’s Rock) is a sanctuary for Basque chargers. Late take off, Dani Goya.
Beachbreak perfection. Asturias, spring 2009. Photo:
Jaider Lozano
A day to remember.U nknown surfer enjoying the perfection in one of the greatest days I have seen in this beachbreak since I began to take photos. Asturias, spring 2009. Photo:
Jaider Lozano
October 2002 - On the last day of my first trip to Ireland, and after nearly two weeks of sunshine and playful surf conditions, the real deal arrived in the form of a macking NW swell and typically gloomy skies. This reef at the south end of Bundoran was firing on all cylinders There were more people watching than taking off on waves, and those that were having a go weren't fairing terribly well on these triple up widow-maker peaks. Image:
Fitzpatrick
Only one of these spectators is looking at the right thing. Photo:
Joao Bracourt.
CURIOUS KIDS - SECRET SPOT TAHITI. This place is secret on pain of death: a weird wave that appears out of almost nothing, jacks up as the water hits the reef, and then fades away again. Photo:
Shelli Bankier
Cornwall's famous Porthleven reef. It rarely gets good, but it's always worth the wait. This is Ben Skinner at the end of a twelve shot sequence. He's a world class longboarder, but on this day swapped for something smaller to maximize the tunneling potential. Photo: Andy Ford
Some of the local young guys checking the back of the point. The next shot gives you the water perspective. Photo:
Dean Dampney.
A lot of my shots involve that time between actually getting out of the car and getting into the water. We all know it pretty well - it's called The Surf Check. This is nice little clean swell hitting my local beachie. Photo:
Dean Dampney.
If you've been to Sunset Beach you will have seen this scene. The tourists jump off the buses, get their pix, and jump back in. I've watched it time and time again - I love it. Here a surfer in the background looks a little deeper into the world before him. Photo:
Dean Dampney.
This breakfast spot in Sumbawa has a great view. Photo: Zak Bush
Neal Durling and Steve Foley. Photo: Zak Bush
Best swell of the year April,17. Photo:
Ryan Mack.
Here is Alejo Muniz absolutely boosting in New York during Hurricane Katia in his semifinal heat at the Quik Pro. Photo:
Evan Conway.
Trying to capture the moment when remarkable things are happening. Photo: Elmo Hernandez
Tyler Warren, riding the wave that made him Vans Salinas Duct Tape winner. The view from the crowd was spectacular. Photo: Elmo Hernandez
Nathan Fletcher and Pipeline, that’s a photogenic combination. Image:
Blanco
I really like B&W, but I admit that it's very hard to get a good one. This was an evening in Puerto Escondido, just right after the rain when the light began to shine in between the clouds. Very scenic. Image:
Blanco
This photo is one of my all time shots. It was nominated for two awards: Surfer Magazine's photo of the Year and Australian Surf Photo of the Year. Photo: Brad Masters
How could I not include a picture from the Wedge in my portfolio? Spencer Pirdy with another air drop. Image:
Matthews
If you are a beginner, walk into the water and you see Kai Otton Airlines, you have two choices: turn around and buy a tennis racket, or think, that will be me in a few years. Image:
Tozzi
July 2010. The Wedge is ruthless. Photo: Chuck Schmid/
Surf-Shot.com
Photo: Rodrigo Ungaro
Haiti. This offshore island in Haiti with several good reef breaks is being proposed for a huge development including a golf course, timeshare condominiums and cruise ship anchorage. Photo: Callahan/
SurfExplore
Surf check at Ocean beach. I think it's time to suit up! Photo:
Seth Migdail
When the Rip Curl Pro came to town, the whole city showed up. Miguel Pupo did too! Photo:
Seth Migdail
I shot this with film, back when I was staying in California for a while, and was pointing my camera more at mountain bikers than I was at surfers, due to the fact I would rather surf than miss out while taking pictures of everyone else enjoying the waves. It was a heavy day at The Wedge, with Kelly Slater, Christen Fletcher, Danny Kwock, and Strider out. I like this image from that day because it focuses on the bodyboarder, and the body surfer on the edge of this monster that demands respect from anyone who challenges it. You go out and you’re going to take a beating. Photo:
Mark Wilson
Dawn patrol in Ventura – it is hard not to stare at the waves peeling through this day. Photo:
Jean Paul Molyneux
Chris Cole and Jasper Endersby showed me this spot in Bali a few years back when it was still relatively uncrowded. Now it is built out and everyman and his dog is on it. It's crazy how fast Bali changes. Photo:
Jack Dekort
Sometimes you go on a day long mission and only come home with one image worth sharing. This was it. Sterling Spencer and Jason Reagan at GradyWhites. Photo:
Nick Lavecchia
A line up in Indonesia that is the most mechanical wave I've seen. Photo:
Jack Dekort
Tell me again how we are supposed to get out there?" - Classic New Jersey winter swell. Photo:
Robert Siliato
Perfect 6 foot Puerto. I hurt myself the day before and was on beach patrol. Photo: Rusty Long
Looking out from the Quik House at Pipe during the Da Hui Shootout. That’s Dino Adrian on a nug! Photo: Rusty Long
Tough to tame these monsters, but the crew was doing it all morning. Photo:
Mark Wengler
Wave check in West Ireland with local photographer Mickey Smith. Photo: Rusty Long.
Julian in the background. Pretty girls in the foreground. Sounds about right. Photo: Mick Curley
Mauritania. The area around the Nouadhibou Peninsula is known as
the shipwreck capital of the world as it is littered with hundreds of rusting wrecks, which were driven ashore as part of insurance scams. This hulk sits in the middle of a great right point. Photo: John Seaton Callahan/surfEXPLORE
Noosa Heads, First Point 1967 - Taken from the car park at first point on a trip to Noosa Heads in late autumn or early winter. My white 1960 VW, standard is on the LHS of the image and framed in the back window are the legs and board of a surfer on the shore break. Andy McAlpine is behind the timber tripod filming Children of the Sun. Photo:
Bruce Usher
62. Spectators watching big Pipeline waves, on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Photo:
Sean Davey
This winter was my first time posting up in Hawaii for the season as a photographer. While out there, I thought long and hard about the images I wanted to create and the stories I wanted to highlight. The culture clash between the surfing pilgrimage and the middle-America vacationers was an angle I took a lot of interest in. Here's Julian pulling into a set at Off The Wall and the people on the beach peering out as if they'd never seen surfing before. Photo:
Trevor Moran
There are few things better to share with friends than excitement. Photo:
Stuart Gibson
The waves didn't really turn on Sunday despite the thousands of visitors. Photo:
Joao Bracourt.
Elijah Browne, current Liberian Junior's Champion, impressing the spectators on the beach. Photo: Sean Brody
Spectators watch an impromptu air show. Photo:
Jeff Flindt
Right after being spit out of his 9.7 barrel, the crowd went wild. Photo:
Matt Dunbar
One of the coolest moments I have ever witnessed… the local African kids were so amped on watching Shayne McIntyre surf that they were chasing him down the point each wave; I’m not sure who was more stoked, Shayne or the kids. Photo: Brody/
SurfResource.org
Francisco Canelas trying to convince himself that this is a normal day. Photo:
Joao Bracourt.
The south of France can get really, REALLY big. Photo: Michael Nee
Surfer contemplating whether it’s worth it to run back to the truck and put on the 5 mil. Photo:
Robert Siliato
