WAVE RIDER

those who ride the bumps along the ocean we call waves all have an uncanny sense of which way to lean or bend..it comes from being in tune with the water that surrounds them

painting again

Been a little under the weather lately but am painting again, ...... I had to include the paddle-out pic as I've been missing Mark at 65th during our morning rituals......plus a few new shots from the area
enjoy.....

Happy New Year!!!

So it's been a while since my last post and I do apologize.  Seems I've been busy with some work, holidays and such.  The wonderful world of murder beach just keeps trudging along.  Here are some pics from the past couple of months and also something to get your juices flowing for the new year!!!

a little swell with the salted snails!!!

Blair gave me a call and I just had to run down and shoot for a while.  The boys had some fun on little ramps here and there.  Here's a link to their blog-  the saltedsnails blog
enjoy the shots......

 foamyscenes surf slideshow

fun times

Monday Funday

I'm off from the restaurant for two days and got a great wake up call.  Clean glassy waist high waves this morning and sorry but no shots as I surfed for two hours straight.  Went back down at 4 and found few in the water so I shot until the rain squall came in.  The camera and lens have weather seals but I don't!!  Got home and  dropped a lens getting out of the car.  Thank god the these baby's are tough!!!  enjoy......

Two days in the Pirates House

Well back at the good old MB!!  Spent two days up n Surf City with M.A., and Lance and we caught it fun!!!  Although not the crunchy barreling monsters we had back during Katia, these were lined up chest high streamers that gave you alot of wall.  Such a cool beach town too!!!  I never knew good old Blackbeard hung here in his day!!  Thought he was always hiding out up on Ocracoke.  Just a great break for me to get away to just surf and hang with good friends.  Oh yeah check out ESM for Katia pics, very seldom do we get this much coverage during a swell!!! ESM Katia part two

Surf City surf trip

Surf City does Surf City

Well in the wee hours this morning Mark, Lance , Kelly and I made our way to Surf City, aka Topsail Island.  We found some beautiful chest, even head high sets and long lines.  No death barrels for us today!!!  No link because I surfed way more than shot but there are a few little pics here for ya!!  Probably gonna make it back in the am before the restaraunt starts telling me my services are no longer required! HA!  enjoy.....

Katia's bowl of leftovers

I rode back up to Carolina Beach, last Friday am for a little longboard leftovers from Katia.  She just kept on giving us swell!!!  There were chest high glassy nuggets coming in when we got there right after sunrise and it didn't die off til around noon.  Needless to say me and the boys from Surf City Surf shop had some fun riding everything from mini simmons to longboard.  I did get out and take some pics as well!!! Looks like me and some of the Surf City boys will be heading up that way or a little further again tomorrow.   enjoy.......     Katia gallery