With the crowds like they are on the North Shore of Oahu, a lot of times when you get a good wave it is at the very last second. Some one misses a gimme, falls up the line, or the guy in position passes—and with no time to think or prepare, you spin and go. Often, that late drop is the ticket to paradise. Other times, the lack of time to sus out the wave puts you in a bad place at a bad time.
It is always god to get a good wave right at sunset to come in on.
Not sure who the guy is. But this was taken at the Backdoor shootout. If you look closely, you can see the nose just snagging enough water to launch this poor bastard into a world of hurt.
Backdoor Pipeline is pretty lousy shallow too. If you can take the beating form a fall, you can look forward to an elongated series of beatings on the way back out. Enjoy.
Super respect for Matt trying this. If you have ever stood atop one of these banks or in the run between them, you understand that clearing this gap is a man-sized effort. What freaks me out a bit it what happens if you make it? I’ve lost it rolling into the bowl with a ton of speed. I can only imagine…
I am always trying crappy, lo-fi cameras. They have a way of screwing up in visually interesting ways. With film, I would always push reciprocity failure. With digital, really cheap lenses are my favorite. With light leaks, color shifts and grain, you can create some neat stuff.
Just as the sun cracked the horizon, a small wedge peak popped up. Add a really awful camera and you have a cool photo.
This shot, for example, I love. This is not something you would see with the natural eye. and nothing you could replicate with an Instagram filter or photoshop manipulation. This is just straight up lo-fi and it is stunning.
Got endless supply of the Wee Lad taking lickings. He’s a good sport and makes more than he misses. But these frozen moments are entertainment unto themselves.
Just you and your closest friends sharing some alone time.
He comes from my old stomping grounds of Ocean City, MD and he loves to skate — a few things that sound good in my book. Plus he’s a goofy. We hooked up a long time ago and got some shots. Because of my schedule, we only had two quick shoots. Neither the weather nor the waves cooperated, even though we were on the North Shore of Oahu in December. But thanks mostly to Vince’s skills, we got some sick stuff. Enjoy.
Glad to see the children of my peers showing up and blowing up!
Longtime Wrightsville surfer/skater extroidinaire Jeff Morvil’s son Gabe snagging a pretty one. photo by Sean D. Ruttkay/EDAsurf.com
Ross Stevens in Brad Styron’s Sites.
Photo of Gabe was taken by Sean Ruttkay, go here: http://edasurf.com/
Photo of Ross by Brad Styron, go here: http://www.bradstyronphotography.com/
Barca is gnarley. Trying to stay on at Pipe despite the writing on the wall. Hero!
