Must have lost his board |
Anastasia Ashley looks good in grey. |
Same as it ever was. Archy, built for speed. |
The man, the myth, the Bruce. |
Fatherhood and life away from the tour may have taken Bruce out of the spotlight, but not out of the barrel. |
Cheeseburger deserves your respect, and possibly a better nickname. |
Adam Crawford, of the young North Shore underground, which includes John Michael Turner, Cheeseburger, JD Irons, Chas Chidester, and a select few others. |
Evan Valiere lives for this time of year – and the season's only just begun. |
Evening Pipe is a thing to behold. Daniel Russo is in bed with the place like no other. |
Prettyboy Danny Fuller is not a prettyboy. But his surfing sure is pretty, boy. |
Hawaii on fire. |
There's a reason the same names keep coming up every winter. Mark Healey, simply among the best. |
If someone were breaking into Jamie O'Brien's house right now, he could see them from here. |
Jamie again, no hands and no filter |
Shot by Daniel Russo with a D3s Nikkor 50 1:1.2mm Lens ISO 5000 shutter 1.3 f 4 at 2:00 am. Jamie has been up late working with his Editor touching up the final sections for his new movie. This was during a 2:00 am surf check in the back yard. |
Jason Federico |
Welcome to the North Shore, from gatekeeper Kamalei Alexander. |
Kawai Lindo practices his act for the North Shore circus. Here with his head in a lion's jaws... |
...and here, preparing to be shot from a cannon |
Don't call him Uncle Kahea, bumbai get false crack medivac. Kahea Hart. |
Bam Bam go bam. Kekoa Bacalso in black and white at Haleiwa. For those who've forgotten, Bam beat Kelly here at age 16. |
The distinguished gentleman and the sea. Mark Cunningham, boardless wonder. |
From Kammies with care. Freddy P checks the early season waves. |
PM Pipe |
Under-over. Daniel Russo with the best seat in the house...again. |
For Reef McIntosh, winter just means a shorter commute...as in, right out front. Reef, with no need to travel. |
You can feel the suck from here. Reef again, over shallow...um...coral. |
Another from the shadows drops into center stage. Stephen Koehne, time to shine. |
You can't pull off the pink and blue. Jamie Sterling can, though. Sterlz can pull off anything. |
See? Sterling again, pulling off the impossible with impeccable ease. |
Japan's Takayuki Wakita is about as close to local as you can get without a Kahuku Hospital birth certificate. |
Let's close with a wipeout, just to remind us that surfing Pipe is slightly harder than juggling bicycles. |
Danny Fuller and Tori Praver celebrate Halloween 2009 |
Daniel Russo has been enjoying being home in Hawaii shooting in
his backyard. |
Kalani Chapman |
Dayton Likness editing a small wave chop hop surf flick called WHO is JOB. |