Alex Gray heads for the basement, with a lid on his head and a lid on the shoulder. Central California. |
Spying on the weekend crowds as Blacks goes off. |
Solid bars make for long tubes at Blacks Beach. Last weekend, it stayed glassy into the wee hours. |
On Saturday, La Jolla surfers aimed for the corner pocket, and found it |
At least one UCSD student failed a midterm on Monday because the waves were just too good to study. Blacks. |
In an ironic tiwst, the UCSD surf team was actually in Huntington Beach for an NSAA college event this weekend. Don't worry - they get theirs every day during "practice." |
The gorgeous, deadly cliffs of Blacks Beach. They'll fall on ya. |
As the lights in La Jolla started to turn on, so did the waves. Blacks again, caving. |
Meanwhile, far up the coast, goldenboy Kolohe Andino got a bit kerrupted. |
Droid Doheny, one third of 3slobs.com 3 Slobs.com, smacking lips up north. |
Was that a great white shark breaching? No, just Dusty Payne's tail. |
Dusty again, making sun flares in Santa Barbara. |
Blue on blue. Gabe Garacia shoots high in Carlsbad. |
San Diego does its best impression of a South Oz bombie. Ian Rotgans makes believe. |
Irie sled, ma. Diggin' it. |
All eyes on the ocean as the fog rolls into LA County. |
Los Angeles: Where the sprawl meets the sand. |
Smog is like LA County's eyeshadow. |
California dreaming, on such an autumn day. '08 |
Mike Losness sprays Santa Cruz from San Diego. |
Look for Matty Meyers on a truly crazy trip in an upcoming issue of SURFING. In the meantime, see him launching much closer to home. |
The Newport fisheye courtesy of Mike McKnought and SURFING's Tom Carey. |
Why alley-oop when you can ollie Newps? |
Inviting - if your suit is thick. Northern California. |
Jamie Parkhurst, still in a short-arm in November. San Diego's water dropped into the mid-fifties before rebounding to a reasonable temperature. |
Skaters made it up, but we made it stylish: the frontside lipslide. Ricky Whitlock. |
Wearing a helmet asks for these situations. |
Seaside and beyond. |
Che "Chigga" Stang flings his gear around Carlsbad. |
Big Island young gun Tonino Benson made the finals in the Santa Cruz pro junior with textbook ripping like this. |
Of course, Tonino can also throw flare. Smeagol spins out. |
In the midst of Modern Collective premieres statewide, Yadin Nicol practices for a sequel. |
Three years, three Santa Cruz victorias. Nat "The Hat Trick" Young makes his money turn. |
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