US Open Huntington Beach

Shay and Tess were competing in a triathlon the next day, so I took them on a training ride down to Huntington beach. Shay is practicing his look for when he sees a real live Pro Surfer.

The chance of running into Simon Dumont and TJ Schiller at the beach, very slim, but it happened.
You can wash the spray paint off, but you will never lose the filth.
Hmmm, why pay more? Maybe because your retinas will fry and you will go blind!


A few extra pounds around the waist makes the hula hoop look so much hotter.
Police literally cleaning up trash. Any donuts in there?
This is the funniest thing I have seen all summer. Where are the Vice Mag guys when I need a good caption?
Surf photographers have it soooo easy. Sit in a chair with a 500mm on the beach? No avalanches and frostbite, where do I sign up?
The hair is the icing on the cake. All time.

If these guys were together they would make a great drug dealing duo. Business in the front, party in the back.

My Last Two Days in Bali

Ran into Jacob Wester, he was in Bali for 7 weeks with Sophia.
The World Famous sunset spot: KuDeTa, Seminyak
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DHump's wife Mira, set us up with a Monkey Dance in the backyard of the house we rented, it was our own personal show, really cool. It pays to be down with the locals.

Here's a video of the monkey dance I shot on the Mark II 5D
Finally scored some surf at Uluwatu, the big swell arrived and I got one session. It was pumping.
View of Ulu's from the pool at BluePoint.
That's me doing my best impersonation of a good surfer.
I had a couple waves that linked from the point all the way throw Racetracks, which actually got a little scary. These were some of the fastest longest waves I ever surfed.
Another OC backside slash in the land of lefts.
Lisa, George, Leti, Pat, Sal and OC at our final dinner.
This was my last meal in Bali, Nasi Goreng with dried fish, a smoothie, and dimsum, all for 2 bucks!
The ride to the airport.

Lightweight Travel

To say I travel heavy would be an understatement. This is a self portrait in the Munich Airport on my trip to Austria, and those are my bags for a typical photo shoot.

I've got the airline system down to a science, I pre weigh all my bags here at the office so that I can come in right at the exact max weight allowance. It drives the airline people crazy when they see a scrub like me flash my gold card and get to check all this shit free of charge, but screw em, they lose enough of it on a regular basis anyway.

Here's the list:

Pelican Box with all my flash equipment: 70 lbs

Board Bag with my snow gear, safety gear, lightstands, etc: 69 lbs

Duffel bag with lots of chargers and equipment, few clothes: 69 lbs

Photo Backpack: 2 bodies, 10-12 lenses, misc equipment: 50lbs

Laptop Bag: Tamrac, which doubles as my flash bag when on location: 20 lbs

That's 278 pounds (126 Kilos) for my average trip, doesn't matter how long I am staying: 3 days or 3 weeks, that's the kit.

You have to step it up a notch when you are driving the Autobahn (read: Street Cred), I rented the Audi S6 from Avis (best place to rent in Munich). You can't have minivans passing you at 190kph...

Happy Reading for the Summer

A friend stopped by from Norway the other day bearing a nice gift for the coffee table. It's a beautiful, friendly, happy book entitled "True Norwegian Black Metal". Highly recommend this as it's filled with such happy thoughts and beautiful feel good photos.

Mellow Laguna Sunday Night

I had a mellow Sunday dinner in Laguna Beach last night with some friends, on the way home, we walked into this cat fight right on the side of the PCH. Ironically enough it turned out that some of the people with the one girl were skiers from Utah, and one kid said I had shot with him years ago. What are the chances of that? I told them I would post the vid on my blog and they were stoked. Of course, all participants will remain anonymous.

Drive By Shooting: Pasedena