12/15/12

Freedom


Overcast , under Crowded , maxing perfection . 
Freedom from leashes , crowds , and the paparazzi . 

Sam Hawk  -  Free   at  Sunset Beach .

12/1/12

Who Dat ? Pipe House '79


Some Names  ---  Hornbaker  Hansel  Lundy  Merkel  Gion  Latronic  Coburn 

10/2/12

Great Form




Great form ,   backside tube ride on Pipeline  glass   ...   Joe Roper 

9/26/12

Ian Cairns '75 , Off The Wall .

        Another Part of the Aussie surf approach was the Relentless ,  tight to hook , rip-the lip  : arcs  and     Lines 

9/18/12

Cool NoseRide , solid Sunset Point

Always , thought this was Cool .
 A Nose Ride in solid surf . 
when , Others were ripping the gills outta the Place 

9/13/12

Perfect Pipeline


Endless swells , and perfect  directions .   Tony Brinkworth  .
A  continuation of  that famous  Christmas  swell ,  gifting  locals .   January  ' 76  .

8/4/12

Shallow reef Blues . Michael Ho

          Tube mobility , and  timing .
  An  overcast ,  uncrowded Day ,  at a  surf spot we dug . 

8/1/12

Sets On The Way


Sunset Beach performance ...    by Hawaiian  power surfer    Dane Kealoha 

7/27/12

Phyllis Dameron Into Sunset

This photo is blurred while I was Moving to get out of the  Way .
Got cleaned Up  ,   Anyway .
She charged Sunset Beach ,  Oahu   .

7/15/12

7/12/12

MR coastin ' the Tropics

   I  could have cropped this photo for the punch ,
 but this shows the airy , beautiful  Hawaii  space . 

5/21/12

Play the Section

Greg Bonner   buries rail , and board @  Da  Rights .
Nuance of the wall ,   to experiment with 

5/9/12

True Leader

 Surfing Impressario and Legend  ,  Randy Rarick  ,  breaktime  Sunset  '78 

4/26/12

One of my Favorite  non- descripts  .
Whatever happened out  There ,   making the Drop was satisfying ...
 Hawaiian ,  No  I.D.  

4/19/12

SURFER Magazine Staff Photographer , Craig Fineman

Another  great photographer from those  Years .

Craig is leaning on the case for the Century 1000mm lens . That lens produced a compressed / graphic look that fit  North Shore  performance  surfing .

This was before sunscreen .   We all got scorched from shooting  Days  On  End  .

4/6/12

Photogs : North Shore

Different Vision , and one we all liked .
 This is Jeff Hornbaker who showed us some fresh perspectives .



Hornbaker's  watershots and telephotos  are vital to the history of those years  .

Higher Plane

Planing  Out the Pipeline after the tube .  No I. D. 

3/31/12

Hail ! Michael Peterson

Unique surfing  using  power ,  leverage ,  speed ,  and  intuition  .   Cool  .

3/27/12

The Merkel Express

( Good . That Guy ran out of Film , and will take 30mins.  to get  back )
The perks of surf photography . You always had to pull-up the front of the air mat ; to get a surfable , and curved rocker .  Merkel @ Sunset '78