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Thursday, Sept. 2nd, 2010

Did you get it?

Brecht V.... getting the shot. In Newport

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Wed. Sept. 1st, 2010

Attached to her leash somewhere in that mass of foam is Kaleigh G., upside down and hoping for a soft landing.

Back Wash Bounce... last week in Newport

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Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

Click the image below of a Surfline slideshow of the recent swells along the West Coast, and check out Skip Snead's new Magazine "Getto Juice" later this month for addtional images of surf from the summer of 2010.

Last week . In Newport

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Monday, Aug 30th, 2010

Southern Hemi, Wind Swell, and a touch of Hurricane....

Newport had it all yesterday...

Yesterday in Newport

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Friday, Aug 25th, 2010

Hot weather, Southern Pacific swells, perfect glassy conditions...

Summer came, and summer went... all in 4 days.

Click the photo below.

Dropping into summer. Wed. in Newport

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Thursday, Aug 25th, 2010

The Wedge, Yesterday...

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Wed., Aug 25th, 2010

Summer is finally here!

Click the image below for a Surfline slideshow from the recent swell...

Yesterday...

(Photo by Dave Manning)

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Tuesday, Aug 24th, 2010

After what seemed like months of total crap, it finally happened...
The surf in Newport got really good.

Colin Moran. Yesterday in Newport

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Monday, Aug. 23rd, 2010

Cal State and U.C. schools start their new school year today. Say good-bye to a portion of the crowd in the water.

Newport's Kaleigh G. has left the neighborhood, and is now at USC on a Water Polo Scholarship...

Yesterday in Newport.

Check back next week for photo albums from this week's long string of swells.

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Friday, Aug. 16th, 2010

Click the photo below for album #3, of images from last winter...

Jared Mel, thrilled about the photos...

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Thursday, Aug. 19th, 2010

Huntington Beach jail...

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Wed., Aug 18th, 2010

Things warmed up a bit yesterday, well at least the sun came out. Click the image below for a short album of some of yesterday's action...

Newport's Victor Done, slicing in the sun... Yesterday in Orange County.

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Tuesday, Aug. 17th, 2010

Troy E., Hide & Seek... in Newport.

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Monday, Aug 16th, 2010

What's up with the water and weather!!??

Click the photo below to find out....

August, or November... in Newport

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Friday, Aug. 13th, 2010

Click the link below for the 2nd set of images from Newport last winter. Album #3 and #4 coming soon...

Winter 2009 - 2010 Album #2,

Duddy, over the crowd... Last winter in Newport

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Thursday, Aug. 12th, 2010

The Brazilians currently on the WCT and WQS are gnarly. They're intensely competitive, unbelievably driven, and freakishly talented in the water. Within this decade you will see a Brazilian become a World Champ, no doubt.

There was one Brazilian at this year's U.S. Open that was blowing minds and everyone was talking about. The kid made it all the way to the quarters of the WQS event, and actually ruled the heat against Mick Fanning during the quarters, but was somehow denied the win. Much to the surprise of the morning crowd.

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Yea he made it...

Remember this name, 17 year old Miguel Pupo.

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Wed., Aug 11th, 2010

If you surfed Newport last winter you no doubt scored some good days. Click the link below for photos from a few choice swells. Chances are there's images of you, or someone you know. Albums #2 & #3 of last winter coming soon.

Winter 2010

Joe Alani, scoring...

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Tuesday, Aug 10th, 2010

For the second year in a row Newport's Alex Knost has competed in the U.S. Open's Longboard Noseriding event, This year he took 2nd place behind Joel Tudor. Alex actually caught the biggest wave of the longboard final, a screamer that raced towards the pier. And while speeding down the line he switchedfoot, and then switched back and straightened out just before going into the pilings. Unfortunately the whitewater buried him and he lost his board. And the crowd ohhhed, ahhhed and groaned as it hit the pilings over and over again. Surprisingly however the damage was nil. Congrats to Alex...

This year...

and last year... Alex Knost @ the U.S. Open of Surfing

Photos by Susan Cozad

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Monday, Aug. 9th, 2010

For links to photos of the Women's $50,000 and Men's $100,000 U.S Open presented by Hurley and Nike 6.0 click the respective photos below...

Photos copyright Cozad

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Friday, Aug. 6th, 2010

"Huntington makes me want to vomit"... Chris Burkard

Years ago I covered the most surf contests of any photog on the West Coast. Yea, who cares... but it was a great learning experience and I was grateful the opportunity was given to me. And when the ASP came knocking asking me to cover the West Coast and Hawaii's surf events for them instead, which would have taken my photography to the next level. I passed on it. Which was probably a dumb move, but the right one for me...

Now days I ask to shoot only 3 events during the year for Surfline. The Maverick's, The Volcom, and the U.S. Open. And every year when the U.S. Open comes around, I kick myself and wonder what the hell was I thinking when I asked for it. I'm sure like most photogs that have to be there... I totally dread it.

Check back Monday for a link, or some links, or a photo, or a couple photos, or maybe no photos... of this year's U.S. Open of Surfing.

The U.S. Open, it doesn't look so wild from up here...

(Photo copyright cozad)

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Thursday, Aug 5th, 2010

Skip Snead's long anticipated magazine Getto Juice is about to hit the streets in a few days.

Keep your eyes out for it...

Skip, at home in Newport

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Tuesday, Aug. 3rd, 2010

Back to the Basics

NewportSurfShots will be posting a number of albums of photos over the next month. The images were taken over the past few years and have been sitting in the archives gathering digital dust. Check them out, chances are there's photos of you, or someone you know.

Click the image below for the first in the series of albums. And click on the "Dotphoto Show" icon to view the images in a slideshow.

Oct. 2008

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Monday, Aug. 2nd, 2010

PureGlass Surfboard Manufacturing & Supplies

PureGlass in Costa Mesa serves surfers and shapers looking for one location for new and used surfboards, accessories (fins, leashes, board bags, pads, racks, wax), supplies (resin, shaping tools, blanks, fiberglass), shaping bays, CNC machine, and much more! Or you can consult with one of the in-house shapers about getting a custom board made.

The location is convenient, advice is free, and walk-ins are welcomed!

PureGlass... 1779 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627

Open Mon-Fri 10-6 and Sat 10-2. (949) 548-2912

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Friday, July 30th, 2010

The Monster Mile...

The Regulators...

The Rebels...

The Monsters...

and the slightly bazaar... Yesterday in Newport

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Thursday, July 29th, 2010

One Million...

The first day NewportSurfShots.com was thrown onto the internet it got 7 hits, the second day 12, and many, many weeks later it was up to a few thousand. Which was a bit of a surprise. NewportSurfShots was sorta needed back when it was first launched 7 years ago. It was a place for surfers to check out local surf photos, learn about other surfers in the area, and find out about things that might be of importance to them as a surfer in the Newport community. But now with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and all the digi camera blogs out there NewportSurfShots is but one of many places to gain that information.

Last week NewportSurfShots.com had it's one millionth visitor. And because a whole lot of time and effort went into keeping this insignificant local website afloat over the years, that's a pretty big milestone.

For what it's worth NewportSurfShots.com will continue to exist, and pump out the Daily Hotshot, if for no other reason than at times it still appears to be a central bulletin board for the Newport surf community. As always thanks to all for their continued support, and please continue to submit photos and any information that you feel might be of interest to your surf community..

Preparing for the hit... Wedge 2003

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Wed. July 28th, 2010

Newport's Stefan Jeremias, producer of the recent Echo Beach film, needs your help. Word is his website, Korduroy.tv, is in the semi-finals of Surfer Magazine's "Battle of the Blogs".

Click the link below, to check out the website and cast your vote...

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Monday, July 26th, 2010

Dano....

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Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Wetsuit not requred... Somewhere in Mexico.

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Wed. July 21st, 2010

Private Playground

If you want to play, you gotta pay... South of the Border.

 

Monday, July 18th, 2010

For what it's worth, all the boys left yesterday, and my family flew in. Were headed to a right point slab tomorrow that I'm told doesn't break to often, and should be epic on the mega swell just now filling in. Yea, we'll see.

Bros, not pros...

H.B.'s Bob Weaver, yesterday in Mexico

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Friday, July 16th, 2010

To West Coast surfers that have traveled extensively in Mexico,

he's probably one of the most known individuals there is.

Nati, if you know him, then you know where this is... This afternoon in Mexico

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Tuesday, July, 13 th 2010

Newport's Barry McPhee and Randy Speer, serious about finding surf. Yesterday, somewhere in Mexico.

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Sunday, 7/12/2010

Currently in Mainland Mexico for 2 weeks. Please send any announcements that need to be posted here. I'm told internet access will be available here and there. And check back for the occasional image from Mexico...

Mainland in July...

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Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Paris Pirdy

Newport's Spencer Pirdy is the Paris Hilton of the Wedge. When he shows up the Wedge paparazzi follow his every move with their cameras. And when he leaves, they often put their cameras away, and go home. Bobby Lohan is quickly gaining that same fame.

With any type of photography, the goal is to get the exclusive photo... So on the 4th of July I set out to shoot Wedge with Pirdy when blackball came down, as I figured no one would be around. But first we had to figure a way to get Pirdy across the channel to the Wedge that afternoon, as he lives over on the CDM side of Newport. There was no way he could drive in the holiday traffic. First we thought of picking him up on my ski, but it looked like it would be a hassle getting the machine out of the water that night. So another plan was devised.

Pirdy got to Big Corona on the afternoon of the 4th, and had set up a boat to pick him up after he paddled out to it. But the boat had to leave before he got there, and left Pirdy stranded. So he walks way out to the end of the CDM jetty. And plans to jump off and paddle across the channel out at sea, as it's illegal to paddle across inside the harbor. As he's getting ready to go, some young kid comes motoring by, sees him, and asks if he needs a ride into the harbor. He instead gets the kid to take him over to the Wedge. And damn, as they round the Wedge jetty there's the Harbor Patrol sitting there. And the kid freaks, because he's too young to be driving a boat. So Pirdy has to quickly jump out of the boat at the end of the jetty and paddle in. The second he makes it to the break, Blackball comes down, and I show up after a hellish bike ride weaving in and out of people with my dumb ladder and camera gear... And it's on. Not tall Wedge, but thick, and there's only one bodyboarder, one bodysurfer, and Pirdy out. There would have been a massive crowd in the water and on the beach on any other given day. Pirdy said it was one of the best days of his life. "Exceeded anything I could have hoped for". And as dark fell... Let's just say, he made it back across the channel. Which is pretty sketchy.. Because there's rumored to be the occasional big ass fish out in that channel entrance.

Click below for a Surfline Slideshow of the swell

Paris in the Morning...


Paris in the afternoon.

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Wed. July 7th, 2010

World renown lifestyle photog Tyler Cuddy was in town this 4th of July and put together a cool pictorial of the craziness in Newport. Click the image below to check it out...

The "4th of July swell" and the never ending crappy weather that has gone along with it...

Yesterday in Newport.

(Photo Copyright T. Cozad)

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July 6th, 2010

4th Of July, 2010

The Good...

The Bad...

And The Really Strange... 4th Of July, 2010, in Newport

(All photos copyright T. Cozad)

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Thursday, July, 1, 2010

Last Saturday pro surfers Cory Lopez, Alex Parker and Timmy Reyes of Team Oneill showed up at 28th St., and in conjunction with Todd Elder's Newport Surf Camp and Pipeline To A Cure, took some very excited kids inflicted with Cystic Fibrosis surfing. Click the photo below to read more about the event...

Team Oneill, and some very happy kids

(photo copyright t.cozad)

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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Newport's Kaleigh Gilchrist beat out top amateur surfer Courtney Conlogue and repeated her win in the Women's 18 and under division yesterday, at Surfing America's National Championships at Lowers!

Kaleigh, a long time ago, but always the winning competitor...

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Monday, June 28th, 2010

Last Weekend...

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation held a surf class with Pros @ 28th St., "Hands in the Sands" took a stand against Offshore Oil Drilling by forming a human chain at Newport's River Jetties, A fun Southern Hemi and Hurricane swell rolled into certain spots in Newport, and The Blackies Classics 25th year Anniversary party was held at Newport's American Legion . It was a busy few days in Newport's surf community last weekend. Check back for images from all the events over the following days.

The Original Blackies Classics

Last night at the 25th Anniversary Celebration

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Night time surf photography

(photo copyright Tom Cozad 2010)

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Friday, May 28th, 2010

By Colin Jacobs

Wednesday morning I was checking the surf at 40th and I had my car up on the driveway to the beach just like all of us do all the time. The next thing I know I am being lit up and buzzed at by a Newport Beach Police Officer. He proceeds to get out of his car and yell at me, and then gives me a ticket saying that it is illegal to park there and that they are going to stop surfers from checking the surf by pulling up on the beach driveways. I never even put my car in park and was there for less than a minute. I received a ticket for $69 for "parking in the red". Once I got back to my house, which is across the street!, I called the Newport Beach Police Department and they notified that this is their new way of stopping surfers from checking the surf and "blocking emergency services". So beware!

Hoping for some understanding...

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Friday, May 21st, 2010

Newport's Brian Sanders, of Alpine Stars... in Indo

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Friday, May 14th, 2010

Doheny's Dirty Water....

(Copyright T. Cozad)

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Monday, May 8th, 2010

Doheny Wins...

Click the photo below

Droid, long ago

(copyright T.Cozad)

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Friday, May 7th 2010

It's going to be an interesting South Swell season in town this year...

Yesterday..

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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Low tide mornings make for great shape... in Newport

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Monday, May 3rd, 2010

 

Everyone's excited about the Juice.

Photo courtesy of Bob Okvist

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Thursday, April 26th, 2010

Taking Flight... in Newport

 

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Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Click the link and watch a local surfing vid by Newport's Lugo.

GO...

(Copyright T Cozad, 2010)

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ed., April 21st, 2010

Welcome to River Jetties sandbar. Enjoy your stay.... Yesterday

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Wed. April 14th, 2010

Helicopter view, without the helicopter... in Newport

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Thursday, April, 1st (April Fools Day), 2010

SUP City Ordinance Adopted

In an unprecedented move, the city council last night voted 5 - 4 to make 24th to 28th St exclusive to SUP's (Stand Up Paddle Surfers). The new ordnance has been in the works for months, and those with paddle are obviously rejoicing.

According to senior city Councilman Michael Smith, "The move was necessary to avoid what appeared to be escalating confrontations between SUPs and surfers, and to prevent the inevitable catastrophe, that of a collision between the two'.
The mandate goes into full effect Friday, April 5th, 2010. At which time a ticket (and fine) will be issued to those that refuse to adhere to the new ordinance.

Additional exclusive SUP access areas are currently under consideration by the city. Info about those can be found here as they are announced.

Paddles and Paddlers, beside each other no more in Newport

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Friday, March 26th, 2010

To see a Surfline slideshow of the recent combo swells, click the image below. I didn't submit, so Newport isn't represented much in the feature. Which some would say is a good thing...

What's the cure for when you're temporarily burned out shooting surfing? Shoot jellyfish...

Not in Newport!

(photo copyright T. Cozad)

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Wed. March, 24th, 2010

Premier Newport longboarder Jared Mel, always in the spotlight....

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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Last year I was shooting remote flash at sunset and the flash didn't go off as Josh Hoyer was doing a big carve... I was bummed, it would have been a good photo. Surprisingly though, when I got home and looked at it, the image actually looked pretty good, good enough that months later The Surfers Journal ran it as a double page spread. Which for me, is rare.

Last November through February, there were some incredible sunsets, and I shot just about every one of them. And a lot of the time I tried to duplicate the mistake that resulted in the published photo, with minimal success. I found that the margin of error between overexposing and underexposing a silhouette at sunset is pretty slim.

Remote flash guru Tom Carey once told me that the best remote flash images you get usually happen when things go wrong... And I found, he was right.

Joey Head, January 2010, at sunset

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The price of a photo

I'd always wanted to shoot a sunset image like this from this spot, but since I work nights I'm not around for most sunsets. But last November, I was on medical leave from work, so I ventured up this muddy hill and took this photo. Problem is on the way down the hill, I slipped, fell, and tore my recent shoulder surgery repair apart. This resulted in me having to go back to surgery, having an unwanted 2 more months off work, and having an additional two and a half more months out of the water.

So while the photo isn't much, taking it end up being very costly...

Coming and going... to Newport

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Thursday, March, 11th 2010

30 ft swells do funny things to one's stomach

Trying to hold down the gravy.... @ Maverick's

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Friday, March 5th, 2010

Now you see him...

and now you don't.

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Thursday, March, 4th, 2010

Choose your weapon... @ Blackies.

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Thursday, Feb. 25th, 2010

First Light

The sun will still rise, legendary photographer Dale Kobetich will still be there to photograph it, and his extraordinary photos will still appear here...

(No manipulation of sea life occurred in the making of this photo)

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Wed., Feb 24th, 2010

It can't be easy to break one of these things. But after this guy was mowed down, he came up with only half a board... and no paddle.

Not @ Blackies...

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Lorin's son, Milo. Stoked to watch his dad surfing, stoked about BoardRecycler.com...

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Friday, Feb 19th, 2010

Friday morning Dale Kobetich admitted that this photo was set up, and "created for artistic purposes".

Please click the image above for the story.

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Friday, Feb 12th, 2010

Mav's

6 years ago I drove 8 hours in the rain to Half Moon Bay and then slept in my car to shoot the Maverick's Surf Contest. I'm not sure why I did it. For the experience I guess. There weren't many people at the event back then. And while floating around on a boat in the channel, a guy next to me got a call from a new website at the time called Surfline. They asked him for some video of the event, and when they heard the guy next to him was shooting stills, they asked me for images... That started my long association with them.

Over the years I've looked forward to covering the Mav's event, and hanging with Surfline's editor at his Ocean Beach home. And year after year the event has grown, to the point where it's now pretty crazy.

Months ago, due to a torn biceps, I gave away my Maverick's Contest shoot. And was glad to learn that photog Frank Quarte was willing to shoot it for Surfline. Frank's Maverick's premier photographer. Not only does he take great images of the place, he knows everyone in the lineup personally, and they rely on him and his waverunner's sled to help them out if they get into trouble. Frank's images of Maverick's are simply the best.

With the Mav's waiting period starting earlier this year, in November. Not in a million years would you have thought it would've been held this late in the season. There must have been a half dozen days that they could have held the event. But for whatever reason they didn't, until now. Tomorrow the Maverick's Big Wave event is set to go.

Biggem Surf....

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Thursday, Feb 10th, 2010

The waters of Newport...

(Photo by Trent Friedmann)

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Monday, Jan. 25th, 2010

It started out like a typical morning of fun surf in Newport. Head high groomed runners with a camera or two quietly shooting from the beach, and a few of the local crew on it. It quickly however turned into solid overhead reeling bombs, and a media circus that included nearly a dozen video and still cameras. Plus WCT surfers Jordy Smith and Brett Simpson, as well as a slew of other WQS and local rippers. And it unfortunately included a facial laceration to Newport's Scott "Spides" Madison, as well as the sad death of Greg Gladstone, a local surfer.

Newport's not used to being in the spotlight in the winter. Nobody cares about it. And that's a good thing. But blame it on cell phones, texting, twitter or wave models, a quiet stretch of sand in the area turned into ground zero Saturday for one of the largest winter swells in years.

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Saturday, Jan 23rd. It does not get better.

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Thursday, Jan, 21st, 2010

For Sale

Like new Toshiba computer monitor. Graced with a rugged and stylish look. It has a high resolution Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), contains water tight construction, and it floats extremely well.

Cash only please..

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Thursday, Jan . 7, 2010

Whoop, Whoop, Whoop....

A long trail @ Blacks

Last month, as the "Biggest swell in 40 years" had just hit Hawaii, and was fast approaching the California coast, surf photogs were scrambling to get in position. Being about a week out of shoulder surgery I was regulated to staying at home and missing out on the swell. But I eventually succumbed to all the hype, and against some people's advice, started planning.

Todos was graciously offered as an option. But bouncing around in an arm sling during the crossing out to the island would be rough. And I didn't want to blow my fresh shoulder repair apart, again. So I passed.

A second option was a heli mission. Heli missions are without a doubt one of the most interesting things to put together. Pin pointing a 2 hour window of time when a couple hundred miles of coastline will have both good surfing and shooting conditions, and committing to that window of time days before, is difficult.

Last months heli shoot was no different, I asked for a mid day shoot to coincide with the swell's arrival. Plus, a legendary surf photographer from Hawaii once told me mid day aerial shoots look really cool with the sun shining on the water. So I figured we score.

Days leading up to a heli mission, emails and texts always come flying in from forecasters willing to respond to my dumb questions. The morning of missions however, everything goes silent. People consulted for these missions undoubtedly feel they've done all they can, and want no part in the final decision to put a gas guzzling million dollar piece of machinery up into the air.

Anyway, we went. And while some good aerial images were taken, the hit or miss swell, as well as the glare off the water, wrecked havoc on much of the shoot. Mid day sun on the water might look great in Hawaii, but we found it doesn't in California.

Click the image above to check out a slideshow of some Southern California aerial images...

 

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Tuesday, Jan 5th, 2010

Dawn... Yesterday morning

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New Years Day, 2010

Predictions for 2010? With El Nino in full effect, Mother Nature will continue to deliver...

(Photo copyright Cozad 2009)

Wave good-bye to the surf of 2009...

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Thursday, Sept 18th, 2008

U.S. taxpayers... hoping to stay financially afloat.

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Monday, Aug. 4. 2008

There's got to be an easier way of moving a beach volleyball court... in Newport

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...............................................................Welcome to Newport

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Click the photo below to see who won the Global Big Wave Awards.

Greg Long, Todos Santos, 11:14am, Dec. 5th, 2007

Winning wave, Billabong XXL Paddle In Award

(Photo copyright Tom Cozad)

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Lowers

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A pack of locals, ready to protect their beach...

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Surf doesn't get much better than this...

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Big Boil in Baja

 

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Philip Cousteau filming for "Animal Planet" behind him, seals playing in front of him, and sharks lurking somewhere below...

Newport's Joey Head handles it all with style...

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Taking a short walk to the pier... The "Board Cam" @ Blackies.

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How did Grant "Twiggy" Baker win The Maverick's Surf Contest in 2006? By throwing himself over the ledge of beasts like this time after time...

(photo copyright Tom Cozad 2006)

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Say good-bye to the surf of December, 2005...@ Todos

(photo copyright NewportSurfShots.com)

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No images may be reproduced in any form without written consent.

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