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.
1
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...
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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.
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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...
Blue Korduroy...in
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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
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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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