Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Newport's Dale Kobetich is without a doubt one of the best water photographers in the world... And a true legendary master waterhouse craftsman. Dale has quietly released a few of his gems of Newport on the internet.

Click the photo below to see some amazing images from the local waters.

Dale Kobetich's self portrait

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Wed. July 1st, 2009

When Groms Attack, The Lower Jetties....

Yesterday in Newport

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

Last weekend NSSA Nationals went down at Lowers, and Kolohe Andino walked away with the top honor of Open Mens' National Champion. After having shot it for the past 5 years, I passed on shooting it this year.

Click the photo below to check out top notch photographer A.J. Neste's great images of the action.

Kolohe Andino 2009 Open Mens Champion @ Lowers

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Friday, June 26th, 2009

Stuff...

Andrew Doheny now rides for Vestral Watches

Ford Archbold now rides for Arnette Sunglasses

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Click the photo below for a link to the NSSA National webcast

going on now at Lowers.

Ford driving off the top... in Newport

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009

If you saw this group of guys last Saturday riding all around town, and wondered if they were the John Wayne Tennis Club All Star Team... You would be wrong.

Bachelor Party Pub Crawl... Saturday on the streets of Newport

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Wed. June 24th, 2009

BackontheBoard. org

In May 2007 talented local surfer Adam Popp was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer. After a number of rounds of Chemotherapy at Hoag he was cleared of the disease. At the time the local surf community came together and threw Adam one of the biggest benefits for that has been seen.

Unfortunately in March of 2008 the cancer returned. This time Adam was treated with radiation, again at Hoag. And since his last radiation therapy, in June of 2008, he has thankfully again been cancer free.

During his illness, Adam set out to start a foundation, BackontheBoard.org. It's an organization which uses its resources to create awareness of Testicular Cancer and to contribute financial aid to those battling the disease. It is a cause that Adam is very passionate about. Please click the photo below to view the new website that has been created for the Back on the Board organization.

Adam Popp, ready to attack cancer, and the waves of Newport...

 

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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

"As if Arnette's All Day Surf Antics wasn't enough!"

Tomorrow night...

Be there!

 

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Friday, June 19th, 2009

For a slideshow of some of the recent Southern Hemi swell action, please click the large photo below...

Happiness is Southern Hemi Swells, Happiness is being a dad!

Happy Fathers Day Weekend....

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Wed., June 17th, 2009

Tuesday... The wind stopped before morning, the forecasted rain never showed, and the skies parted, and the sun actually came out. While not epic, yesterday was a surf day in Newport.

Check back for a link to a slideshow of the recent South Swell action...

Big Bubble

Little Bubble... Yesterday in Newport

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Monday, June 15th, 2009

Bikers and surfers, groms and legends, shortboarders and longboards... Everyone came out Friday night for Dano Surfboards 25th Anniversary party, and was treated to free drinks, music, art and a look at some of Dano's well crafted surfboards.

To see a slideshow of the event. Click the photo below, Click the Album Dano's 25th, and click Watch & Edit dotphoto show, and full screen. Additionally right click any photo if you'd like to save it.

Also click O.C. Register to see their slideshow of the event...

Young and old legends alike, Friday night @ Dano's 20th Anniversary Party

Clay & Jared, excited about the party...

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Saturday. Jume 13th, 2009

Kalohe Andino... Yesterday, Friday @ Lowers

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Wed. June 6th, 2009

Analog Thursday's

Analog Clothing holds a weekly group surf each Thursday in Newport, and would like you to join them for coffee and donuts. So when you see the crew punting airs in the water, and smell fresh donuts and coffee coming from their black tent, head over, grab yourself a morning wake up snack, and see what the Analog crew is up to.

You can also follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/analog.

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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

NHHS held their prom at Dana Point Aquarium last Sat. Many of them gathered at various places and headed down the coast in buses for the big night out. Below is one group students that attended. Right click the photo if you'd like to save it.

NHHS Prom 09

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Monday, June 8th, 2009

For info. on Peninsula Pride's 5th Annual DodgeBall Tournament click photo below....

Serious Competition, Saturday @ Peninsula Pride's DodgeBall Tournament

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Friday, June 5th, 2009

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Wed. June 3rd, 2009

If it didn't wake you up, take your pulse, you might be dead...

Last night, 2:20am... in Newport

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Shooting Lowers

Having shot a number of WCT, WQS, NSSA Nationals, and other features at Lowers in the past I thought I'd give what info I know about shooting the place. A lot of people ask.

The truth is the place is really boring to shoot from the beach. While the wave is obviously insane to surf, because of the thin lip line and flat wave face, images from the sand don't look all that dramatic and the wave more often than not looks extremely soft in photos. Additionally, while people throw various amounts of water on each turn, the standard Lowers drawn out bottom turn to top turn carve, is repeated over and over again, and a lot of the photos tend to look the same.

Line-up shots can make for some really cool photos however and Parkins, Burkard, Neste, Coppula and Klien, are just a few of the guys who have started hiding in the bushes, hanging from cliffs, and crawling around all over the place trying to capture unique images.

Shooting it from the water is relatively simple, and if you stay high it can give the wave a bit more steepness to it. The place does require a bit of swimming around however, and soft as they may be, prepare to take sets on the head when they swing wide on the bigger days. If you are going to shoot water, it's a good idea to stay away from anything under 100mm, or you're just asking to get run over, and most likely you will. In my opinion Jason Murry is the master of water photography out there, and he and Tom Servais, from the beach, will own any cover shot that comes out of the place.


Because the surf industry economy has tanked, and a lot of surf teams won't be lounging around on yachts sipping Bintangs this Summer, undoubtedly Lowers will be the place to be. So suffice to say the crowd's performance level is going to be ratcheted up a notch this season. And photogs and video guys will be there to capture it all.

As for this website... I finally got a Fast Pass, a new board rack for my bike, and a good Pelican case for my waterhousing, and undoubtedly will post some water images from Lowers here this season.

So for now click the photo below for a slideshow of the Lower Trestles experience. And on the next south swell head down and make yourself a couple hundred new friends.

Slater... Lowers

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Monday, June 1st., 2009

Arnette All-Day Surf Antics

Arnette's free surf event yesterday was a success. Contestants from up and down the coast showed to battle it out in the small yet contestable Huntington surf. They were treated to Jack's Surf Shop and Arnette giveaways, and beach games by Surfing Magazine...

and Big Airs... yesterday @ Arnette's Surf Antics

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Friday, May 29th, 2009

The O.C. Register, and it's new website Orangecounty.com, has launched the Orange County Surfer of the Year contest, and a few local surfers are represented on the list. The contest runs until July 9th, with the winners of each category (shortboarders, longboarders, rising male and female star) receiving awards at the Jack's Walk of Fame ceremony during the U.S. Open.

Please click the photo below, and vote for any of the local represented surfers: Andrew Doheny, Chase Wilson, and Kaleigh Gilchrist.

Kaleigh Gilchrist... in Newport

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May, 28th, 2009

Wheels 2 Water

About 6 years ago a guy got ahold of me and asked if I'd come up to Balsa Chica and take photos of a friend of his who was a paraplegic. The guy, Travis Tremble, wanted to get his friend in the water on a surfboard, and talked to me about an organization that he wanted to start that he was going to call Wheels 2 Water. It was an organization that would get physically challenged individuals involved in water activities.

So I drove up to Bolsa one Sunday morning, and Travis and 2 of his friends did their best to get their friend out into the line-up and onto a wave. It was a bare bones operation, with just the 3 of them, and they pretty much tried to figure things out as they went.

Back then there wasn't much editorial at Surfline to pitch a shoot like this to, and the surf magazines didn't really care about online human interest stories, so getting the word out about Travis's start up organization was difficult. And while NewportSurfShots.com was insignificant, I did what I could to help spread the word by writing something about Wheels 2 Water. And then gave Travis the photos from the shoot, and wished him well.

Travis is one of the most amazing individuals there is. He turned his next Wheels 2 Water happening into a huge event. It was held at Blackies, and was complete with over a dozen physically challenged surfers from throughout the U.S. corporate sponsorships, shirts, stickers, media and a ton of volunteers,. Everyone that showed up to it agreed it was a very special day, and Wheels 2 Water was off the ground and running.

Over the years, Travis has continued to spearhead the organization, and has slowly expanded it's focus. It now offers a number unique aquatic opportunities for the physically challenged.

Wheels 2 Water is having a number of events over the next few months. If you would like to volunteer, please visit their website by clicking the photo below.

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Wed. May 27th, 2009

Sharp, glad the 2009 XXL season is finally over!

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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

For editorial and a slideshow of the Echo Beach Weekend premier party in Newport earlier this month, click the photo below...

Not everyone enjoyed the party... in Newport

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Good clean fun!... At the March All-Day Surf Anticks in Newport.

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Another floatation device shows up at The Wedge.

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Monday, May 18th, 2008

Warning... This has nothing to do with surfing... but it could save you money

At .99 cents a song, itunes is pretty much the website of choice to buy music. A Ukrainian nurse however recently told me about a popular Eastern European music purchasing site called MP3SEARCH.com that's located in Russia. Popular Western songs can purchased for around 9 cents each. And entire albums for only one or two dollars. The site has been around 5 years, and according to her is legit

To check the site out, click the photo below, and please Goggle MP3SEACRH.COM to learn more about it before you decide to use it. If you go the pay route, and purchase a lot of music, using the site might save you money.



Skip Snead, excited he can save some money!

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Thursday, May 14th, 2009

For a slideshow of the recent Volcom Hillbilly Championships, which includes commentary from Maui's Dusty Payne, and Aussie Mitch Coleburn, click below.

Mens' VQS Championships....

Womens' VQS Championships...

YEE HAW... IM AT DEE OCEEN...

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Wed., May 13th, 2009

Under cloudy skies and a slowly rising windswell, Newport shaper "Dano" completed his Surf - A-Thon for his good friend Jay Thomas. Averaging one wave every 1.5 minutes, Dano surfed 80 waves in 2 hours, and then drug himself to the beach.

Click the photo below for the story, and a slideshow. Plus check out Laylan Connelly's article about the event in today's O.C. Register.

And please call 949-515-8455, or email Jay's brother James at jtgdshc@yahoo.com, if you'd like to give a donation.

Dano, surfing for a friend... yesterday @ Blackies

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AlpineStars sales director Brian Sanders, at home in Newport

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Happy Cinco de Mayo

Scott Chandler happy that he made the drop... South of the Border.

(photo copyright cozad)

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Monday, May 4th, 2009

ECHO BEACH Weekend

"ECHO BEACH Weekend" was a huge success. A street party, art show, movie, live bands and tons of giveaways... Filmakers Jeff Parker and Stefan Jeremias went all out to show their home town a good time.

Check back later this week for a link to a slideshow of some of the happenings.

NEWPORT CREWS... Saturday in Newport

For more info about the movie click the photo below

Echo Beach instigator, Peter Schroff... in Newport

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Monday, April 26th, 2009

Pull up a chair, click the photo below, and check out a slideshowof the recent Southern Hemi swell.

Front row seating... in Newport

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Unidentified Flying Saucer... Friday in Newport

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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

There maybe Low Clouds, Maybe Fog, Maybe Red Tide, Maybe South Wind, Maybe Residual Morning Bump...

Yet all the hype for the coming South Swell remains high.

"Excited about Surf"... in Newport

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Earth Day 2009

The Earth's rivers run into the ocean... and some of them produce one hell of a sandbar...

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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Japanese Motors Band Member & RVCA Team Rider, Alex Knost, standing around at Blackies.... Last Friday

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Monday,April 20th, 2008

 

"Dano", Last Friday in Newport

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Thursday, April, 9th, 2009

Just in case the current pushes him into the pier? @ Blackies

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Two Paddleouts, Two Ocean Lovers Remembered

Sadly two local surfers from two different generations passed away recently. A separate tribute to each of them is below. as well as images from their respective Paddleouts yesterday.

Please click the link above for an O.C. Register article by Laylan Connelly on the paddleouts.

(Photos below by Trenton, Laylan, Tom, Cathy, Cameron, Summer, & Mona)

Lucas Brian Campanaro

March 24, 1991 - March 24th, 2009

Lucas's Paddleout yesterday @ A St.

 

Lucas's Paddleout March 28th @ 54th St.

 

NHHS student Lucas Brian Campanaro, 18, died at his home after a battle with cancer. He passed away last week, on his 18th birthday, within minutes of the same time he was born. A tribute from his close friend is below....

Lucas was the kind of guy where if you met him once, you could never forget him. Even a simple hello and good-bye left you with his positive vibes all around you. He was a friend to anyone and welcomed everyone into his life with open arms. Many felt that when you talked to him even for a small while it was like you had known him for ages. Everyone always enjoyed his company at the beach, there was never a dull moment when you were with him. Lucas moved to Maui and surfed his heart out for his last days, spending time with his family and loved ones. Lucas was a fighter, he never complained or pitied himself and was completely selfless. Even in his hardest of days he was still offering a helping hand wherever he could. He chose to pass on his birthday quoting “God brought me in on this day, and God is going to take me out on this day.” He was one of the most courageous people we have ever met, and we thank him for touching our lives. He has forever changed many of us; and the spirit of Lucas lives on throughout us all......... From everyone who’s lives you have touched immensely

Click the photo below for an O.C. Register story about Lucas's battle with cancer.

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David Kitagawa
Oct. 17, 1965 – March 26, 2009

David's Paddleout yesterday @ Blackies

If you surfed the 40th streets in the late 1990's, or Blackies over the past decade you saw him as the laid back goofyfoot, riding both long and shortboards well, and always wearing a big smile. The surf community of Newport, and especially the Blackies crew, is extremely saddened by the passing of Dave Kitagawa.

Dave graduated from UCLA in 1988 with a degree in Design and later started his own successful business, Kitagawa Design Group. A graphic designer and devout surfer, Dave unexpectantly died at his home in Huntington Beach last week at the age of 43.

To think that Dave will not be in the surf with us anymore is hard to fathom. His upbeat jovial mood and his constant smile was infectious. He was a bright light in the line-up, and he will greatly be missed...

Please click the photo below for a link to an O.C. Register Story about our friend David Kitagawa.

 

Lucas & David, RIP

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April Fools Day

A secrete no more

While the dredge project in HB earlier this month produced some of the best surf in the area... The recent addition of sand at 28th St. in Newport, as a result of the city's current sand project, has turned the place into one of the best surf spots in the County. Currently picking up just about any swell, the new sandbar has been firing lately. A big thanks to the city of Newport Beach for creating a new surf spot that turned out to be better than anyone could have hoped for!


Grab your board and get on it, because the Newport Beach Lifeguard Department is now giving daily surf reports for the new sandbar, and word about it is gonna spread fast!
Monday afternoon @ 28th St.

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Time's Up

The waiting period for the Maverick's Big Wave surf event ends today. And while many people could care less about the event, it does tell you one thing. That this winter, as far as big surf is concerned, was a bust.

During this year's 3 month contest waiting period, someone stepped in and raised the total prize purse to $100.000. You can image how eager all the big wave crews were to have a go at that kind of money. It's to bad the ocean did not deliver.

Two years ago, the contest was also a no go due to lack of giant swell, and the contestants asked for the prize money to be rolled over to the following year. But it never happened. Hopefully next year the ocean can deliver.

Jamie Sterling, money or no money, he's going... @ Mavericks

(photo copyright cozad)

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Monday, March, 23, 2009

Racing Newport...

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Wed. March 18th, 2009

The first solid Southern Hemi of the year has hung around for the past week... and although there was a lot of wind associated with the first half of the swell, the second half filled in along with good conditions.

Click the photo below for a slideshow of some of the California action.

Analog's Josh Hoyer... clearing obstacles in Newport.

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Taking a bite out of Newport sand

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Monday, March, 2nd, 2009

It's not enough that Southern California's one stop board shop sells surf hard goods, used surf boards, surfboard blanks and surfboard manufacture supplies... Plus houses state of the art surfboard shaping rooms, and some of the areas top surfboard shapers. PureGlass, in Costa Mesa, now has a surfboard shaping machine that can be used for both production and Research & Design.

Click the photo below for a link to PureGlass's website.

PureGlass's Jim Chalupnik, Master Shaper John Carper (JC), and the Machine

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Wed. Feb. 25th, 2009

Racing 56th

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Monday, Feb 23rd, 2009

Hawaiian Spot Light... Saturday night at sunset.

 

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Friday Feb 20th, 2009.

Yesterday, in Hawaii

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Thursday, Feb. 19th, 2009

This week Maui has been all about waves, whales and wind, a lot of wind. But with the airplanes packed, all rental cars on the island gone, and all the condos full, it seems like everyone is here to see the migration of the whales going by the island. People are pretty serious about their whale watching, and when they actually see one breach, they get pretty excited about it.

I was taking a few photos of my kids in the tiny surf out front yesterday morning, and scanned the horizon for a split second, when the whale below jumped out of the water...

NewportSurfShots.com, your large mammal photo website...

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Wed. Feb. 18th 2009

Aloha, from Hawaii...

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Thursday, Feb. 12th, 2009

After completing a degree at OCC and then spending a few semesters down at CSUSD, Newport's Joey Head has temporarily left the waters of Newport. Joey left last night for Australia where he will be attending school, and undoubtedly surfing insane waves, for the next 6 months.

Joey Head, leaving the waters of Newport

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Tuesday, Feb 11th, 2009

If you surfed the minuscule waves last week, or the week before, and felt a little jilted as the local SUP crew caught waves 100 yards outside of you, and surfed them 100 yards past you. Stop by Paddle Surf Warehouse and see what those big boards are all about. Mike has remodeled the shop and now has even more boards of all sizes in stock. And he will even rent you board, if you want to sneak off and try one.

For a link to the shop's website, click one of the images below...

SUP's in Color

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Monday, Feb 9th, 2008

FlashBack

The last time, in 2004, that local residents and surfers battled with the city over a "Sand Replenishment Project", Bill Sharp came up with a proposal. Take the sand, which at the time the city was going to remove from the filthy Santa Ana River, and form a sandbar with it. He figured tractors could begin pushing sand out into the ocean, and as the sandbar grew, trucks could then start driving out on it. Dumping more and more sand as it grew. And then over the winter, the sand would slow drift down towards the jetties.

Unfortunately, we were told that if such a sandbar was built at the mouth of River Jetties, the winter high tides, and storm surges, would just push the sand right back up the river.

Imagine the surf if this could have been done?

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Friday, Feb, 6th, 2009

Surfer... and Sand

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If you like South wind then you liked the conditions in Newport this weekend, and if you

like body boarding, then you really liked this spot. Yesterday in Newport

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Jan 30th, 2009

Don't believe it...

Don't go looking for this wave.... The image was taken yesterday to demonstrate just how easy it is now days to make a nothing day of surf look good.

This wave is a 6 inch walled close-out, that not even a Blackies longboard kingpin could ride, but by shooting it just so, it looks pretty good.

So if someone says they scored great surf and shows you photos of it.... Ask to see the video.

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Thursday, Jan. 29th, 2009

If certain people had their way, surfing in Newport would be restricted to between the poles...

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Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 2009

The economy sucks!...

And while Washington begins fighting over a stimulus package, that might not even help, people everywhere are feeling the ever increasing effects of the poor economy. The local surf industry and Newport's local surfers included.

What can you do to help? If you're going to order a new board, buy a used one, or get one fixed, please give your business to a local board manufacture, If you need a new wetsuit, a new skateboard, or even just a bar of wax, please spend your money at a local surf retailer. If your looking for a new hoodie or a jacket, please check out one of the local Newport surf wear manufactures (i.e. Atwater, F54). And if you need an electrician, a plumber, a contractor or whatever... please ask around, and try and use one of the talented hardworking local surfers from the Newport area...

In essence, during this rough economy, please try and keep your hard earned dollars in Newport.

Trying to avoid an economic wipeout... in Newport

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Monday, Jan, 26th, 2009

Studio 54 from the air, Fall 2008 in Newport

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Friday, Jan 23rd, 2009

Whoop, Whoop, Whoop, Whoop...

I've been on a mission to shoot the coast from a helicopter for over a year. But getting solid surf, clear skies, incredible visibility, and absolutely no wind has been frustrating and near impossible.

Last week though, Surfline forecaster Kevin Wells, deemed Monday might be the day, so I started putting everything together. The morning dawned however with clouds and inconsistent surf in our area, and it appeared like the project would be scrubbed once again. A look at the sat loop however looked like if we hauled ass north we could maybe outrun the clouds. So we went, and it paid off.

From Palos Verdes where the Lanada Bay Boys all flipped us off in unison as the we hovered over their heads, to the Ranch and Point Conception, where the best images where taken, but will never released.... It was truly an amazing experience. Thanks to everyone involved in the project.

Click the photo below to see images of the coast...

Heading to the Ranch in morning rush hour traffic.

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Wed. Jan 21st, 2009

Newport, saturated in color... Oct. 2008

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Tuesday, Jan. 20th, 2009

Yesterday

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Monday, Jan 19th, 2009

"Give us bigger surf!"

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Jan. 16th, 2009

If you've driven around Newport much, undoubtedly you've seen her...

Newport's very own... "Motorcycle Mama"

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Jan 15th, 2008

Sorry, for the Big Wave Blog

Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've heard about the swell that is forecast to hit California in the next few days. I haven't been shooting much this winter, but with a solid swell on the horizon, I was preparing to go and get some photos of it. Three really ambiguous surf shoots over the next 4 days was the plan, and I was really excited about each one of them. Until I just read one of the latest surf forecasts... (see below)

So for now the large pile of gear that's stacked on my living room floor and garage, are staying put. And the list of things I was going to stay up all night doing, are going to wait. And instead, I'm going to sit down, have a beer, and figure out what the next move is. For sure Orange County is going to get some great surf later this weekend... The rest of the coast just may not get the big and scary surf that everyone had hoped for.

Click the photo below for an interesting read on the recent forecasted swell numbers, by going halfway down the page to "As of . Wednesday PM".

Waiting for Waves... in Newport

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Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2009

10 year old Summer C., excited about sunsets. Saturday in Newport

While there hasn't been much surf in town lately, the sunsets each evening have been pretty incredible. Word is though that things are about to change. The North Pacific is loading up.

The North Shore of Oahu is forecast to get a pounding later this week, and a Tow event looks like it will run. It's rumored that Northern California will also get it's share of big surf this weekend... And if things work out, there should be enough energy left for Newport to come back to life soon.

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Monday, Jan. 12th, 2009

When I was fresh out of undergraduate school, a collage friend and I bought a surf shop in Sunset Beach, Burke Surfboards, and soon changed the name of it to H20 Surf Company. My wife and I were broke at the time, so we borrowed the money for the shop from our credit card, and we went into major debt.

It was cool having the shop... We had a great shop team, we had clothing and wetsuit reps catering to our needs, and we had a nice customers base of local surfers.

But owning the shop also had it's share of headaches. We couldn't keep as much inventory in stock as the big retail surf shops. Sales were extremely sporadic. A guy came in with a gun once and emptied our register. And someone threw bricks through our window and made off with a half dozen snowboards...

Soon I realized I didn't want to work in the surf industry or retail, and I headed back to school. And my partner, Vipe Desea, realized that being in the surf industry was something that he really wanted to do. And he went on to become a successful event promoter.

Owning a shop, especially a small one, has to be one of the most challenging retail things you can do. Click the photo below for an interesting article on the current plight of surf shops...

"Surf Shops: Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"

"Surf Shops aren't going anywhere!"

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Wed., Jan. 7th, 2008

Before...

After

Factor 54's Leon M., takes his broken rocket home... Yesterday in Newport

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New Years Day 2009

54 degree water, 56 degree air, a 52 degree windchill factor...

"Pooch", sending out warm wishes to everyone in 2009

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Tuesday, Dec. 30th, 2008

Obviously Newport's Alex Knost is a freak of nature on a longboard, but he is also incredibly cordial in the water.... and seems as talented in his art and music as he is in his surfing.

When I heard Water Magazine was doing a feature on him last summer... I asked if I could submit, as I've shot him for many years. So I dug into my archives, and spent the morning chasing him around the line-up with a camera.

Click the photo above to see the Water Magazine interview, which now includes a video of Alex surfing Newport and Trestles...

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Dec. 23rd, 2008

With the poor economy, and the owners of the Maverick's surf event being particular about who they accept as a sponsor of their event, it didn't look like this year's contest would run...

Click the photo below...

Mayhem @ Maverick's

(photo copyright Cozad)

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Dec. 22, 2008

Enjoying world class fishing... in Newport

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Wed., Dec. 17th, 2008

Torrential rain, extreme high tides and big storm surges does strange things to the sand in Newport. Yesterday morning

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Thursday, Nov. 20th, 2008

Click the image below for a slideshow of the surf throughout California over the past week.

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Analog's Josh Hoyer, throwning one more turn before sundown... Saturday in Newport

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Wed. Nov. 19th, 2008

Newport's Logan D., trying to get out of their family picture...

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Nov. 14th, 2008

"Blackies". Photographed from a really, really tall ladder...

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Nov. 13th, 2008

Forecasters are calling for Hawaii to receive one of it's first big swells of the season this week.

Hopefully the West Coast gets its share soon...

This was a giant wave to paddle into. It was during the 2005 Mav's event. And the thing was a huge wind blown mass of water that exploded on the reef in all directions. Somehow Shane Desmond made the staircase drop and lived to tell about it...

(Copyright Cozad, 2005)

Big surf, tow in. Last season.

(Photo copyright Cozad)

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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008

All alone... Devyn H., in Newport

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Monday, Oct. 13th, 2008

8ft Point, 10ft. Wedge... It didn't happen.

For 4 days I'd been planning to shoot last weekend's forecasted swell from a helicopter, something I've been wanting to do for nearly a year. A friend of mine owns a chopper, and it seems like either the wind, sun or swell never cooperate for him to take me up to shoot. But this time it seemed like everything would come together... Until I discovered he was in Italy, and wouldn't be back for weeks.... So I set out on my own to find a helicopter, and a pilot, which is not easy....

Saturday afternoon while checking out solid Point, I got a message that based on the latest research, the forecasted swell would be a bust. And maybe the mission should be scrubbed. Now, I'm afraid of heights, and canceling flying around in a tiny two seat whirlybird with no doors on it, sounded like a great idea to me. But I also felt that I needed to go, and get my first experience shooting from the air behind me. ... So the sponsors of my flight gave me the go ahead, hoping I'd score something, and I went..

From not having anything in your pocket because it will vibrate out, to not using a lens hood because it will break off and put a hole in the helicopter's tail, to the fact that tape should be placed on the seat belt latch so your camera strap won't catch and release it... there are so many fricken things I had no idea you needed to know to fly around with a camera...

A huge thanks to the Newport locals that worked with me on the project.... Even though the waves were crap, I did score some interesting shots... and luckily I managed to not drop anything, or fall out of the chopper. This flight I hope, is just the beginning...

Completing the circle... . in Newport

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Over the last few years mega website Surfline has done "Spot Checks" of surf locations the world over. Tahiti, Australia, Sebastian Inlet, Rincon, Huntinton Beach... and most recently Newport.

If you haven't seen the recent feature, click the photo below.

"Newport, the Board Breaker"...

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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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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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The nominees for the 2008 Billabong XXL awards have been announced. Click the photo below and check them out.

Not XXL, but still pretty damn big... Adam @ Todos.

(photo copyright T. Cozad 2008)

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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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