Frozen Stoke

A moment of pure wave riding elation, forever frozen.

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Tubular Travel Time & Rainbow Snap

Check out Christopher Taloa, Matt Mohagen, and Kim Magin and their approaches to a "secret" South Bay spot.

 A hollow space, for a few fleeting moments

 Whenever Hippy Tree rider Matt Mohegan does a turn...

 a rainbow appears.

 (Check lower half of the second and third frame for proof!  Sorry, but it wasn't the coveted double rainbow of YouTube clip fame--maybe next time.)

 Hawaiian professional bodyboarder Chris Taloa's riding fit this oddly-shaped, warping wave perfectly.  Here, he parks it in the shorepound at the end of a long ride.

Kim Magin earns the closing shot, however, as he was able to pull inside a wave while riding within very close proximity to the photographer.

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Passed-Over South Bay

A friendly longboard local--Patrick--gave me subject matter to shoot at a normally ignored sandbar in the South Bay.

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Orange Juice Shorepound

12.7.2011
South Bay of Los Angeles secret spot shorepound, California

This is the way I like to start my day--with a cup of oceanic OJ!

 

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"Tsunami Warning" for Sandpipers

After going to local beachbreak and jetty spots--and turning up unremarkable subject matter everywhere I went--I headed up to the PV Peninsula to do the PV secret-spot shuffle.  Unfortunately, I ended up chasing phantom waves.  The wind was either making waves that broke erratically at the premiere breaks, or the angle of the swell missed the protected coves.


At best, the Peninsula's fickle waves are an irksome, taunting riddle.  However, it sure is a beautiful place [click photo to enlarge]--

 These surfers dodged multiple sets that could have produced great rides, so I eventually left for greener pastures--or so I thought...

 ...upon arriving at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach, I witnessed a Sandpiper outrunning what, from his perspective, likely looked like a tsunami...

...but despite the "massive" set that almost slammed the bird, this feral cat kept his cool.

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