Where are the waves?

I have been out of town a lot lately. Checked out the pebble beach in Marathon this week. Some nice clean swell coming in, but no where on the beach to get out of the water once in. The whole shoreline is covered in ice cliffs to water about four feet high. I could have gone in the water but I would have had to paddle a couple of miles to get out and then walk back. Anyway here is a shot of warmer times with no iceburgs to dodge.

Sub Epic

It was decided that the winds were to give us some good waves yesterday. Well I guess the lake did not get the memo. Eric and I went for an afternoon surf, and needless to say it was sub-epic. But in light of the small waves, there were waves and we had a few good rides. It was a session that filled the craving. Good company, a few good rides, its never a waste to suit up and paddle out. Even on the smallest of days.

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The slideshow this week is a compilation of some nature shots the I have taken over the last few years. If I had to pick a favourite out the group it would probably be the dragonfly in mid flight off the back of the boat. It was challenging to get the shot but with cooperation with the dragonfly we worked it out. Check back soon for an update to the slideshow.

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Ubiquitous, The Surf Movie

Well, at long last it is finally here! After a long time of filming our sessions, I have compiled some footage into a little video. I call it Ubiquitous. The movie is 10min and 16 seconds long and is about 51MB. I am extatic with how it turned out, let me know what you think.

Northern Ontario, surfing the shores of Lake Superior.

The Cleanest Lines

The phone call comes in around 9:30pm Thursday night. Winston says its on for a dawn patrol this morning. He is stoked to try out his new fish. Friday morning a brisk -22c, Winston and Eric show up around 7:30am ready to catch some waves. Check the stats on the computer and it does not look promising. Pack up an leave anyway, you never know what the waves are actually doing. Smoke lingers across the highway from a single lonely wood burning stove, a clear sign of no wind. Driving to the usual spot, the lake is calm. If anything, its going to be clean, it might be a foot high but its going to be clean. As we approach the the point we can see multiple lines of clean peeling surf, we are pumped! The temerature has gone up to a balmy -16c, sweet. The waves were clean, waist to chest high and the air was crisp. Surfed for a steady three and a half hours, took some pics, shot some footage for my video, stoked all around.

Lightning!

Here are some photos that I took a long time ago using my pentax 35mm camera. The quality is not that good because the pictures are prints that had been rescued from our house fire. I just scanned them in. Quality aside, they are some of my favorite lightning shots.

The first and last photos were taken off of lakeshore drive looking into the bay. The two middle were taken at Shebandowan lake.