good evening. went to go shoot queen’s this morning. the china women’s longboard contest is saturday and sunday so all the girls were out practicing. and the waves were going off. i thought it was going to be packed but it wasn’t that bad. only had one shortboarder in the inside catching all the good double ups… gosh, i wish i had my board…. i ended up shooting for an hour or so and headed back home to finish up our deck. then after sweating all day, i jumped in at lighthouse before dark. the tide was so high that the water was coming all the way up to the mountain. there was no beach today. weird. the waves were lumpy, flat, and windy but you know what? i had fun…. anyway, check out the photos from waikiki today…
queen’s had a lot of queen’s out there today. the girls were on it and ripping… where else in the world would you have so many good surfer girls out at one spot? nowhere… only in waikiki….
maki vernon was on it too. she was ripping today. that’s photographer paul teruya getting up close….
this was one of the waves of the day… pure stoke….
crystal is a roxy girl. she makes hanging ten look so easy. so when i caught my last wave on my longboard in, i tried to do one. i took my first step toward the nose and ate shit. good think i didn’t lose my camera… i hope nobody saw because i felt like an idiot…
in my whole life, this has to be the coolest shot i’ve ever taken. to me, this is what surfing is all about. pure stoke!!! i’m going to send this to every magazine, book, calendar, post card, and surf company until it gets published somewhere. and i ain’t giving up until i find out who this is. i’m giving this father and daughter this photo for free. happy father’s day to whoever this is…. so if you know who this awesome tandem duo are, please email me the info…. mahalo….
**more photos tomorrow…
