Steamer's -- April 24th

ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
edited April 25, 2005 in Sports
Today wasn't the nicest of days. Here in the valley or over in Santa Cruz.
It was nicer in SC but not much.

Waves were about 3' and a high tide. Not ideal conditions for surf.

This little grom rules. He will take a tiny little wave and make something
happen. Probably why he wins contests :):

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Even the sailboats where having a hard time.

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Ian
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2005
    ian408 wrote:

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    Ian

    nice - i like the grouping.
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2005
    Love the sailboat group!
    Our surfers were getting nice rides, big surprise actually, ocean was kind of flat.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited April 25, 2005
    Here are a couple more from today.

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  • coldclimbcoldclimb Registered Users Posts: 1,169 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2005
    These are quite cool. You don't get a whole lot of surfing shots here in AK. The surfers are out there, but I haven't ever seen them, and even if I did I don't have the equipment to get those up-close shots. The only thing that throws me off about these is the lack of color. You can tell it's a dull day just by the reflections on the water. Not sure if there's any way to fix that though.
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2005
    andy wrote:
    nice - i like the grouping.
    And the repetition of colour...it always looks good like this. thumb.gif
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited April 25, 2005
    Andy, Gus & Coldclimb, thanks for the comments.

    Summer time starts the racing season for these guys. Should be
    seeing a few more races under better conditions.

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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2005
    I shot some of the longboarders out there in 93. I spent a few weeks living about the surf shop Santa Cruzin, is it still there? Those guys were very interesting with their very laid back lifestyle and dedication to surfing.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,943 moderator
    edited April 25, 2005
    patch29 wrote:
    I shot some of the longboarders out there in 93. I spent a few weeks living about the surf shop Santa Cruzin, is it still there? Those guys were very interesting with their very laid back lifestyle and dedication to surfing.
    Not sure. Do you remember where it was?
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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Not sure. Do you remember where it was?

    Near Soquel and N Branciforte, there used to be a camera shop in that triangle where the streets meet, then a two story building that had the surf shop, down the block was a Safeway. If I remember correctly. headscratch.gif
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 25, 2005
    Ian,

    Looks like you had a good day thumb.gifthumb.gif All the surf shots are very nice and the sailboat "raft up" is too funny rolleyes1.gif Sometime this Summer, we've got to try shooting the evening "Boat races". Worst case, we'll get a good meal on the Wharf :eat


    Thanks for sharing and you had better weather than I did....lol


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