It was a funny old summer on the west coast. It has been a scorcher and I'm certainly not complaining about that. Now that it is officially autumn there's a realisation that our normal go to summer banks along the more exposed beaches just haven't happened. There has been too much swell and not enough off-shore days to groom up the sand. It's been a summer for Raglan and the Naki. We've been lucky out at Piha, the Bar has had sand on it for months.
Local Lad Bill Byers tackling the very wave his Grand pop Peter did in 1958
It's far from vintage Bar, but it has been Piha surfers' summer saviour. And although it's not epic, there have been brief moments of greatness.... if you can get a carpark at south, or thread a link up through the 60 other surfers all trying their luck.
Sorry mate I don't know your name, but man you know how to catch waves!
Brent Alexander finding a Bar pocket to smash
Piha regular Safa Bourne Buirski laying some serious rail...on an all too common Bar flat section :)
Bourne clearly in a state of dehydration and loosing his mind
hmmm there's a theme here... blue steel from Luke Cedarman, lock up your daughters
Luke higher than the over inflated Piha property prices
Fair to say Luke's new Brad Buckle shape goes well
Inner Bar detail
Here's some more shots of the Bar from last Saturday's Keyhole Single fin event, fun time and lotsa shooting from me :)
What are you doing this weekend???
Come join the rabble at Mangawhai this Saturday, it's the 5th annual Logger Heads. [Yep, that would be a CP pix made into something really cool by Threadbox]
And straight after on the Sunday you might as well stick around 'cos then there's the Cove Fish Fry, in it's 6th year of operation!
And Denn...
As part of the Duke Festival in New Brighton this year.
And Dennn......
The 2019 Aotearoa Surf Film Festival is ON! Check the dates in your region HERE
As one of the founding Judges of the ASFF I'll let you in on a lil secret, this year's feature films are bangers! I reckon the strongest selections in the ASFF's 5 years of running.
The NZ Short films, well... the creator of the ASFF Nick Stevenson's key driver is to support and nurture surf young filmers, give them a goal and in fact pretty darn good prizes. This year pickings were quite thin, the cream did rise to the top and what you'll see at showtime is good stuff. But moving forward; If you're a passionate filmer, here's your chance to get some recognition and support. Start shooting for next year now!
From The Galleries
International award winning goodness! This moody wonderment is heading to Oregon as a 2000mm wide canvas this week. Pretty darn stoked, actually it gets me frothing to make more Piha panos, love the coast!
You can check Piha Storm out in more detail HERE
Don't worry about the hand on the print, it's ok, it's an UV lamented canvas