James McAlpine revelling in the treats
It has been so, so good. There's a very real struggle to balance the photo edit that is here out of the 2000 images sitting in the raw folder from the last 7 days. Can't over load the post with too many images but which ones are the bangers??? So here's an emotional, non rational somewhat random showing of the week that was.
See what happened there... James paddling out, Bill Byers paddling in
Bill's kick stall to barrel
Some shallow sand out there
Churner
Shane Kraus stayed out for hours on Saturday
Mootie Bedford in the driver's seat
And then when the tide filled in the beaches turned into fun parks
Yeah Mr Becroft Snr
Yeah Mr Becroft Jnr
Will Hardie smashing a left bowl
Willie Beggs after work rinse
Leia Millar on a perfect runner
Mathias Thompson ending it with style
Matt Zeigler rail game, as ever, on form
Mike Stevenson, post lawn mow rinse
Bruce Johnson ..precision
OH yes the judging is done...wait till you see Randy...so f@cken good!!! It's the 10 year of the Aotearoa Surf Film Fest. I'm a founding judge, man I've watched some crap so you don't have to. But I've also seen some gems, some diamonds in the rough. Nick Stevenson, the driver of the ASFF is passionate about helping new Kiwi film-makers, kudos to Nick for his 10 years of graft. Well done mate.
The dates for the nationwide roving festival are HERE
New Gallery Addition
There's always a search on for the most perfect waves to add to the print gallery But what's perfection, for some it's a left, others it's a right, some it's a nice 2 foot peeler others it's a lurching 30ft beast. This one from last week may be my version of perfection, hollow, flaring, a volume of water. The light, subtle sun verse a cloudy sky. All those things and more I guess ehh. Anyway I love it and hopefully it resonates with others too; it's now available for print in the Wave Gallery HERE