Wet June
A photo of lots of water
The middle of the year, the shortest day, solstice, birthdays and a shit ton of rain. But that's not why June was a wet month. It was a month of lots of sea time, lots of surfing, lots of shooting surfing and even some water shoots. Currently I get a bit tangled up with posting images, it's a good tangle to have; A large website [that pays well] gets first dibs on the A grade stuff. But sometimes the A's get sat on and then not used as other stuff comes in over the top. That's ok, that is professional surf/photo/journalism, been around the block enough times not to get disheartened or worried about it. BUT! It's easy to forget about an older session and good stuff ending up not being seen anywhere. So here's some of a wet June....
Whanga is probably pumping today too, this is from the beautiful ground swell that came trough June 3rd
Corey Asplin, well versed on the Waikato’s long lefts …clearly
Renee Jacobson getting her share
Such a nice swell!
Braedon Williams all style
Dave and Pete Anderson...bloody legends
..and speaking of, the one and only Taff Kennings
Not what you think, Taff lets his granddaughter India take off. The pack on the Bar is always hungry, there are no freebies, groms sit down the line waiting for scraps or a fall. It is the way it should be, you earn your way up the line. But what a gift, if you could, give your grand daughter a hook up.
Course, Taff is still going to get his share of the sets, India on the inside of this one
Taj De Basco-Millar... been getting a few of him lately aye!
Ryan Health powering through on his fishy quad
Taj.... again :)
Second trip to Raglan in one week, the first one was recreational and in the last web log. The second was work- the best work- shooting for The King and Queen of The Point comp. You can see all those images on Surfing New Zealand's Facebook page HERE
Then last week, home... 6 days in the water in a row, good times
Luke Cederman with sprays bigger than the Lion
Samuel Parkes... one of Piha's most surfingest people
It might have been cold and rained a lot, it may well be the start of El Nino, the start of the sou-westers, but man, there was a serious amount of water time.
FROM THE GALLERY
Fast becoming the new best seller, wait, it is the new best seller. Not really surprising is that? Sooo stoked to have witnessed and enjoyed this day...ahhh take me back. In the meantime, if you like Day of Days you too could have it wall-side... like Shay, below.
