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Shots from about 7:30 am until 11:30 am on Thanksgiving day 2007. That’s 2 days in a row, should prove that it doesn’t only break when I’m on the other side of the world.
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery from November 22nd 2007
Wednesday afternoon at 1st street. Click on the image below to see the entire gallery.
This event has been postponed…I’ll be updating the event page shortly.Â
Jeremy Johnson won it all with Ben Bourgeois taking 2nd, Nils Schweizer 3rd and Justin Schub 4th.
Click on either image of Jeremy Johnson or Justin Schub to see the entire gallery
Justin Schub destroyed the final heat of the day with a 9.25 highest wave of the contest so far. Shots from all of Day 2 heats are posted.Â
Complete contest results are availabe at this link http://www.outerbankspro.com/results.htmÂ
Click on the image of Les Shaw or Justin Schub below to see the entire gallery.
I Missed the first couple of heats, but was there for the rest of the day. Rounds 1 and 2 are complete. Round 3 starts tomorrow morning, they’re going to make the call at 10:00 am. Should be a good day of surfing with the talent that’s advanced on top of the guys who were seeded.Â
Click this link to see the heat sheets for the remainder of the event….. http://www.outerbankspro.com/results.htm
Click on either image below to view the entire day’s gallery.
I have a few shots from today’s Neptune Festival Contest, nothing spectacular. I had some things I needed to take care of prior and had to leave early to go to work for a few hours. I’ll post the pics as soon as possible.
I’ve also decided that I’m going to stay in Va Beach on Sunday and skip the Volcom contest in KDH. I believe I owe it to my VB neighbors to shoot some of the locals for a change. So look for me on the beach all day on Sunday.
 see ya,
j
Ok, so I drove down to the Outer Banks on Saturday. Hoping to shoot the Volcom contest, then Head down to the Lighthouse for the first day of the ESA Easterns. I figured it was a bust when I pulled up at 1st street and Ryan Kingsbury was the only person there. Actually there was on other guy who was just leaving. Surf sucked, Contest was a wash. I met up with John Barnes down in Nags head where there was a little wave, but nothing spectacular so I headed down to Hatteras. Seeing no cars lining the road anywhere, I figured I was S.O.L. , until I pulled into Rodanthe with cars lining the side of the road. I was more than a little suspect that this spot could be that much better than anywhere else. After watching it for a while I decided to shoot some photos. Nothing spectacular, it was probably nothing more than stomach high with the occasional bigger set wave. I shot for a while then headed back to Nags head to get some food and hang out.
I’ll have the photos from the 22nd posted sometime tonight, I’m not even going to bother heading to the Lighthouse this morning, I’m just going to go back to VB and get some stuff done, including getting the rental house booked for Hawaii!!!
In the meantime, here’s a shot of the Wright (no relation) Brothers Memorial yesterday afternoon.
Click on the image below to see the Surfing Photos from September 22nd Rodanthe
Arrived a little late, but stuck around for the entire day…I even have some photos of the girls and the spongers! Too bad this storm is going to suck, so I’m heading back to VB in the morning.
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery…complete with some new photos of Kylee!
I have 20 prints of the image below at 8”x12” (can’t crop to 8×10 because we’d lose some kids). I got a good deal on the prints so I’m selling them at $5.00 each. If you’ve already purchased one of these at 4×6 I will be giving you an 8×12 so don’t worry about ordering unless you want another one.  Just email me with Shadowlawn Kids in the subject line and let me know how many you’d like.
The image is not watermarked (doesn’t say 2007 wrightcoastsurf.com on it)Â
The sun’s setting earlier now so the Gallery isn’t as large as usual. This is the last Wednesday night for the Shadowlawn Surf Club, next week it moves to Friday, I plan on being on the beach. I should have all orders filled this week, or early next week. Â
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery
Keep an eye on this site I’m working on a S.S.C. photo book.
thanks,
john
Got a few shots on there, along with Mickey, Brad Styron and VBSurfPhotos.com…
http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/photo_bamp.cfm?id=10743&ad=1
I spent most of the day trying to shoot the pro heats on the south beach, with an occasional shot of the am’s on the north beach. Another long hot day in the sun, until the thunderstorm threat delayed the finals for about an hour or so.Â
I was most impressed with Phillip Goold making the finals in the semi pro and semi finals in the pro division, the kid is pure class, and given some better surf, or set waves,  in the semi’s and finals could have easily taken both divisions. Another surfer who was putting on an amazing show was Jadson Andre who came in 2nd in the men’s pro final. After being called for interference in the semi’s and still taking 2nd to advance he was on fire. In my opinion Andre lost because winner Aaron Cormican beat him mentally by taking him off his game, he could have easily won it all and I believe Cormican knew this and used his experience to his advantage.
Click on either image below to view the entire gallery from the final day of ECSC 2007 (I am aware that some of the images in this gallery say August 25th in the file names, this is wrong, these are all from 8/26)
The little chargers deserved a gallery of thier own….so here it is.Â
It was almost like Shadowlawn Surf Club night…but a little less crowded in the water!
click on the image below to see the entire gallery
I don’t know why I even bother showing up in the morning, the pictures always blow due to the light and my inability to get in focus. I did wear a hat today so my head isn’t feeling like a torch. Anyway I shot all day, there are two seperate, the ECSC gallery and the ECSC SUPER GROM gallery.
to see the regular ECSC gallery click on the photo of Macon below
Got back from Rodanthe around 12:30 hopped the bike down to the contest and started shooting. Heading down to see the BoDeans tonight!!! see ya there.Â
Click on the image of Philip Goold to see the entire gallery.
Pictures from August 23rd Around 5pm at Rodanthe Pier.
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery
Caught up with Dallas again was headed to the Pier to do an afternoon session, but found another spot that was breaking pretty close to shore and pretty hollow, with Dallas, Will Skudin, Bret Barley, Joey Chesire and Prescott (can’t remember his last name) all enjoying some uncrowded peaks with Pullen shooting from the water.
Click on the image of Will Skudin Below to see the entire Gallery from this session.
Today I waited until the light was a bit better before I spent another 3 or 4 hours getting baked…and it was hotter today than yesterday. Caught up with Mickey McCarthy at the pier and shot for a while, until I couldn’t stand being in the sun any longer. Click on the photo below of Fisher Heverly to see the gallery from this session…
Luckily our rental home is just south of the Pier. I was watching the surf since just before sunrise and was about to go check S-turns and Boilers until I saw a few guys starting to get barrelled by the pier. So I walked down there and shot for most of the day… I picked up the camera again around dinner time and shot from the deck of the house when I saw Fisher Heverly and a few other guys walking down the beach…those shots are at the end of the gallery. To see the entire days photos click on the photo of Dallas Tolson below (huge gallery alert)
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