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…I’m back from my weekend in Richmond and will begin working on all of the new photo galleries asap. Stay tuned for the following (not necessarily in this order)
- Surfing photos From 1st Street last weekend
- Nascar photos from Friday (Practice and the Race) and Saturday
- Softball Photos from Saturday morning (May 1st)
- and some more portrait practice shots
Sorry for the delay in posting recently, I’m working on getting back on schedule with the site. Thanks for visiting.
j
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago at 5:22 pm. Add a comment
…for The Joneses, Written and Directed by Virginia Beach’s Derrick Borte

I just received this email from Mr. Ken Hunt, so please check out the movie and join the party afterwards at Hooks.
This is your cordial invitation to the East Coast Premier of the movie, The
Jones! What makes this particularly special, is it was written and directed
by one of our very own Virginia Beach locals, Derrick Borte! This is truly
a unique opportunity to view the movie and come to the after party for a
meet and greet with Derrick Borte and some other VIP dignitaries that will
be on hand at Hooks immediately following the movie. I hope everyone comes
out to show support for one of our local boys making it to the big screen
this Friday 4/16! Although it will be playing at theaters all over town,
the beach crew will all be meeting at the Strawbridge theater to view the
movie around 7:00(the exact time will be posted on Thursday). We hope to
see you there!
Cheers,
Ken
Here are some theaters and showtimes for The Joneses (R, ) on Apr 16.
Regal Strawbridge Marketplace 12
1:50PM 4:35PM 7:05PM 9:45PM
Regal Columbus Stadium 12
11:50AM 2:10PM 4:30PM 7:20PM 9:40PM
Regal Macarthur Center 18
11:30AM 1:50PM 4:40PM 7:30PM 10:00PM
Posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago at 4:29 pm. Add a comment
Went out with John, Eddie, Jessie and Zack , looking for someplace to take pictures in the snow. After being kicked out of the Cavalier, we came across a fun little hill full of people sledding on anything that would slide and having the time of their life.
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 5:33 pm. Add a comment
Been busy at work so haven’t really taken any photos aside from Hockey and all but the last 2 home games of this season have been posted (www.wrightcoastsurf.com/admirals) , I’m also working on some photos that I shot for 17TH Street Surf Shop last weekend with Philip Goold and Samantha Sarcinella. And as it stands right now I’ll be taking a trip with Ryan and Wendy Merritt and Suzie Boyce to Panama on Feb 19th…so there should be some photo ops in the near future.
Check out my facebook page if you’re interested in getting my Tickets for Norfolk Admirals Home games….I’ll usually post them a day or two before the games if they’re available.
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago at 8:00 pm. Add a comment
Heidi Markert is having a New Years Eve Party!
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago at 9:18 am. Add a comment
Admirals photos from November 10th and 11th vs Binghamton , November 27th and 28th vs Albany and the December 7th Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitols game are all posted….
WrightCoastSurf.com/admirals
Posted 7 months ago at 11:57 am. Add a comment
I heard from Kim Merritt that there was a tournament on Saturday…so I asked him for directions and showed up! No spectacular shots, but I hope somebody enjoys them.
Click on the image below to view the entire gallery
Posted 8 months ago at 9:32 am. Add a comment
You’re banned!
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago at 7:10 pm. Add a comment
Finally…after fighting all night with my router and then website, I give you August 26 , 2009′s Shadowlawn Surf Club Photos. Please know that I’m aware some people are having problems with the galleries not resizing correctly when you click on a thumbnail. If you do click on a smaller image and the page appears to go blank, look at the bottom and left sides of your web browser, if you see scroll bars that means the page is there, it’s just too big for your screen, scroll halfway to the right and halfway down and the larger images should be in the center. Sorry for this inconvenience, but I’m an idiot and can not figure out why this is happening…
anyway, click on the image below to view the photos from August 26th
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago at 5:39 pm. Add a comment
Photos from the 2009 Wounded Warrior Surf Camp in Virginia Beach have been posted….I didn’t do much editting on them so if anybody needs one fixed, email me at: wrightcoast@cox.net.
These are clean unwatermarked images for all involed…I hope there are at least a few worthy.
Click on the image below to see the entire gallery.

Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago at 12:38 pm. Add a comment
Figured I’d do another test run with the 400mm before packing it up for the trip to the Buddy Pelletier Classic in Atlantic Beach.
Click on the photo below to see the entire gallery from this evening
Posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago at 5:50 pm. Add a comment
In my never ending quest to find things to do when there’s no surf ( Aquarium, Zoo, Dolphin Watches, Admirals Games etc.) I’ve decided to revisit something I haven’t done in over 30 years.
Ryan at SurfKDH.com and myself are planning on checking out some Short Track action at Langley Speedway in Hampton this Saturday night.
If anybody is interested check out the Tracks website at http://www.langley-speedway.com
Stay tuned for photos of the action…..
….on a good note, I think I have finally patched together my broken 400 2.8, here are a few samples from last nights first test.

You wish you could have caught this fish....

You wish you could have caught this fish part II

You wish this was your pretzel
yeah….I was bored
j
Posted 12 months ago at 8:15 am. Add a comment
As of July 14th, the Shopping cart should be working again….email me if you have any trouble.
wrightcoast@cox.net
thanks,
john
Posted 12 months ago at 1:40 pm. Add a comment
Here are the Galleries from Costa Rica. June 27th thru July 5th 2009….
click on the image to see all the uneditted photos from each day. I will edit anything that is ordered.
JUNE 27TH 2009

John Barnes Tamarindo
June 28th 2009

Rex Barnes dropping in on his Brother John to wish him happy birthday
June 30th 2009

John Barnes
July 1st 2009

Rex Barnes Langosta July 1st 2009
July 1st 2009 Evening

July 1st 2009 Tamarindo
July 2nd 2009

July 2nd 2009
July 3rd 2009

July 3rd ...just hanging out
July 4th 2009

July 4th 2009 Playa Grande - Langosta - Playa Grande
July 5th 2009 – Avellanas

July 5th 2009 Avellanas
Posted 1 year ago at 5:29 pm. Add a comment
Happy 4th of July from WrightCoastSurf.com

Costa Rica Rocks!
…oh, I have a bunch of surfing shots to post too!
Posted 1 year ago at 3:05 pm. Add a comment
It’s 5:00 am and we’re getting ready to head over to Avellanas again to see what the surf looks like over there.
I’m still having no luck uploading the photo galleries, but I’ll keep trying. In the meantime here’s a shot taking from the upper deck of Rex Barnes’ place last night, facing south over Tamarindo…

Posted 1 year ago at 3:06 am. Add a comment
I’m having trouple getting the photos added to the site, but I’m still working on it. I think Langosta is my new favorite spot to shoot! Stay tuned….
…in the meantime, the following is a photo of a little girl we met named Lily and today is her 3rd Birthday, so everyone wish her a very Happy Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Posted 1 year ago at 5:25 pm. Add a comment
Hey Hey Hey…here are the shots from the 4th Annual Zeke’s Lil Rat Surfcus at 1st st in Va Beach.
Click on the image below to see the entire 950 image gallery.

2009 Zeke's Lil Rat Surfcus
Again, due to the amount of images, I couldn’t possibly edit each individual shot for this site. I will edit anything that is ordered.
Posted 1 year ago at 3:41 am. Add a comment
Anyone else planning on heading down?
http://diezpalmas.com/
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 5:18 pm. Add a comment
Photos have been posted from all 3 days of the contest. Sorry for the quality , I think there are 2400 total shots with crappy editting. I will clean everything up before sending them out.
DAY ONE PHOTOS: http://wrightcoastsurf.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=285
DAY TWO PHOTOS: http://wrightcoastsurf.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=284
DAY THREE PHOTOS: http://wrightcoastsurf.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=283
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 5:38 pm. Add a comment