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April 19th 2008 Outer Banks ESA photos…

At least I got half a day’s worth of shots before the accident…Good news is the Camera appears to be in perfect condition!

Got off about 331 photos before it all went south on me….All of these shots were taken in Raw format so most of the blown Highlights can be recovered. I wanted to get them all up so I didn’t edit them individually.

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September 8th 2007 Outer Banks ESA contest - Frisco

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.

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Outer Banks ESA - August 18th - Frisco

Here are the shots from Saturday August 15th…nothing spectacular.  Click on the image of Josh Beveridge below to see the entire gallery.

2007 ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS

The contest is over, I was there pretty much the entire time and I have no idea who won what.  I do know that Friday’s weather Sucked. It was Cold, Windy, Rainy, Drifty, Windy and Cold.  I did manage a few shots during the day then headed off to Tortugas for the ‘BEST DAMN BURGER IN THE WORLD’… Click on the image below to view the photos from the from the 18th.

MAY 18TH ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS

 Saturday the 19th had much nicer weather and somewhat offshore winds for most of the day, though they kept switching around. Surf was still in the Head+ range breaking way outside. Couldn’t really see anything for the first couple of hours due to the sun and how far out the break was, so look at all the faces in the crowd shots from the early morning, then whatever surfing shots I grabbed during the remaineder of the day. See the photos from the Contest on the 19th by clicking the image below…..

MAY 19TH ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS

Around 5pm when the Contest was done for the day, I had decided to head to Hatteras, since we’d heard nothing but how good it was all day (Keep an eye on SURFKDH.COM for Micky’s photos). Noah Snyder told me about a place in town that he was going to, since he was judging all day and missed the Hatteras surf, so I headed there instead. Noah showed up, then Chris McDonald, Barry Price Jr and Ronnie Brooks joined in, with a couple of unnamed locals. All charging the shorebreak….Click on the Image below to view the Gallery from the evening of May 19th….

MAY 19TH KDH

…and finally May 20th 2007 the Final day of the ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS. The surf all but dissappeared overnight, but they still managed some decent sets and some good competition all the way up to the Tag-team challenge. I’ll post either a link to the results or the results if I get them.

Click on the image below to see the photos from the final day of the 2007 ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS

ESA MID-ATLANTIC REGIONALS

Photos from the all 3 days coming soon…plus some free surfing from Saturday with Noah Snyder, Chris Mcdonald, Ronnie Brooks and Barry Price Jr…..

In the Meantime the ESA LOGO Mosaic below is sized at (1280 x 800) pixals for use as windows wallpaper feel free to Click on the image, then  right click and save as wallpaper. 

April 22nd Nags Head OUTER BANKS ESA CONTEST 1

F.Y.I. I JUST ADDED ABOUT 100 MORE PHOTOS TO THE APRIL 21 GALLERY THAT DIDN’T GET UPLOADED LAST NITE! 

Decided to stay in town and shoot the contest instead of heading to the island, and even then I didn’t stay for the entire thing…surf was looking less consistant so I decided to bag it and come home. Lots of surfing photos, and a bunch of candid people shots on the beach, I think there are even a couple of the obligatory bird photos in the bunch along with Theresa on her borrowed horse….

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Sept 30th Neptune contest - day 1

Spent a little time shooting some of the Neptune Festival Contest today. Still trying to get over this cold so I didn’t stay too long.  Click on the image below to see the entire gallery.

 

2006 ESA EASTERNS - DAY 1 aka Gordon swell

I have a pretty healthy sized gallery from Day 1 of the 2006 ESA Easterns. All in all it was a pretty decent day of surfing. Although the lighting was difficult I managed to get some ok shots all day long, even in the early morning backlight.

To see Ben Stinson’s video from today’s action go to www.AbstractVideoDesign.com Click the link or the banner on the gallery pages.

This shot was taken of a couple of guys riding different sections of the same wave in the free suring area just south of the contest area, the guy in the orange jersey was coming in after his heat ended. I know this looks fake but it’s not, I actually missed the next snap where the guy in the middle launched into an air of his own, because I wanted to make sure I got this shot.  The second shot is Zach Kenny who took two first places on Day one. Click on either image to see the entire gallery.

 

SEPT 10 2006 OUTER BANKS - Hurricane Florence swell

The Hurricane Florence swell started to show today, but the wind was on it hard out of the northeast. I shot a few hours, in harsh light,  at the OBX ESA contest in Nags Head and then headed south to see what was up. Frisco was clean but very small and nobody seemed to be able to catch anything at the pier while I was there so I headed back to the lighthouse and shot for about an hour.

I decided not to waste some days off this week to shoot the swell from Aunt Flo, I’m going to stay in Va Beach and shoot after work, unless I get some reports of Epic Conditions down south.

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April 22, 2006 VA ESA - 1st Street VA Beach

[album:12,6:c]Shot my first VA ESA contest in harsh lighting conditions. Only spent a couple of hours shooting, just wasn’t into the harsh lighting.

September 24, 2004 ESA EASTERNS Buxton, N.C.

[album:20,6:c]Shots from my last day at the ESA Easterns, at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, N.C.

September 23, 2004 ESA EASTERNS Buxton, N.C.

[album:22,6:c]Another day at the grand-daddy of ESA events. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Buxton, N.C.

September 22, 2004 ESA EASTERNS Buxton, N.C.

[album:24,6:c]Shots from the ESA Easterns at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, N.C.

September 20, 2004 ESA Easterns Buxton N.C.

[album:25,6:c]First shots from the 2004 Easterns at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, N.C.