http://wrightcoastsurf.com Virginia Beach Based Surf (and other) Photography Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:44:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Still trying to get the images uploaded, no luck.  Tonight I leave you with a shot of John Barnes dropping in on his 1st wave on his 51st Birthday June 28th. http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/07/02/july-2nd-update-still-no-luck-uploading-galleries/ 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 ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/07/02/july-2nd-2009-costa-rica/ 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 ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/06/30/june-30th-2009-still-in-costa-rica/ serious crowd tonight...figured I'd shoot tonight since I'm gonna be out of town next week. click on the image below to view the entire gallery. [caption id="attachment_829" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Shadowlawn Surf Club 2009"][/caption] http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/06/24/june-24-2009-shadowlawn-surf-club-09/ 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. [caption id="attachment_826" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="2009 Zeke's Lil Rat Surfcus"][/caption]    Again, due to the amount of images, I couldn't possibly edit each ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/06/21/june-20-2009-4th-annual-zekes-lil-rat-surfcus/ Anyone else planning on heading down? http://diezpalmas.com/ http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/05/27/10-days-in-costa-rica-june-26-thru-july-6-2009/ 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 http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/05/25/2009-virginia-longboard-federation-steel-pier-classic/ I spent a couple of hours on Saturday morning shooting some of the action at the grand opening of the new SKATE HIGH indoor skate park over near The Rec Center on Nimmo Parkway. Next time I'll bring a flash to get some more even exposures, and maybe I'll decide ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/04/27/april-25th-skate-high-skating-shots/ I headed down south for the first time in months , ran into Cookie and Jr. before heading to Hatteras with Jeff Myers and met up with Mickey. Plenty of shots in this gallery including Jeff Myers, Zack Kenny, Chris Macdonald, Kim Diggs, Barry Price Sr, and Jr, Ryan Rhodes, ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/04/19/april-18-2009-hatteras/ I'll be working on these and hopefully posting them on Sunday...Stay Tuned!!! http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/04/18/april-18th-hatteras-photos-on-the-way/ ...of course it was better before I got there, but I stayed and shot for a while anyway.  I'm planning on heading south in the morning if the reports are good. Click on the shot of Hank below to see the entire gallery from this evening. [caption id="attachment_788" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Hank going ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/04/18/april-17-2009-1st-street-va-beach/ Finally got something to upload for the first time since January 29th, and it only took 2 days....sweeeeeeeeeeet.  Anyway click on the image below of 'Cookie' generously giving up his wave to a shortboarder. With all the tension going on out in the water this type of kind gesture is ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/03/24/march-22nd-2009-1st-street-va-beach-photos/ Coming soon...hopefully tonight! http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/03/24/march-21st-1st-st-va-beach/ I'm over it...so I'm working on a new gallery which currently has the remaining Puerto Rico shots, go to... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/gallery ADMIRALS INFO.... Friday Night - Feb 27th - Admirals/Heroes for the American Red Cross Puck Giveaway – Pucks will be given away to the first 2,000 fans, courtesy of the American Red Cross. ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/02/26/temporary-fix/ I'm trying to create a new gallery so I can upload the Puerto Rico photos...and possibly migrate everything else over....stay tuned. http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/02/17/still-having-problems/ I've been trying to upload the Puerto Rico photos but the gallery is bugging out. I'm going to try and create an entire new gallery and see if that does the trick. http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/02/11/still-having-site-issues/ the backwoods internet connection can barely handle a text post. I'm trying to figure out a way to get some P.R. photos done...sorry for the delay. http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/02/04/no-updates-yet/ I'm currently in lovely Charleston West VA, so Tonight before I slit my wrists, I'll work on the photos from the 30th, 31st, Feb 1st and 2nd....Stay Tuned.... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/02/03/more-from-puerto-rico-coming-soon/ First let me start by saying I FEEL LIKE CRAP! ... but it could be worse, as a matter of fact it will be on Monday because the swell is supposed to be peaking on Monday/Tuesday while I'm flying from San Juan to Charleston West Va during a possible storm...couldn't ... http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/01/30/puerto-rico-2009-jan-29th-i-am-having-trouble-uploading-the-images-at-this-time-the-links-do-not-work-working-on-it/ Photos from Jan 29th taken at Wilderness, Jobos and a few photos from another spot near Camuy will be posted tomorrow.  Hopefully in the morning.... stay tuned....john http://wrightcoastsurf.com/2009/01/29/puerto-rico-january-29-2009/