In a stacked final that included Shane Dorian, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, Carlos Burle, Ramon Navarro and Grant Washburn, it was Mark Healey who rose to the top and took home the top prize — a Costco-sized bottle of Patron, a ton of bragging rights and his first international big-wave victory. Often a bridesmaid but never [...]

Cost of last minute airplane ticket to SFO: $245.
Fine for violating NOAA’s idiotic policy against using jet-skis in the sanctuary: $500.
One hour of helicopter time to bring you the aerial perspective: $550.
Dropping some cameras and lenses into the ocean: $9,925.
Documenting the biggest waves ever ridden in a contest from air, land and sea: Priceless!
22 feet, [...]

The Annenberg Space for Photography will be showcasing some of the world’s finest sports photographers on the evening of Feb.11th from 7-9pm. The event is free & I hope that all of you in the L.A. area can come by. It is a slideshow of some amazing sports photography & I wish that I could [...]

There are those skate spots in everyone’s memories that live on. They might only exist in the physical world for a few days, months or years. When they have gone the way of the bulldozer, it can be devastating at first. We eventually get over it, nothing is permanent, death is inevitable. There will be [...]

With all this swell pounding Hawaii, it was only a matter of time before it made it’s way east and slammed into the west coast. Jason Murray made the pilgrimage up the coast to Half Moon Bay. He was greeted with large swell, cold water and real men who charge real big waves. Check out [...]

Hawaii has been bombarded with swell for a few months now. Earlier in the month, Jaws opened up wide. Guys were on it, pulling into beasts they said were the best waves at Jaws they had seen in five years. Our photog Jason Murray was there to document the madness.

Our good friend and ID-Prints photographer, Jason Murray, recently headed down to Todos Santos for a sizeable swell. He made the journey with a star studded cast of surfers including the Long brothers, Derek Dunfee, and a few of Mexico’s big wave guys. Check out the entire photo gallery here.

Sign of the times, We moved our entire office across the street for a week with the forecast of a “Bigger then 1969 swell”.. in 69 the waves knock our beach house off in blocks and into the street. Thanks be to God, he spared us this time, an early Christmas gift I’m calling!

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Greg Long has just been granted a pair of Christmas miracles. On Kalikimaka, our young big wave hero and his best friend/fellow legend Grant “Twiggy” Baker narrowly survived a pair of tow-in beatdowns at Jaws that Greg described as “among the worst in our lives.” The following night, a bleary-eyed Greg, Twiggy, Nathan Fletcher and [...]

Thanks to all of you that made it out to the gallery opening this Saturday. It was a great evening & so nice to have friends & new faces sharing in the event…..here’s a few pics from the night….
All photos courtesy of Ryan Foley.