Best Wave Report: March 2012

2012/03/28

Pierre Louis Costes

Pierre Louis Costes - Hawaii Pipeline 2012

Pierre is the current World champion , to me nobody does back flip good as he does , I could write a book about his skills as a bodyboarder, but I think these pictures speak for themselves. Aloha .

Pierre back flip .

Looks eazy when he does .

In the barrel .

In the Pipe Challenge 2012 .

Another back flip from the french guy .

2012/03/26

Seemed that winter had already finished , but is still very cold and the wind still blowing strong , good to the wind surfers around here despite the waves are small even to them . Even with the cold and the wind, the day was very pleasant this Monday around Omaezaki like you can see in these photos , Aloha .

Wind Surfing is still pumping .

Nice move .

Beautiful Sunset like always .

2012/03/21

Fun Wave ? Yes , Phan's Wave

Pipeline 2012 - Surfer Stephan Figueredo ( Phan )

2012/03/20

DK Style

North Shore Oahu 2012

2012/03/18

The Weekend

This Sunday @ Shizuoka

So far from a perfect day but the surfers look very happy with the waves this Sunday , by the way is getting warm and it's time to get in shape . Have a nice week . Tchau .

Surf in Japan .

Sunday is always crowded .

I was wishing this kid catch a good wave to give me a nice a shoot .

2012/03/17

Rainy Saturday

Shizuoka area this Saturday .

2012/03/13

Back in Japan

South Chiba 2010

2012/03/09

Water Photographer Life

Hawaii North Shore 2012

Well , I started to shoot in the water 1 year and a half ago . During this short time I already broke a rib and had my leg pierced by a surfboard 3 weeks ago in Hawaii . Shoot in the water is dangerous , even when is small it's dangerous , I learned this in a very hard way ( currently I can not move two fingers of my right foot and I am walking on crutches ) . Of course I do not recommend anyone to do what I do , though I practice bodyboard for over 20 years and swim a lot , I shouldn't go to shoot in the water at Pipeline with a fisheye without much experience in the water photography . Anyway I do it , it's stronger than my mind , the ocean calls me and I go ..., never mind , it's been hard to write something right now , so just have a look in this photos and you can have some idea what I am talking about . Thank's for read until here . Aloha .

My vision when I'm dipping under the wave .

Seems far, but I'm less than 2 meters away from the surfer.

Concerned to avoid the lip and also wanting to get the photo .

From behind the wave , surfer going and the photographers .

From the top watching Uri Valadao .

Water Photographers .

2012/03/07

Black&White Barrel

Hawaii North Shore 2012

2012/03/04

Rocky Point

Rocky Point Hawaii 2012

Definitely one of the best spot to surf in the North Shore , and for sure the most constant point . When the other places get shit waves you can find 3 to 5 feet waves overthere . The wave is fast and the bottom is shallow , perfect for short board and bodyboarding , but maybe not fun for long boards . Here are some photos that you can have some idea how it looks like , ALOHA .

Rocky Left .

Heading to Sunset beach from Rocky .

Perfect to short board .

2012/03/01

Mr. kanoa Mcgee

Kanoa Mckgee - Pipeline 2012

If you've been in the north shore already , for sure you know about this guy , the living legend Mr. kanoa Mcgee , the only surfer that surfs Pipeline with Surf Board , SUP , Body Board Prone and Drop Knee . I do prefer shoot him than surf next to him ( He didn't gave me anychance to surf in peace this year in a classic day at Haleiwa ) , but he is local , big , looks hungry and you can be sure that nobody complains about it . The first time I met him was last year , during the Pipe Pro , We change some few words and I took some few photos from the land . This year he started to work as a lifeguard in the North Shore , so I met him several times on the beach , in the water , and I could know him better , behind this Big Man has some one very nice , left some waves to me at Pipeline , asked me how the photos were going , some laughs after his funny way to surf some times . Well , Nice to can shoot and surf next to this legend , enjoy the photos , ALOHA .

Kanoa behind the wave .

Very funny, laughing at himself.

Kanoa surfing during his break time , what a Job .