IMAGES FROM THE 21STThis was the morning of the day we got 14 inches of snow.

Waves were waist to head high and glassy.

The air temp was about 5, the water low 40's. Made for some great sea-smoke on the water.

Guys would go out, catch 4 or 5 waves, and run back to their cars.

SMALL WINDSWELL

Knee to waist and glassy with bigger sets. Grey and cold, in the mid-thirties.

ICE STORM 2008

Waist to overhead with offshore wind. Air temp around 20, water in the 40's. No power for two days. More images here.

FLORIDA THANKSGIVINGWent to FLA, to visit family and show off Emmett, over Thanksgiving week. My Brother-in-Law, Paul with fried turkey.

New Smyrna Beach dunes.

Manatees at Blue Springs state park.

20 MONTHS, Joey Radford's surf short was in the "Proven in the Northeast" film contest. Great film! This film has some of Maines best unknown surfers at some of Maines best unknown breaks, you are privileged to see of these waves on film. Great job Joey! I am not sure what he wins, but vote for it here.

GULF OF MAINE Pulled this image from the GoMOOS (Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System) website. A great resource for swell and ocean information. Unfortunately they are removing some of their buoys due to funding shortfalls.

KID KOALA
Kid Koala, one of my favorite DJ's.

2009 MAINE SURF CALENDER Preview and order your Maine surf calender here.

MAYA LIN: WAVE FIELD
I couldn't embed the NY Times video, so follow link.

HUGE SURF; THE BOOK To celebrate the second anniversary of "Huge Surf" the blog, I have put together a book with some of the best images from the past two years. Go to link at left to preview and order.

GO VOTE

TUESDAY LEFTOVERS
Fading swell. Overhead in the A.M..

OCEAN STORM Surf on Monday. Chest to overhead and clean. More images here.

JONI STERNBACH

From her statement,

"My pictures over recent years engage traditions of landscape, seascape, and architectural photography. Working with a large-format camera and historic process (wet-plate collodion), I have concentrated on locations that are close to or directly on the water. At this juncture between land and sea, I explore subject matter in a constant state of transition." 

Some beautiful images. Wet-plate collodion is hardcore. More images here.

Similar to my 'Surfer Portraits' I did a few years ago. I worked with a 8x10 inch camera and printed on 'printing-out-paper' toned in gold chloride, a process from the 1880's.More images from my 8x10 surf portfolio here.

HOUSE-PAINTING IN HARPSWELL No surf, a good time to work.

SURF THE BLOGSFound a very cool blog that keeps track of 'surf blogs' around the world. Link here.

KYLE LEFTOVERS Just a few images here.

OLD-TIMEY SURF CONTEST

'Kennebunk Outdoors' surf shop had a surf contest using 60's era boards. More images here.

HANNA SWELL More images here.

MOTORCYCLE RIDE

LOCAL HUMOR A funny video from Pioneers surf shop in New Hampshire.

ICE CREAM At Beals in South Portland.

SUMMER SWELLS

PLANET CLAIRE Our friends Mike and Jessica in Seattle just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Claire. 'Planet Claire' is one of The B-52's best songs. Congratulations!

SKIMBOARD CONTEST Fortunes Rocks on Sunday. Knee high little slappers. Lots of airs. Fun contest. See images here.

PHILLIP TOLEDANO - DAYS WITH MY FATHER Great photo-essay. Beautiful images. See portfolio here.

QUIVER Side lawn at Gooch's Beach.

NEW CAMP IMAGES Camp galleries updated here.

FRIDAY PM SURF CAMP More images here.

FRIDAY AM SURF CAMP More images here.

WED. A.M. SURF CAMP More images here.

PM SURF CAMP More images here.

SURF CAMP Images from Monday morning camp here.

SKIMBOARD CONTEST Contest at Old Orchard Beach sponsored by Aquaholics surf shop. Foggy, windy, crowded, and fun. More images here.

SKIMBOARD CONTEST Nanci at Aquaholics surf shop is sponsoring a skimboard contest at Old Orchard Beach this Sunday. I will be down there making photographs.

GASKET BLOWOUTMy newly installed gasket decided to blow out, and rip in the process.

Draining the oil.

Dropped drain plug into the bucket of oil.

Blowout in upper-right corner.

It takes a week to order another gasket, so I smeared it with gasket sealer and stuck it back together as best I could.

HOUSE-PAINTING IN HARPSWELL
Nice view.