Surfing Alaska – winter ’09 icebreaker

Iceman surfing Kachemak Bay, Alaska during a cold winter sunrise.

It’s been a while – But that’s the way it always feels when we start surfing again after a summer of the doldrums at my hometown break – Homer, Alaska. After spending a couple cold hours standing on the beach photographing my buddies surfing over the last week I think my SurfAlaska.net stoke has started again.

To break the ice for the season, here is a shot from 10 days ago out on the spit in Homer. There were some inside crushing tubes that I’ll post later, but this offshore boomer with iceman holds the dream and essence of surfing Alaska to me. Just one stoked surfer out there alone with the mountains and a swell on an unnamed break. Love it while you can, thirty minutes later that sand bar was almost out of the water with the ebbing tide. That’s fine though, iceman was probable ready for a soak in the hot tub, watching the swell, hoping it would stick around for another session before dark.

Stay tuned and keep your fire burning, it’s blowing NorthWest at Augustine Volcano and the tide is flooding the bars.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am. It is filed under Blog, photo and tagged with Alaska, photos, scenery, surfing alaska. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

mcfish says:

November 19, 2009 at 8:35 pm

Good to see you back at it Scott. Great shot, makes me at least feel like I am back home.

Julian says:

November 20, 2009 at 4:56 am

Good to see more photos from you. I’m always jealous of your backgrounds, and your foregrounds, and lack of crowds. Can’t wait to see more from this season.

Scott Dickerson says:

November 20, 2009 at 9:43 am

Hi Mcfish and Julian. Thanks, felt good to get a new post up here, and I hope it’s just the beginning for this season. The backgrounds . . they are awesome, I love them and I don’t think I take them for granted, at least I try not to.

Ken Mullen says:

December 5, 2009 at 6:13 pm

Hey Scott,

Met you a few years ago when I was working for Glenn Carroll..You put together a great site and it’s good to see that surfing is getting alittle respect in AK..I surfed alot when I lived up there and after being gone living in Wrighsville Beach, NC Im moving back in January 2010..Look foward to catching a few wave with you guys…

Ken

Scott Dickerson says:

December 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm

Hi Ken, can’t say that I recall our meeting. Not much for memory, guess that might be why I’m a photographer!
Where were you surfing in AK? got some tips to share with us here? Are you going to be in Homer?
Hope to see you in the water sometime in the new year.