Surfing Kodiak between storms
As reported in my previous post, we had a pretty tough surf search around Kodiak Island early this winter with the m/v Milo. The storms were on par with the scenery, relentless and rugged. In our first few days around the island we did get to score a couple sessions when the wind momentarily settled [...]
Barrel sequence photos
The rewards for weathering hurricane force winds on our last m/v Milo expedition were aplenty. Check out this tube ride that Nicolas Sutil, a visiting surfer from Chile, scored on the third day of our exploration.
Surfing Seward, Alaska
Couple quick shots from a recent session near Seward, Alaska. We are in the Seward Harbor for a crew change and heading back out for some more surfing and exploring first thing tomorrow.
Surf & SUP exploring Alaska
The m/v Milo arrived in Seward, Alaska yesterday evening after four non-stop days of surf and stand up paddle exploration in the Kenai Fiords National Park and Gulf of Alaska. The surf was better than we had expected and we are stoked after discovering three new spots on this trip so far.
Surfing Alaska – Valentines Day
It’s been a busy season here at Surf Alaska. We are getting stoked to fall into some epic surf adventures as the summer winds down. Until then, here is a little photo report from a session we had last winter, Valentines day in fact. Pretty nice offshore blowing, check out the snow manes flying off [...]
Land of the midnight SUP
I guess it’s not a once in a life time opportunity . . . Though it feels that way. This February night was the second time the stars aligned. Two years and two months prior I wrote: “Once upon a time in a little cosmic hamlet by the sea all the magic ingredients came together. [...]
Surfing Petrof Glacier from the M/V Milo
I couldn’t count the number of times we have been floating in the lineup at Petrof Glacier daydreaming about having the M/V Milo anchored up right there with us. In our little dream she would be there rolling in the swell waiting for us to have our fun then return to her for a nice [...]
An early white Christmas
It was a slushy day out there but I didn’t see anyone complaining. Just a bunch of smiling faces. I was fortunate enough to maximize this swell and surfed all the way through a sunrise, sunset, and a moonrise. Seven hours in the water today and some incredible rides including some sweet barrels. Looks like [...]
Surfing Puget Bay, Alaska
We woke up hours before daylight. This isn’t hard during the Alaskan winter, especially when you are so excited you can’t sit still, there was a rumbling in the air when I walked out on deck in the middle of the night. The swell must have picked up.
Homer just in time
What a welcoming party! We just returned to Homer in time for a couple great days of surf. I’m still unpacking gear, but wanted to post this photo from the morning surf session today. There are some other great moments still to come from the last two days as well as plenty of stories and [...]
Thankful for surf in Yakutat, Alaska
Many waves to be thankful for in Yakutat, Alaska on Thanksgiving Day. The crew of the M/V Milo and a couple local Yakutat surfers scored countless waves under sunny skies and the incredible scenery of the Saint Elias Mountains.
Surfing Sealion Cove, Alaska
A little piece of paradise. Sealion Cove on the Northwest corner of Kruzof Island in Southeast Alaska brought our dreams to life one sunny November day.
Surfing Sitka, Alaska
Reporting live from Southeast Alaska. We are in the beginning chapters of an epic five week surf adventure. More details on this trip coming soon . . But to get things rolling here is a report from a couple days of surfing the local in-town break in Sitka, Alaska – Sandy Beach.
Surfing Homer, Alaska Oct 13th
Finally the weather forecast came through and we got a decent WNW wind blowing across Cook Inlet from Homer. Tuesday brought some really nice surf that built to head high and a little better by the time it was too dark to surf. This morning we started well before sunrise and surfed on the Homer [...]
Surfing the Turnagain Arm bore tide
Just a quick iphone photo/video post here as we are getting ready for an even bigger bore tide ride today. Yesterday five lucky stand up paddleboarders caught the Turnagain Arm bore tide. Thanks to local SUP pioneer Jeff Hoke for guiding us to an incredible one mile ride on the knee to chest high wave. [...]
Hello September
We were almost too tired from closing off August with a few straight days of surf to think about another session tonight, but who could resist a scene like this!? Gorgeous sunset surf session on the Homer Spit to welcome September. This is the essence of surfing in Alaska for me - incredible scenery and [...]
Goodbye August, thanks for the waves.
Typically for us Homer, Alaska surfers we can plan on putting our boards away for a summer hibernation from about May till September. Call it El Nino or what you like, but things were a little different this summer. Two things were really different. We now have stand up paddleboards and are stoked to get [...]
Stand up Paddle Surfing Alaska
The surf report between May and September in Homer, Alaska is typically pretty bleak. It’s actually sort of a wonder that we get waves here at all considering that Kachemak Bay is completely sheltered from any open ocean swell. In the Summer this is excruciatingly apparent. The tide has changed here though, with the launch [...]
Fly-out surfing Petrof Glacier
The suspense was excruciating. The swell forecast looked strong for three to four days over the weekend but the flying forecast was marginal. For the first three days the clouds were hanging thick around the Kenai Mountains preventing us from flying through them to our favorite fly-out surfing paradise in the wilds of Alaska. The [...]
Aerial photos of surfing Alaska
Working on the computer I can hear the water running down the gutters and see the slush falling from the sky. There is a 12-15ft swell brewing up just on the other side of the mountains that I used to be able to see out my windows. Today the mountains are long lost in the [...]
Aerial perspective on surfing Alaska
I’m excited to be reporting on my first successful aerial photo shoot of surfing in Alaska. I’ve been dreaming about this for a while. Like surfing at night by the light of the moon, there were a lot of things that came together for this – not the least of which was learning to fly [...]
March surf review for Homer, Alaska
It’s been a pretty slow winter for surf in Homer, Alaska and March has been no exception. This left us plenty of time to shovel ourselves out of the snow from a five day blizzard and be ready when a swell did finally make its way into Kachemak Bay. We’ve been averaging about one day [...]
Surfing Icy Bay, Alaska
Situated on the Eastern edge of the Gulf of Alaska with a long sand spit protruding into the bay and miles of beach on either side Icy Bay will catch any Alaska map surfers imagination. View Larger Map Even better than dreaming – Fellow Alaskan surfer, Alex Wilson, shared a report of his session there [...]
Moon Tubes at 2:30am
No doubt we aren’t the only ones to have entertained a dream or two of surfing by moonlight. During the heart of a long Alaskan winter it’s only natural to consider this…with only eight hours of daylight and a 10-20ft tide fluctuation you’d think the chances of the surf peaking at night are relatively high. [...]
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