Fly-out surfing a remote Alaskan break
Yet another successful fly-in fly-out surfari to the Petrof Glacier break. Something to put in the back of your mind for the next time you are scheming on flying over a coastal mountain range for a day at a remote surf break . . . What you see on your side is likely not what [...]
Surfing Alaska – January 22nd, 2010
January 2010 was a pretty slow month for us Homer, Alaska surfers. We were eager when a swell finally showed up on the 22nd. Honestly, I can’t remember much about these sessions - judging by the small number of photos, I must have spent most the swell window in the water recovering from the preceding [...]
Surfing Petrof Glacier 1.8.10
As promised, this post is the meat and potatoes of our last fly-out surf trip to Petrof Glacier, Alaska. Check out the first half of this adventure, which is just getting to this remote beach, in my last post – Surfing Petrof Glacier 1.8.10 – Getting There. With the short daylight of the Alaskan winter [...]
What did santa surf?
It’s become a bit of a tradition to go surfing on Christmas day here in Alaska. Well, at least for about five of us in Homer anyhow. Every year we wonder if Santa will show up and what kind of wave slider he’ll be using. Not too surprising then when he did make an appearance [...]
Aren’t we all thankful for tubes?
I’ve been looking forward to posting a few of these shots from a sunrise surf session in Alaska. Looking through them here on Thanksgiving day brought up thoughts of stuffing – stuffing tubes that is. Some nice walls, some awesome closeouts and a few perfect rides.
Surfing Alaska – October 29th, 2009
The last of a nice clean swell and a dramatic end to an early winter day. Mike and Randy got a sunset surf session in- complete with a nice offshore breeze.
Petrof glacier surf – pt. 2
I still haven’t even began editing the photos from our two recent trips to Petrof Glacier, but I can’t help but share a few of the images that keep catching my eye as when I take a moment to flip through the collection.
Surfing Seward Alaska – March 26th, ’09
A break that you can drive to in Seward? I don’t recall when or where I first heard of this, it sounded a bit mystical at the time. After making the 7hr round trip drive twice for nothing, that reputation was well established. When Mike asked if I wanted to make the trip again, I [...]
Surfing Alaska – March 24th, 2009
Just another day surfing in Alaska. . . Not many photos from this morning, I must have been heading into the water myself. Looks like there were some nice waves! The next post on here is going to be reporting on a recent trip to Seward where we scored some sweet waves.
Surfing Alaska – March 20th, 2009
Sitting out in the lineup we look at each other and smile. Yes, it’s March 20th, we are surfing for what must be the 5th time this week!? Surely, this one is our last session before the summer doldrums, yes, the honorary nod, must be, yep, better enjoy it while we can eh?
Surfing Alaska – March 16th, 2009
This is a short one. I didn’t shoot a lot of photos this morning before heading into the water, but a couple of these wave shots I know will be appreciated by the surfers out there. Will we ever tire of looking at empty waves, imagining . . . bottom turn, cut back, to the [...]
Surfing Alaska – March 15, 2009
Finally back at it here on SurfAlaska.net. Thanks for your patience, and welcome to all the new followers. We just had a couple nice days of surf in Homer, Alaska over the weekend. I managed to catch some photos and some waves. After a pretty long dry spell for me, I was mostly catching waves, [...]
Surfing a Cook Inlet blizzard
Mike had been watching the weather, maybe a little too closely. The waves in Homer were suffering from a 30mph onshore wind but the buoys and weather stations had him thinking that something might be going on up the road 40 miles at the mouth of the Ninilchik River or Deep Creek. It was such [...]
Surfing Alaska – December 31, 2008
2008 ended in style for a few Alaskan surfers who spent the last moments of daylight riding glassy waist to chest high waves in slushy salt water. It was a true classic Alaskan surf session with a gorgeous winter sunset over the snow covered mountains, ice covering the beaches and floating by in the lineup, [...]
Surfing Alaska – December 28th, 2008
The swell that started the day after Christmas turned out to be one of those gifts that just keep giving, and just gets better with age! Of the 209 photos I kept from this day, below are 15 that I could not resist. The surfers reading (or are you all surfers?) can appreciate the empty [...]
Surfing Session – December 27, 2008
Two days after christmas the real holiday fun got started. The little bit of available light left during this session wasn’t good for photos, but the surfing waves were beautiful and the boys were getting after it. We’ve turned the corner on winter finally and it’s not much yet, but we are gaining daylight each [...]
Surfing Session – December 26, 2008
As predicted, we had a pretty strong surf swell in Homer, Alaska on the day after Christmas. It was actually a bit oversized for our normal breaks so we surfed a kind of funky beach break. Turned out to be some great drops, and a few nice walls to ride between heavy poundings. It was [...]
Surfing Session – December 23 – 24, 2008
What I remember most about the 23rd surf session was the sound of wind blown water hitting the 6mm neoprence hood. It was loud. I would probably remember more if I could have opened my eyes, but that was like looking into your shower head with 35 degree saltwater on the massage setting. Ok, maybe [...]
Surfing session – Big Sunday 11/30/08
It was big. It was messy. It was blowing on shore and breaking a half mile offshore. It was fun. The well known and easily accessed beaches here in Homer, Alaska don’t handle a big stormy swell like today’s very well. The set waves were breaking way offshore and the current and foam piles were [...]
Surfing with ice in Alaska
November 10th, 2008 there was nothing except wind in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Twenty miles up the road in Anchor Point there was wind, waves, and ice! Big chunks of ice were drifting out of the Anchor River into the lineup. Anchor point is a surf destination that never fails to surprise. Usually we find ourselves [...]
Surfing Session – November 20, 2008
If only they were three times their size. Jake went out and rode a few on this snowy day. I got halfway into my wetsuit, but on closer inspection couldn’t get excited enough to finish that chore so I took a few photos and came back to work.
Alaska surfing photos from November 2nd 2008
No surf for a few days now. One of the symptoms of no surf disease is a strong desire for waves. This can lead to the destructive habit of looking through surfing photos which ony worsens the condition. Back to November 2nd for me. Those were the goold old days. Misery loves company, so take [...]
Surf Session – November 2, 2008
What a sweet welcome November gave us today! Sunny and gorgeous like the last few days, but this time with a nice little swell. The phones were ringing this morning long before the sun rose- “Surf is up my friend, get ready for a 8am dawn patrol (thanks to daylight savings time we didn’t have [...]
Surf Session – October 27, 2008
The 27th, Monday, brought some surprisingly nice chest high waves to Kachemak Bay. The photo above was a quick snap before I ran down the beach with a surfboard, leaving the camera in the car for this session. The photo doesn’t really do the waves justice. First of all, I was too impatient to wait [...]
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