Petrof Glacier surfing adventure
If you have been a regular here at SurfAlaska.net you should be familiar with our fly-out surfing adventures to Petrof Glacier. In a nutshell we pile into a bushplane at the Homer Airport and after 20 minutes of flying over some incredible ocean, mountain, glacier, and ice field scenery we are at a sweet surf [...]
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 [...]
What more could you ask for?
Just one shot before I collapse into bed. Thirteen hours ago I was scrambling my way to the Homer Airport for another fly-out surf adventure to Petrof Glacier. Six hours ago I took this photo of Mike ripping by me on a head high peeler below snow covered mountains. And for the next eight hours [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Surfing Alaska – November 18th, 2009
It’s been blowing snow for the last couple days, 4 inches this morning alone. The storm surf was epic yesterday- So epic that none of us even tried to paddle out after watching a few set waves on the Homer Spit that were about 10ft on the face. If it wasn’t 23ºF and blowing snow [...]
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 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 [...]
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