If you’re flying through the skies with Alaska Airlines in August, the complimentary copy of Alaska Beyond Magazine in the seat-back pocket contains a surf adventure you don’t want to miss. (more…)
Tag: surfing alaska
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Helicopters, Boats and Bush Planes: Behind the Scenes with Mountain Dew
When a filmmaker for Mountain Dew comes to Alaska for an extreme surf adventure, what do you do? (more…)
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Surfing on Mars
Surfing in Alaska has an other-worldly feel to it — as if the surfer happened upon another realm or planet. The beach is met by hills, mountains, and glaciers that add to the sense of surrealism. (more…)
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Alaskan winter surf trip on a commercial fishing boat
Digging around in the archive here today I uncovered a fun little adventure from a few years back. I joined a group of surfing buddies on a winter surf trip aboard another friends commercial fishing boat here in Alaska. It was early April, plenty of darkness and snow still hanging around but we were all eager to get out and catch some waves. (more…)
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Thankful for. . .
I’m not much into the holidays. I remember my distaste for them starting when I was young. Life was going along so merrily then suddenly there was an interruption, an intrusion, a holiday. It was Christmas, I couldn’t just spend the whole day doing whatever I liked. .no this was a ‘special day’ meaning that there were certain things that HAD to be done and most likely my friends HAD to be somewhere doing something as well.
This holiday feels different. I’ve spent the last 4 hours alone in my house working on the computer and thinking about life, especially the photography part of it. I’m working through what could be called a growth phase, spending lots of time trying to define what I want most out of this photography obsession. I’ll post more about this soon. But now I’m just reminded how great it is that the obstacles I’m working to overcome are things like trying to decide whether I love to shoot aerials or outdoor adventure photos better.
Today is thanksgiving. I have a LOT to be thankful for. Here’s a few things that come to mind: Good, no make that great, health. Ability to pursue my photography passion not just for fun, but for a living. That stuff you might have heard about it being a bad idea to make your hobby your job, my experience has been the opposite, go for it! This last summer was dreamy, traveling around Alaska shooting photos without a schedule. Surf trip to Yakutat, Alaska in October. Financial security, I’m not wealthy per se, but I don’t have any real money worries. Each day I wake up whenever feels right, and see what the day brings. My office is 20ft from my bed, and the kitchen is nearby. Today’s visual thanks goes out to surf, and my surfing buddies, two special parts of my life. Yesterday we had some good waves, and great times. For thanksgiving dinner I’m heading over to a surfer friends.
I’ve heard that being grateful for something brings more of that into your life. So, if that mysterious power is listening: I am thankful for every wave and if there are waves tomorrow I’ll be thankful for those too.
Hope you are well. Here are a few recent surfing photos from one particularly enjoyable day in early November 2008.
A little self portrait, a little distorted but it still brings back some good memories.
