Morning Beer

(with the rvca team) Met Josh from Wasted Talent mag at Vila do Bispo, while having my morning beer.This time he was organizing a RVCA trip/commercial and the team consisted of Erwin,this excentric surfer/shaper from Guadalupe, Barcelona ripper Hugo Ortega, California´s smooth operator Shane Borland and superstar Mason Hyce Barnes (the 100feet wave guy). my …

T-Point

I have been shooting Marlon Lipke for a long time now. It´s business as usual: we check the waves from the miradouro, look for good banks and if it is maxing out we go to another, more sheltered, spot. Which was the case in this winter morning. miradouro maxing out on the prowl We headed …

Surf Photography Secrets II

Workshop #01 After another session with Raffa, my first apprentice in this workshops, who got ready to move on and just go practice and practice, it was time for Selda. Not very experienced shooting surfing either, but with a keen eye for lifestyle and a passion for vintage photography. This time we would be shooting …

Random Surfers

Paul Guenther rolling Met Paul through Marlon Lipke, another expat, but a good one. I mean a bad one, lol. He was shooting video at Castelejo while I was doing this masterclass and photographing Hulk. He gave me some footage and offered to make this little clip about my thing. masterclass One afternoon, after we …

Surf Photography Secrets

Workshop #00 Happy to be doing this workshops/master classes again. This time I have it all even better structured. From checking the forecasts, to setting your camera, understanding currents/waves, swimming/duck diving, to actually shooting and a bit of post processing. shutter check with my pupil raffa Had a great session with Raffa at Castelejo, the …

North Atlantic Notes From The Extreme Corner Of Europe

Winter time in the Algarves can and will be wild. If you don´t stay home, of course. Huge north atlantic swells start to hit the coast and expats start flocking to the confort of the south shore. Beauty can be found anywhere. west coast maxing out It´s been a while since I post here. Just …

Stay Home

Stumbled upon this video of Frank  the other day. It´s almost 50 years olds, but the song remains the same, not the Led Zepellin one. We are stuck home, unhappy with almost zero liberty. It´s for our safety our great governors say. The airports are still open with no quarentines and very few control. Check …

Fabien

I have been following this storm for some days now. Even Alex was amazed by it, and kind of bummed because he is injured. It changed to 7.2 at 19seconds interval with light onshore winds, but it is still epic in my eyes. One of the biggest in some years I think. Thought about going …

Russel Brek

There should be a comma in the title. I wouldn´t mind the name Russel though, kiwi Russel Crow is a cool bloke and this kid... what a bout Russel Bierke? Maybe the most talked surfer of the moment, right? His clip FLOWSTATE is setting the surf world on fire, for sure! Well, I met him not …

Crème De La Crème

I started logging some years ago after I saw Gato Heroi surfing at the Salinas Longboard festival, back in the day. It was not easy for me to make the transition after 3 decades of carving on little thrusters. I was only riding single fins at the end, but still I struggled. The finesse needed …