sweet vid

love the footwork at 1:34


all analog

inept grinching

Spent the day on the Hood River with the inept crew grinching the railway retainer wall. Just kinda goofing around I think this foray off the beaten path will soon lead to bigger things- maybe a waterfall or two.

Aussie Ben go's coastal

A look at one of my favorite surfers/kiters from a recent Oregon coast shoot. I definately dig his style on and off the water. Besides throwing a wicked lip smack (um- strapless too), Ben is genuine and sincere. His attitude to get out and enjoy the most out of every session impressive. 

Alot of my photo work revolves around the freestyle realm- but surf is where I like to creatively express myself when it's my time to kite.

Anyways definitely looking forward to shooting Ben again. Fingers crossed soon in Namotu.

Slider Project Heli Session

A couple from da chopper. I'll post up a few others soon of other riders who ripped it including Dylan Thompsan, Aaron Hadlow, Matias "Dibu" Ricci. 

By the way... if you are in a heli with the door off, make sure you duct tape the seatbelt buckle closed. I leaned out of the copter to find my seatbelt had come undone- twice. Switching camera bodies somehow unbuckled the damn thing.

The view coming back....

War wound #13

Like I've said before, a good photo requires a little blood. Shooting in the water this week in the Columbia gave me a nice souvenir. Too busy to deal with it at the time I broke out the duct tape to finish the last 2 days of a 7 day shoot. 

When the project was over and the duct tape removed my doctor told me I needed 15 stitches, but that there is only an 8 hour window for getting them.  I showed up about 40 hours too late. 

I think the stitches would have just slowed me down anyways.

Sherman Island Shots

Wow what a cool spot. Such a mellow kite scene- people leaving their gear, kites and boards pumped up on the beach all weekend. No fear of theft at all. 

That's the way it should be. Not like what's going on here lately in the gorge. 

Here are some random shots of our two days there. The rest are in the hands of clients and editors.

Eric Reinstra>>

Aaron Hadlow>>

Ben Wilson

Sorry too many things going on- look for slider project heli photos soon as well as Ruben and Arron Hadlow photos to come. Off tomorrow morning with Ben Wilson to hit up the oregon coast.

Sherman Island CA

Spending the day traveling to NorCal to meet up with Aaron Hadlow, Ruben Lenten and Slingshot rep Chris Shcey. This is going to be interesting, shooting with Ruben has always produced incredible imagery. To travel and shoot with Aaron- the 5 time PKRA world champion should up the level of riding too. We'll be spending the next 6 days traveling the coastline back through NorCal to Hood River, timing our arriving  perfectly for the Sliderfest (see below).

Slider Project Boys in Action

Slider Jam

Been working with The Slider Project to produce 2 new features for next weeks Slider Jam. Got paint all over me. Over the course of the winter we raised $9k for the construction of these monsters. A crew of 5 have been busting their butts full time the last month plus to make it a reality. It's going to be a good show with heavy hitters Ruben Lenten, Jason Slezak, Aaron Hadlow, Dylan Thompson (whoa), Davey Blair (mr chucktown), Eric Reinstra (damn), and many more coming into town- possibly even Dre.

Here's a peek at the creations making a debut June 13.