Patagonia Catalog

An honor and lifelong dream for me to find my work included in the Summer 2011 Patagonia catalog. Jane, Suz, Jenning, and Andrew at Patagonia have made their seasonal mailer something everyone looks forward to no matter what aspect of nature or sport they are into.

Through their hard work sourcing imagery, stories and the pertinent environmental issues of the hour, their edit and resulting catalogs are much more than a consumer purchasing resource. It is a uplifting and positive look at what drives the passion behind Patagonia and the reason they exist.


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Australian Dano See smacks a September lip on the Central Oregon Coast. The first winter swell of the season had everyone scrambling as clean wind and massive waves rolled into the south jetty of Newport.

Taking a break between kite sessions I saw a helicopter buzz over the beach. A couple phone calls later I found myself strapping in to a cockpit with an old timer named Wally who was absent mindedly preparing to pilot our toy of a helicopter out over the pacific ocean in winds gusting over 40 mph.

I've flown in helicopters in Valdez and the Alps persuing mountains, but never hanging out with my feet on the skid shooting friends smack double overhead swell. Still wet and salty from my session in the waves, the change of perspective from being to seeing rider and kite in motion- working together, has never before been more evident.

This shot is representative of an epiphany. There is so much more at work than just the body, board, wave relationship in kiting. A true kiter moves the kite as an extension of them self. The wave a canvas... a perfect moment shared with the elements of nature.