CiviC CouCh December Collection

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This isssue is a collection of shots that i took throughout the month of December 2012

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DECEMBER CoLLECTioN

WATER Close-out shots offer the non-surfer a glimpse into the cave.

For the surfer, remaining calm and holding your poise requires

experience because what happens next is explosive.

Surfer : Matt Mohagen

Jamie meistrellJamie surfs with emotion. he and

Matt Mohagen (previous page) are polar opposites. While Matt stands

still and stays calm, Jamie jumps with excitement. Both are great and fun

to watch. it’s interesting to see how individual each surfer is.

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Flarei love the way this wave sets up. it’s a classic barrel kissed by the early morning sun.Surfer: Eric Tomlinson

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Above : Matt Chernega Below: Steve howe

a different perspective

i mainly shoot with a wide angle lens in the water. it allows me to get in the barrel with the rider. This is a different perspective for me. Sitting out on the

shoulder, showing both sides of the wave. Notice how much lower the

water in front of the wave is. it’s literally sucking up water as it approaches the

sand.

Dane ZaunDane Zaun can launch higher than any one i’ve ever shot. here, he opts to stay

on the wave and get tucked in

Calm BeFore the...This is a “pretty” picture. You have a nice green wave with

a colorful sky. What you don’t see is that i am in waist high water with decent size wave getting ready to crack on my head. in shallow water there is no where to hide. i’m also

praying that Jamie doesn’t get taken out by the lip and come rolling in at me.

surfer: Jamie Meistrell

Simple BeautyThe bottom turn sets up everything. The surfers bottom turn tells me what they are going to do. A strong, sharp

bottom turn lets me know that the surfer is gaining speed to crack back up the face of the wave and hit the lip. A gentle turn means they are adjusting their wave

placement for speed, either to come fly down the face for an air or to set up for the barrel. in this case, Matt got an

incredible barrel ride!surfer: Matt Pagan

matt mohagen

Matt didn’t catch many waves this day but he took full advantage on the ones he got!

lookS are DeCeivingChad’s calm demeanor along with the way the wave is standing up makes it look makeable. once this wave hits

the shallow inside section it implodes. Many boards (and ankles) have been

snapped in two here. surfer: Chad Elliott

lookS are DeCeiving

DrainerThis angle shows the vortex of the wave. it gives you a great perspective of the shallow

water getting sucked up as the incoming wave drains. Matt Pagan, somewhere

between getting sucked up and drained out. Surfing is a sport of inches.

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oBStaClei tend to shoot with people i know. i like to know their

tendencies. in order for me to get the shot i need to get in their way. i know they are not going

to worry about hitting me. here, Steve howe concerns himself

with the wave, not me.

gromSi am amazed with the amount of talent the South Bay groms have. They have the “no fear” attitude

backed up with plenty of ability to pull it off.

surfer: Kyle Beatty

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Dayton SilvaDayton just got back from his first trip to the North Shore. Looks like he got plenty

of practice for days like this.

Nick Ferrara

Grab, tuck and Go!

Steve howe-

head dip

Charlie Carver

lanDThe making of a great surf day; sunny, offshore

winds and a good swell. Warm water would make things perfect but Chris Wells isn’t complaining!

moving arounDi moved around a lot this day to look for unique

perspectives. This is tricky because i have to anticipate where the surfer will be on the best part of the wave. it came together for me on this shot.

Matt Meistrell giving “Mr. Frog” a show.

BirD on a Wirei love this wave. it’s inviting. it looks easy. it’s barrelling. it looks makable. My favorite phrase as a photographer is “PhoTo’S LiE” . The bird on the volleyball net knows this, that why he has his back to the action.

Above : Conor Beatty. Below: A good place to be

Matt Pagan “Construction Grab”

Kelly Zaun

BloWing upit took me a while to figure out how

to frame the beach constuction with Matt Pagan. This particular

beach doesn’t offer much room to manuever . After climbing some hills, dodging speeding cars and

jumping a fence i found the spot.

ClOsE UpClose shots let the viewer focus on the subject and his immediate surroundings.

Smelling the roSeSSometimes a wave comes to you that is so good you need to take a moment to enjoy the view. Chris Wells, observing

Smelling the roSeS

tuCking inDrop in, line it up, gain speed and get spit out.

Bike pathMatt Pagan banks off a South Bay lip on a fun,

sunny late December morning.

hanging oni enjoy shooting at this angle. The hills and the cliffside community add depth that you don’t get shooting straight on. surfer: Matt Mohagen

Calm amoungSt the CraZy

Calm amoungSt the CraZyi didn’t notice it until Brian Bradfield pointed it out,

“Look at the impact zone! So heavy!” it was that impact zone which broke Chris Wells ankle the next

day. here, Chris enjoys staying slotted away from the bone crushing zone.

Matt Pagan tucked away

Morning offshores

in between the trees

Noah Collins racing

Conor Beatty

Pat Webber - Style

Charlie Carver

Setting it up

WaveSMorning offshore winds blowing the top off

Here it comes

The curtain coming down

Green Room

50/50

a-FrameThis spot almost never splits down the middle. This

spot also very rarely goes unridden. i think i just got a shot of Big Foot!

BaCk WaShThis is what happens when outgoing water flows

into incoming water. You don’t want to be on a wave when this happens.

Where the City hitS the Sea

Where the City hitS the Sea

ForCeit looks beautiful but there is a

lot of power pushing there

noteBookAs a kid i would drawl waves like this in my notebook at school.

i usually don’t shoot sunsets. i was hunting around for a place that was protected from the afternoon winds with Jamie Meistrell and ended up here. it’s illegal to surf inside the horseshoe, so i sat back and watched. As the “golden hour” approached, the sky turned pink. i went back to my car, grabbed my camera and shot away.

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Before i shot the sunset (previous page), i noticed two guys running around on jet skiis. Waves were expoding off the Redondo Breakwall and they were running around just inside of it.

exploSive

The pond at Polliwog Park turns into a lake after most heavy rain storms. it’s best to bring flippers if you want to relax on the benches. i wonder what the “lady in white” use to do during the rain?

Who’S going to FeeD the DuCkS?

Who’S going to FeeD the DuCkS?

A wave breaks just off the Redondo Beach Pier

WrinkleD BaCkSiDe

WrinkleD BaCkSiDe

parting ShotBlue skies, palm trees and flooded benches