The tide and the Dawn Patrol are swinging out of sync again.  Aaron and I paddled out early and were able to snag a high wave count before the tide elevated and the crowds arrived.  The early waves were fun, a little slow, but otherwise good size and length.  Aaron and I barely had time [...]

I packed up my camera & tripod, suited up and took my board down to the pier today.  My intent was to get some footage of the apex of the south swell rolling through, then paddle out myself.  But I was surprised to only find 3 dudes out in the water when I arrived.  I’d [...]

The summer doldrums continue to rain blows down on the southern California surf world.  Another week of 2-footers goes by. But as always, a dumpy surf day with friends is ten times better than a great surf day alone.  Mike, CW and Josh all turned up to make the best of the teeny waves. I [...]

This may not even technically count as a surf session.  The waves were 1-2, and the 2 is being very generous.  I really didn’t expect anything, but it was still disheartening.  But I put the Merlin in the water a few towers down from the pier and did a lap to the pier and back.  [...]

Aaron asked me to grab some stills of his new board (the P-volver) from the recent video footage.  When I went back into iMovie to get them, I noticed that when I imported last weeks video that it also imported a bunch of video from a whole other day back in February.  I’d totally forgotten [...]

NEW VIDEO! I’ll disclose right from the get-go that this video is sub par.  After such a dry spell, I’d been waiting for some sort of magical day to get a new video out.  I’m tired of waiting and wanted to get back on track with the videos.  So we give you: Episode 15: No [...]

NEW VIDEO!  I know, I know.  You thought we reached episode 13 and were cursed.  Wrong, scurvy dogs.  We just got delayed by rain and holidays.  But I am happy to bring you EPF Episode 14: The Maiden Voyage of the Sea Nymph. Aaron recently found a sweet Harbour Banana 40th Anniversary board on Craiglist; [...]

Hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving while we were on hiatus last week.  We all did, except for CW.  (Glad to see you are feeling better, dude.)  Here’s this week’s video.  We didn’t go to breakfast this morning, which means I had extra time to tinker today.  I think I went overboard. The longboarders owned [...]

The fog was on again.  But this time it did not deter anyone from the sweet waves like it did a few weeks ago.  On the contrary, it was about as crowded in the line up today as I’ve ever seen it at El Porto.  And the waves were superb, which really added to the [...]

Super suave superspy, Agent A, hot off his recent assignment in Costa Rica (where he saved the world again from evil doers bent on world domination), took a moment to enjoy himself in the Pacific Ocean.  Cruising the crystal clear waves on a crisp fall morning, Agent A deftly maneuvers Kruischev like an old lover.  [...]

We headed out yesterday for an early EPF session in the hopes to catch the end of the NW swell that is dissipating.  Early on in the dawn patrol there were a few decent rides, but it was clear the swell was on the outs.  By the time the sun was over the horizon the [...]

Since we’ve been producing this site we have (no surprise) become much more aware of other surf videos out there.  We love checking out other people’s work, other people’s breaks and other people’s styles.  One of our tweeps, Ryan Struck, has been posting some awesome surf footage from New Jersey lately.  Just wanted to share [...]

The thick fog was impressive. The surfers are smaller in this video than usual and seem to appear out of the mist.  I had to film from the shore as bobbing in the big surf and heavy fog made me a dangerous obstacle for surfers.  The best part about this video is watching how long [...]

The computer woes that plagued me all last week (and on into this week) are nearly all cleared up, enough to edit last week’s video anyway.  So, pretend it was last week where you may remember, last Friday’s waves were teeny tiny.  Rather than bring you yet another tiny wave video, we tried to step [...]

Editors Note:  This was written the day of the video.  My computer is still acting up and the video has some issues (weird bits of audio in there), but its time has come. So, imagine it’s last Friday… We had a hard time finding the waves today.  Mostly 1-2s that teased more than actually curled.  [...]