An El Porto Christmas

El Porto delivered lots of Christmas presents. #elporto #waves #surfing

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Last Day of Winter

The last day of winter was anything but the beginning of spring in Western Michigan. It snowed all day, up to 7" in some places. Temperatures were frigid; wind chill making it even colder. But there were waves. Gail force winds pushed decent sized waves in between the pier heads at Pere Marquette in Muskegon. My friends Scott and Mike got an afternoon session with the sun making a guest appearance. Visit MLive for more pictures.

holy smokes!

You have got to see the rest of the Wedge pictures too!

February Surfing

Saturday, February 11th was a great day to be a surfer in West Michigan. Instead of the usual chaos that characterizes lake surfing, strong winds and shifting waves breaking all over the place, this day was a beauty. The wind blew all night and then turned just enough to smooth out the nearshore waves. As seen in the picture above taken by Justin Bruursema of Burly Surfboards, whose Fist Pump I am riding, the surf was picturesque. The waves came in smooth, lined-up, not too big but big enough, and occasionally took me all the way to shore. [more pics]

Pleasure Point

All rights on a borrowed 8 foot board. The Elmer T would have been awesome here. My brother-in-law drove me to Pleasure Point and took a few shots.

Surfing with Mitch at Huntington

Huntington Beach treated us well this morning. 

Fun day at the park

Pictures from 11/2/11 at Holland State Park.

October 15 @ Muskegon

The Elmer T got a little squirrely on these bigger waves. But the Red Stripe handled the bottom turns with ease. It is nice to have both a twin fin and a single fin in the quiver. And I loved putting my two favorite boards to the test. Many thanks to Uncle-Mike at SmugMug for taking and sharing the pictures he took Uncle-Mike (you can see me in picture 67).

Birthday Surf

Scored some nice waves on the Elmer T on my birthday at South Haven.

Last day in CA

Tiny tuck for the last day of surfing in CA.

Great Night

Tonight was a great night to surf Lake Michigan. At Macatawa the waves were decent size, smooth, and friends were out too.

Surfed today!

It had been four months since I last surfed. The waves were better than they look in the above pic. I am sure this doesn't do anything for my CA cohort but it was what it was--fun waves with friends. Mitch and I paddled out first. Later, Justin, Andrew, Scott, and a guy named Nick made it out. If you are able to zoom in on the photo--phone cam--you will see Mitch. This was a great way to begin the week.

new year's day photo

Waves were fun and it wasn't too cold. A friend of Brian Macdonald took this one of me =)

The 2011 line-up. I am on the far right.

couple pics from CA

It was raining for most of the time we were in CA for Christmas. The sunny days were pretty fun, however.

dec 6 @ macatawa

Andrew and I surfed on Monday, Dec 6. The water was somewhere around 40 with 20 mph winds from the north, and air in the 20s. The conditions looked bad. But Andrew and I were committed to the adventure and were glad to spend a couple cold hours surfing. As it turned out, the waves were better than they looked, maybe 3-5 foot rights and a couple lefts holding up pretty well just inside the elbow. Andrew introduced his newly made fish to Lake Michigan. And I got to ride a mini-simmons made by Burly Surfboards. 

winter is here

Photo of the Red Stripe in action by Justin Bruursema. Justin, Ken, and I made it for a post-Thanksgiving surf session between the pier heads at Muskegon. Before we left, the air temp was 26 with a windchill of 9 degrees. It may not need to be said, but it was cold. The wind was howling and made the paddle out bitter. The waves were soft for the most part, having a little size. But the chill was what I will remember most--ice fell off my suit when I poured warm water over me before changing. Oh, the adventure of surfing Lake Michigan. I can officially say fall is over and winter is here.

The Seventh Movement | Photos of Mavericks 11-2-2010

Everyone should check out these photographs. They are amazing. The Seventh Movement

the lineup on sept 6

looks like labor day is going to be fun for whoever gets out

(not so secret spot!)

surfer girl

Zelda's second day surfing. Jenny captured some Kodak moments for sure. I think she likes it! Zelda told me later that she didn't really surf because she didn't stand up. What do you say to that all you bodyboarders out there? ;-)

friday @ hermosa pier

Three guys plus myself were all riding Barry Vandermuellen boards @ Hermosa Pier.