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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010Igor: Walk this Way
Monday, September 13th, 2010No, THIS way…
Is it just me, or is it impossible not to make fun of a storm named Igor? Probably won’t be as funny when a category 5 storm nails the East Coast, but until then we have a full week to get in the Igor jokes.
Bonus Audio: http://www.mp3rocket.com/mp3/39_00/CKY-Hans-its-Igor.htm
Hurricane Earl Delivers
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Enough hating on Hurricane Danielle already. While I should be pissed at her for not delivering what everyone was over-hyping and for making me wake up at 4am and logging hundreds of miles for days on end, I am not mad. She was gone as quickly as she came and just in time for Earl to steal the show. After having my expectations lowered significantly from Danielle, I was pleasantly surprised with Earl. Even though Earl pulled a classic east coast maneuver of having the best conditions arrive overnight, I definitely found some gems around both before and after the storm hit. Here’s a quick photo from Ocean City during the “storm” portion. This was a super fun session because no one was out and the waves were pumping. Let me re-phrase that. No one was out except for Andrew Gesler, Brad Moran, and myself and that may have been because we bolted past the lifeguards when the beaches were closed. Risk and reward, people.
His name was Earl
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Danielle was beautiful. We saw her the moment she walked into the room. She paced around for a bit, then finally set her line, eyeing us up from across the bar. There hadn’t been too much action recently, so naturally we walked over, bought her a drink. We invested a lot of time getting to know Danielle, dumping time and money into her, really interested in where she was going next. We had heard from trusted sources that she was gonna be hanging out for a bit, and was really into having a good time with us. She said she would meet us at the next bar, and we were frothing for some action. Danielle never showed up.
Fresh into our depression from Danielle we became a bit jaded. The hunt for Danielle was fun and all, but when she didn’t put out, it kinda sucked. At that point we were desperate, waiting for anything fun to play with. Thats when Earl walked in the room. He was big and burly, much stronger than Danielle. Earl looked promising, but we didn’t really know which way he would go, and after the energy we put into hunting Danielle, we weren’t ready to get let down again. We heard some guys next to us say they were going to another bar up North in hopes that Earl would come their way. A few other guys went over and sat down right next to Earl, getting as close as possible thinking that would be the best way to experience him. We stayed put and waited. We let Earl come to us.
We played with Earl all day and night. His force lived up to expectations, even if he was a little bit rough around the edges at first. The second and third sessions were better though, he calmed down a bit and, though less intense, we had more fun. Our stamina was low from lack of recent activity and Earl wore us out. We slept like a rock that night.
Come morning Earl was gone, leaving us unexpectedly as we slept. We heard he found our other prospect, Fiona, and the two of them sprinted North together. He left with little more than trace signs that he had been here. The energy he brought was gone, replaced by a crisp haunting wind – a reminder that summer is now over, and we are, yet again, alone wanting more.
NOTE: This isn’t a tale of coming out of the closet, just didn’t want to subject readers to yet another hurricane story featuring “golden brown Jersey water” or “waves you drew on your notebook in school” or “barrels you could park a truck in”. Get over it ya squares.
Surfing in a Plastic World
Monday, August 30th, 2010This video blew our minds over here at Surfers Candy. Check out the micro-men as they conquer their plastic surf world and get shacked better than most “real” humans ever will in their lifetime. Imagination and creativity are integral pieces for surfing and this video does a great job of using both. It’s pretty amazing that this surf video stoked us out over here – you’ll understand why we are amazed when you watch it. Enjoy.
My first contest win in 8 years
Friday, August 27th, 2010Nevermind that its been the better part of a decade since I won a contest. Nevermind the contest I won wasn’t against any top east coast surfers. Nevermind the contest I won didn’t really involve other surfers period. I won dammit.
What I did win was a photo contest. Actually a reasonably big one, and I really thought I had no shot. Its the International Photography Awards which usually has a pretty big pool of entries. Although I haven’t shot much of it recently, I felt like my underwater work is usually something people stop and look at more than my other work. The problem is that the only category for underwater was Nature Underwater. I’ve got tons of surfing, models, and even product photos involving underwater, but not too much “nature”. I decided to enter some of my stuff from my last trip to Tahiti – spent a lot of time shooting underwater angles when the waves were smaller. Action surfing shots doesn’t really equal nature in my mind, but turns out its close enough in these judges minds.
The only problem is that I entered the Non-Pro category so I didn’t win any money (in hindsight I’m not sure why I did non-pro – think the entry fee was lower). Apparently I’ll still be published in the book of all the winners photos and I get some sort of bragging rights. Plus I’ve never entered a photo contest, and winning my first one gives me a little confidence for the future. Who knows, maybe this will be the springboard that gets me to be the next Maplethorpe (google it). Probably not.
So while my exile from competitive surfing still stands, maybe I’ll start remembering what its like to win again soon.
The Weirdest Dance Off Ever
Friday, August 20th, 2010I recently discovered that my brothers are quite talented dancers and have been thoroughly shocked at their “enthusiasm” out on the dance floor. I filmed this on my phone the other day and felt the need to throw them under the bus. This really showcases Brad’s skills more than Trevor (for anyone at the last Dark Fall Premiere after-party you know what I mean). I’m headed down to Virginia Beach with Brad next week so I can only imagine what kind of dancing will be going down there. I’ll keep my phone handy in case my eyes are ever blessed with such a sight ever again.
http://www.vimeo.com/14300933This is Why I Surf – Andy Irons
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010This video is for anyone that has ever lost their way or has lost touch with why they surf. Andy Irons has been in the professional surfing spotlight for over a decade and has had his ups and downs over the years. One year he’s the world champ; the next year he’s in rehab. It’s crazy to think how someone that has everything most people only dream about can experience such inner turmoil, but it just goes to show that material belongings don’t always bring happiness. In this case, and in many others, the simple act of surfing may bring more happiness than anything else in the world. Keep surfing people…your inner self will thank you.
Nightrider Tow-Ats on ESM.com
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Two weeks ago there was a “nightrider tow-at” event held at the Ortley Beach Surf Club. I went up there to celebrate Jamie’s birthday as well as shoot some photos of the boys. I’d shot these events in the past, and ususally the photos end up sucking. Although the lights on the beach look really bright, for stopping action surfing, they do nothing. So this year I actually planned ahead, and brought a high powered flash, complete with lead battery backpack, and handed it off to my Slave Charlie. This year, finally the technique worked and I was able to get some decent shots. I forwarded them over to ESM for a peep and they decided to include them in their coverage of the Quicksilver tour that was up here recently. Head over to the feature here.
Dark Fall Premiere Photos
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010In case you’ve been living under a rock in a cave on Mars with your ears plugged, you probably know that Dark Fall had its world premiere showing the other night in Atlantic City. The House of Blues sold out – which is rumored nearly 2,000 people came out. Pretty sure I saw everyone in the entire Jersey surf community there, which I still find truly amazing. Speaking of amazing, ASG killed it. I heard Jumpship rocked too, but I missed it since I was putting away my gear.
If you saw me and my camera wondering around, check out this link to the gallery below. Feel free to pull down the photo to your computer and do whatever with it.
www.trevormoran.com/Gallery/DarkFallPremiere/



























































