This is Jersey!
The Garden State never looked so cool. From The Intertia: Winter in New Jersey is always cold. This winter, however, we’ve seen things that we will never forget. The ocean itself has dropped down to 29° F, freezing its water, and the air has been below 0° F for those early morning surfs. With temperatures like […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
May we always remember and reflect the same simple joy of just “being” in the Surf . From First Time to Lifetime, all else is kept in perspective when dancing among the Waves. Stoked ! photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Howling offshore winds create lumps of chop coming up the wave face, effectively acting like speed bumps and moguls. Getting a light, short board into this position on such a day is no easy task. Perfectly poised, he’s about to reconcile all forces at play as wind and wave compete for transitory dominion. photo […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
We often reference “The Glide” throughout our lore and experiences of having board under feet, on the magic carpet ride. Others too, for no apparent practical reason, celebrate the transcendent joy of riding waves. When performed with grace, the act becomes sublime.
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Whether the wave is large or small, positioning reveals intimate knowledge about any rider’s approach. Graceful bottom turn around the critical section is the same on a playful longboard day at the beach or triple overhead Pipe. Leaning hard on the inside rail to project down the line. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
High speed backhand top-turn aka “slash”. The arc of spray “out the back” of the wave testifies to both the Surfer’s agility and the forces at play. He has re-set his edge, ready to turn off the bottom again and traverse the next section of unfolding wave. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The Empty Wave as Icon, Totem, Object of Desire. A Force to both Thrill and Fear. Could You? Would You? Where are the Others? Sleeping In? Sitting Outside? Each person, with a singular approach… Worthy through effort, regardless of outcome. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
We surfers are often so focused on waves, that seeing a bigger picture can elude us. But once cured of our myopia, we embrace the larger context, often celebrating the overall spectacle and beauty of where land meets sea. Here, ghosting rain tails along the low tide beach, transforming the seemingly mundane surf zone into […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Reduce wave riding to its essence ! Minimalist, Purist, Luddite- call him what you will, but less is more sometimes. The Body, without the tech, for sheer Joy and Thrill… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The simple beauty of fundamentals. A long, sturdy craft to guide on a clear trajectory in the morning light, through a shifting wave face, doing its best to look like molten fractured glass. Amen. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
As incongruous as it might initially seem, anyone lucky enough to have enjoyed the thrill of downhill skiing cannot deny the remarkable similarity of this surfer’s scathing cutback on a foamy face to a skier tightly clearing a gate on some well marked course. In both, the forward leg is leading and lifting the edge. […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Hope you stretched and are in good paddling shape ! The beauty belies the physical work to get out there. Three lines of white water, the inside about to unload, and the feathering, marching outside wave…as final destination. Rarely does a photograph at paddler’s level depict the arduous journey of the surfer’s trip from shore […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The long months of rainy season transform the Pelada headland from dusty brown to verdant green, no doubt invoking the mindset of those ship-bound Westerners who first laid eyes upon the already Indigenously peopled coast: Costa Rica ! What else could have come to mind? Soon, the rain and mostly onshore wind will yield to […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
We’re not always trying to catch only waves in the surf zone, the ordered chaos of tumbling rollers rushing toward shore. It is a cauldron of energy, boiling with nutrients and marine life. Here, the work of throwing the cast net becomes Art. For the net to elegantly “spread” when thrown, it must first be […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Drawing clean lines, the back leg is the crucial pivot point when going “off the lip”. Here, we also see the value of the paddle blade as secondary fulcrum when SUP-ing… Same physics, different tool ! photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
There’s nothing quite like having paddled into a “maybe” wave, only to have it pitch on the inside for a curtain call. Nice reward for keeping the faith! This inside zipper qualifies as “the worth it wave” of the session… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Launching just to break free from gravity has its merits. But, as with most things in Life, Function is Beauty. Feet, Body and Board all focused on re-engaging with the momentum of a continuing wave peeling to the inside… Functional Air at its best. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The visual was so striking… please pardon the pun : HairSpray ! Talk about being”In Synch”… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Last wave of the set displaying the tell tale mosaic of froth and foam on the face, churned up by earlier breakers only seconds before. Frozen by shutter speed miracle, graceful rider set in marbled gestalt. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Sometimes any exit is better than no exit. Just watch out for the leash recoil. After being stretched to the limit, the “leg rope” can bring that board back at you with incomprehensible speed. Best to surface with a hand up and face turned away and down: aka “The Catcher’s Mitt”. photo provided by […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
On a lumpy, fat, high tide roller with minimal vertical contour, he’s generating his own speed on a wave that has little. By accelerating off the top and projecting into the next section, he can either choose to lay it on rail or, possibly, pull into an inside double-up. photo provided by Surfing Nosara
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
What can be Dreamt, can be Done… Just ask Her ! photo courtesy of Surfing Nosara
Guinoes Surf Photo of the Week
In a nod to the sister sport of skateboarding, throwing out the tail in a power slide. You can almost hear the wheels screeching across the concrete in a parking lot, under a bridge, through a garage, in a drainage ditch, or just on the plain old sidewalk… Softer landing here, but when the wind […]
Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Developmental psychologists assert that we remember little before the age of 5 or 6, but it’s hard to believe that a moment like this won’t make a life-long impression… photo provided by Surfing Nosara
