More 3D footage

Be sure to go to click on the video and go to YouTube to see it in stereo 3D.

Here I am surfing at Kelly Ave in HMB. It was small and kind of fun.

You can see me drop in on a friend, Tyson, near the end. And the last three shots are of Ed who has pics and stuff in other posts.

Oh, and I made the music a while back and though it would work out okay for this video. Seems to sync up pretty well though I probably could have made some better edits. But even that wouldn't have help my lack of skills or ugly mug being front and center in 3D -:]

3D GoPro Testing

Testing out my new 3D GoPro setup. This is actually the 2nd time I've taken it out but only my first post. Will try and get some more shots up at some point. Unfortunately both times I took the camera out waves were not so good and the sky was pretty gray. Testing out some re-timing here as well. Gets a bit swimy in the super slow motion bit. Eh, kind of fun any way.


Here is a still from the video

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And here is a bit of a photo edit of the same section to level out the image. Mostly filled in the sky and the surfboard to cover up the gap left from rotating the image.

Photos By Dave Elkinson

Haven't posted in a while. Haven't been surfing as much as I should so instead of taking pictures or using video rigs I've been trying to focus on surfing. This past Thursday I lucked out and saw someone taking photos of us from the shore. When I got out I went over and met Dave Elkinson who was kind enough to send me the photos he took of us. Thanks Dave!


Here is Todd Jansen making a bottom turn. Todd is the latest addition to the PDI dawn patrol though I think he's been surfing with us since he started at PDI a few years ago. I just haven't post any pictures of him till now.


Todd on a bigger wave running out of options.


My favorite picture, me giving up on surfing and trying to learn how to fly.


Here I am actually riding a wave.

Thanks again for the pictures Dave!

Mavericks First Big Swell of the Season

Here is the janky ass video I shot of Mavericks. I didn't have any video tapes for my stereo 3d rig so I shot this with my point and shoot. You can see the rig below. Anyway it was fun to get out and watch the first big swell of the season!


A couple of guys getting ready to head out. I love those boards.


A lady with bigger balls than most tough guys getting ready to go out.


This is the view from where I was standing. This is at the top of a 40-50 foot is cliff and is probably one of the best spots you can watch from short of being in the water. That wave in the middle top which is the farthest out is the break. There is actually someone riding it and if you click to view the bigger image you can almost make them out but probably not. The guy there in front of me had a huge lens.


Here is what that barbed wire fence protects. It's some kind of Navy installation. I think mostly weather and radar stuff. It has the prime spot for watching Mavericks and normal people are not aloud in.


Here is the top of the cliff. In this picture you can see just about all of the top of the cliff that you can watch from. I was standing along the very steep back side of the cliff. Not a whole lot of room for spectators. I think only 10-20 cameras could get a good view or maybe 30-40 people.


Here a view from the same spot looking down. It's a pretty steep climb as you can see from the guy making his way up. There are some spots along that edge you can watch from but they are not so comfy and less than the best view.


This is they guy who was in front of me with his huge lens. I bet he got better shots than me.


Here is the super cheap and small gheto lens extender rig I took with me. It's why my video is less than super. The clamp thing cost $20 from B&H Photo and totally worth it for lo-tech video. Though my rig is cheap and less than perfect I actually really enjoy the janky quality of the video I shoot with it.


All hooked up and ready to go. I hand held all of my shots and had to do a lot of post deshake to make it kind of watchable.


This is the end I spend most of my time looking at.

Fun at the Jetty

Got to the Jetty early and had plenty of time to surf thanks to the fall back.


Here is a mid size wave from this morning. There were bigger and smaller waves and most of them were clean and fun.


Shot this video. Just about everyone ended up getting caught inside when the set came through so I didn't really capture the magic that was happening here today but the video was okay so I put it up.