More action at Spot Y

Top three photos are from today. not super big waves. not enough light for my 300mm F4 so i took out my new 17-50 2.8 zoom.

The B/W photos below are from the session on the 17.november. the ugly conversion from color kind of exspresses the feel of the conditions !

Had a short session after work today. Windsurfing here is a challenge now. shifting forecasts,not a lot of daylight after work,gloves,underarm cramping up and cold and rough seas.. conditions are good though ! tomorrow might be interresting close to 21 feet swell at 10 sec ! gonna check out a new spot,well at least new for those conditions !

Spot Y

Epic forecast for Norwaiis Gold coast (Jæren) this week. actually theres been a lot of good windsurf/surf days lately. Spot Y`s beautiful lefthander seems to be the place ! today is was kind of regretting that i didnt bring my surfboard out to the coast. as the wind dropped early afertnoon. apparently the early birds had mythical tales of strong side off winds (we had to make do with a kind of light sideshore..)

However i rigged my 5.3 and went out. was underpowered and wasnt able to do much. cool to be out there though the ocean was kind of going up and down.. cool to see one part be several meters taller than another part etc.. well give me 1-2 ms more and ill show you !

BTW i think JOMPA the swedish surfbum needs some help.. he broke his only mast and trashed a sail today,his boom is fucked up and his harness is held together with downhaul rope.. he might be interrested in some second hand stuff !

The sequence is Erik Tobiassen. watch and learn..

Surf !

Martin is looking to get tubed this winter !

Norways new hope in Rock played here on Saturday ! John olav Nilsen & Gjengen. Theyre good !

Have to be satisfied with this weekend ! Freeriding with my 5.3 on Friday and Saturday. decent surf today. well at least until i paddled out and it dropped.. nice photoshoot though ! good to spend some time at the coast again. been a lot of work commitment lately. Planning a long christmas vacation. looking forward to that !

De Lillos @ Folken

One of the "Dinosaur" bands of Norwegian rock played Folken the other day. theyre recent records have been really boring,but live they were better ! as long as they did their more rock oriented songs. would be cool to see Lars side project "the Young Neils" visit Folken though. A Neil Young cover band !

W.A.S.P @ Folken

Blackie Lawless and WASP played Folken last night. These guys were huge in the traditional heavy scene in the eighties,and they have kept it going. actually they sounded surprisingly fresh.not bad if you like the genre. im glad that "Grunge" came along and kicked heavys butt in the early nineties though..

Motorpsycho @ Folken

Motorpsycho played Folken the other day. their a Norwegian Prog/Psychedelia/Grunge band thats been playing for 20 years now. I used to listen a lot to these guys about ten years ago. theyre a no compromise band and actually released their 20th anniversary album on vinyl only !

The show was really good. they played really tight supercool heavy rock music ! incredible smooth sound. volume and production were perfect. less vocal than i remembered,but the vocalist cant really sing so.. just kidding Bob Dylan cant sing either but his songs are amazing non the less. have to check out motorpsychos newer work now !

More Volcom Codfish

Heres some more Pictures from the Codfish. Not too often i get to shoot good surfers in half decent conditions and perfect light here in Norway.

Had to take a day of the water today as well. surfed or windsurfed everyday since friday. the thick suit and temperature takes its toll on the paddling muscles. Ill probably go surfing tomorrow. there is a windforecast but its kind of really offshore at the interresting spots so i think the conditions will favour paddlesurfing. probably throw the windsurf onto the car just in case !