Peniche,Portugal

High Performance surfing, with sunset over the cliff in Peniche

My new girlfriend andd me ! shes 7.4 from portugal and got som nice curves ;)

Traveling buddy tor-Erik going DTL

baleal by night. peniche town in the background !

Indulging in some Serrano ham ! from this balcony we could check most of the spots in Baleal !

Sunset surf !

Tor-Erik waxing up his new Superfish !

Just got back from a 6 days trip to Peniche portugal ! as usual consistent conditions ! not much beats portugal when it comes to summer surf in Europe ( and windsurf). Huge atlantic coastline with the nice ocean smell in the air ! just fly in to Lisboa,pick up a cheap rental and hit the surf ! definitively not my last trip there. This was my third actually.

Quality summer swell !

Is it legit or a drop in ?

Nice Lines all day !

Nice inside section here.

Incoming set...

Of course all norwegian waves are A frames ;)

This shady bunch of cows tried to cut of my retreat to the car. had to make a quick sprint and jump over an electric fence that at this moment is the only thing between me and certain death..

Norwaiis gold coast just got hit by a high quality swell with a 5 feet 14 sec peak yeasterday. this is a bit uncommon in summer but higly welcomed of course. a bad arm kept me out of the water but today i chansed it and went out. actually the swell was quite solid today as well ! hope my arm heals fast as there seems to be plenty action this summer and autumn with its deep lows are approaching fast !

Kitesurfin da waves,Norwaii

Oskar sprays !

If these photos were taken 30 mins later the light would have been even better ! just love the saturated warm colors and pinkish hue we get in the evenings ! should pay more attention to the light in my photos.

Tor Erik is lining up with a bigger set ! He is one of the kitesurfing pioneers in Norwaii. he is extremely picky with he conditions and basically only kites when its sunny and waves ;) still he somethings left in his muscle memory ;)

Martin "strapless surfy style" !

These pictures are from 19.06. when all the windsurfers had left Sele 3 of my kitesurfing buddies showed up. they went out with their 8 meters and ripped the waves. it might not look like it from the photos but a lot of people were a bit let down by the wind especially. those that chose to go out further south actually scored logo high 4.7.. a bit bummed i missed out on that,but still it was a nice day out at the beach !

Anyhow im considering taking up light wind kiting now. i have a 6.7 shortboard that i might be able to mount straps on and use as a kiteboard. some of the wave oriented kiters actually use more or less stock surf shortboards. will look a bit into this. anyway i can use the kite in winter on snow.

Some shows

John olav Nilsen & Gjengen is one of Norways top rock bands now. they debuted last year and quickly got popular. songs about being young,drunk,broken love,being from a suburb and so on. these photos were taken with my surf lens a 300 mm F4. used a monopod and fired away from the gallery. one in 30-40 shots were usable.

jaga jazzist.

One of Norways more iconic rock guitarists Petter Baarlie. here with Valentourettes

Hypertext from Haugesund. if i remember correctly these photos were taken with my old manual Yashica 135 2.8 lens. picked it up for 35 euros with a canon adapter. it performs niceis fast and i really love the 135 mm perspective !

Singer/songwriter Æ

Swedish rock legend Thåstrøm.

From 12 points Jazzfestival

Wavy Weekend !

Enjoying myself ! another 4.0 DTL day. photo sigurd klippenberg

Martin starting his ride

Frank always gets air !

Andreas is eying up the lip. not bad for a freestyler !

Dag sprays. Friday evening. the best part of the weekend !

Table top

Sigurd bottomturns on a good sized one

oskar does good in the waves also

Another fun weekend here on the west side. not quite as epic as forecasted,but those that scored Friday should be happy ! sailed owerpowered 4.0 in good sized waves friday evening ! Really good times over here now. im on the lookout for a bigger freeStyle/ride board now to get out even more. lets pray that the big high pressures dont come down on us this summer !