Local Knowledge
Martin Daly showing his experience with a fair sized wall in the Mentawai Islands. On this particular day he picked the right spot, picked the line up and ultimately picked the right wave. Good on ya, mate!
Good Morning!
The sun glints through the window of your surf charter and you stumble from your bunk to find this view. Is it a dream? If you are in the Mentawai Islands, probably not. I shot this on a Mentawai trip… see the photos here.
Lonely Fish
It can be scary to be alone by yourself away from the safety of the pack. Sometimes it’s a good thing.
Latest Mentawai trip
I’ve been back from the Mentawais for more than a week and still haven’t posted any photos on SickShots! Here’s a shot taken by one of the guests. That’s Martin Daly with his arms up (“Hey, why didn’t you guys get that one!”) and that’s me taking photos of the wave. This was a pretty [...]
Father and son surf time
When I was a kid, my Dad and I used to go on camping adventures with ‘Indian Guides’. You would hang out with pops and the other fathers and sons and have adventures. It was pretty cool, in fact, I loved it. I don’t know if Indian Guides is still around, but nowadays I am [...]
Visiting old friends
This is Angi. He is from Katiet Village, Mentawai, Sumatra, Indonesia. I guess you could send a postcard to that description and it would probably get to him. Katiet village is the one in front of Lance’s right also know as H.T.’s. Angi now lives on the other side of the point at Lance’s Left [...]
Surfer’s Path Feature
I don’t contribute to the surf mags much any more. This is mostly due to the low editorial rates they are paying these days. In fact, I don’t know how some of these magazine surf photographers live from the checks they get. I just saw the new Canon Mark 4 camera is going to be [...]
Mentawai Surf Trip
My lastest Mentawai surf trip can be found over at Mentawai Surf Photos with a write up about the trip and a slideshow. Be sure to check out the Photographer’s Light Table (here). It is hosted at our new stock site SaltyCamera.com. This has been a long work in progress and will soon have some [...]
Layover in Singapore
We left Padang, Sumatra this morning after a great trip to the Mentawais. I have to thank the guests that had me on their trip and Martin Daly who guided us from one epic set up to the next on the Indies Trader 3. This photo is of Martin slicing off a bottom turn on [...]
Twittering Island Style
I will be returning to the Mentawai Islands starting Thursday, July 9. Follow the twitter updates (see the right side of the site for my tweets), as we experience the Mentawai surf trip together. The forecast looks good, so we will keep you posted! Selamat Tingal!
Return to the Mentawai Islands
I was in the Mentawai’s back in May on the Indies Trader 3 and will be returning again in less than 2 weeks. We had a few small days on the last trip like this one, but anytime you can rip a turn like Australian Eddie here, it’s a fun day! I am looking forward [...]
The Swamp Thing
On my last trip to the Mentawai Islands in Sumatra, Indonesia, I had a chance to take a canoe ride up into a jungle estuary. The further we slid into the jungle, the closer the sides of the canopy came in until we were surrounded. I was beautiful. We wanted to keep going, but we [...]
Mentawai Trip now posted!
I finally posted an entry on Mentawai Surf Photos from my recent Mentawai Trip. If you go to the website you can find the entry in the lower left portion of the site where it says ‘Photos’ or you can follow this link to my latest Mentawai Trip. The entry includes photos and the ‘photographer’s light [...]
Rough Seas
I am currently Suffering through jet lag and general laziness after a long journey home from the Mentawai Islands. I took this shot of our boat with my fish eye lens just before our departure (please note grey skies and rain). Little did I know that bow right there in the photo would get pounded [...]
Return to Mentawai…
Hey everyone I just wanted to start by saying that my opinions weren’t too far off on the Billabong XXL. Check out the last post and compare. I missed the event again, but heard it was a great time. Truth is, I would rather be with my family and shoot the surf they are all [...]
Mentawai trip- Baggage fees
I am less than a month away from a Mentawai surf charter and I am really looking forward to it. My office looks like some kind of mad scientist’s laboratory. I have some new gear that I am experimenting with and can’t wait to use it on the trip. Packing it all and shipping it [...]
Storm Surf
A few days ago I took a clip from the weather chart at storm surf that shows this massive storm getting ready to pound the Indonesian coast. The Mentawais should be epic right about now. This chart is from a new link I loaded onto the Mentawai Surf Photos website. You can see the Mentawai [...]
