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Surfers

Royal — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:57:31 +0000

I spent some time with Seaside-based artist Mike Garnero while working on my portrait series of Monterey County surfers.Mike told me some great stories about how as a kid he used to hitch rides to surf on the old Del Monte Express train. He would jump on as it passed Custom House Plaza and then jump off at Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove. Mike is another vault of surf stories and I plan on presenting this project as a mix of images and interviews.

Surfers

Royal — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:59:26 +0000

Here is another shot from my series on Monterey County surfers.

Barney in his workshop in Sand City, Calif. on May 27, 2010. He shapes boards, and builds art from metal, wood and other things.

Surfers

Royal — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:13:24 +0000

I shot photos of Bill Jones, 62, a professor who has been surfing since he was 12.

I moved in closer to get some of the texture that comes with a life of chasing waves.

Meeting up with these guys and talking story about waves and all the stuff in life that surrounds them has been great. The beauty of this sport is that these guys never see them selves stopping.

More photos and audio interviews are in the works.

Surfers

Royal — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:42:46 +0000

Surfer Russell Yoshimaru, 62, of Salinas Calif..

Surfer Frank Ono, 58, at his home in Pacific Grove, Calif.

These photos are from a long-term project on Monterey County Surfers. More images and their stories are in the works.

old friend new board

Royal — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:53:48 +0000

I visited an old friend on Christmas this year and got the tour of his new sanding shack on the West Side of Santa Cruz. I have know Brain Ebert since he was just a tiny fellow as I used to terrorize the neighborhood with his older Brother Lance Ebert. Lance has been shaping and glassing on Kauai for some time now and it is nice to see Brian making a living in an ocean minded endeavor and following in his footsteps.
I shot this as Brian held one of brother’s boards outside the steel shack where he turns the mounds of foam and fiberglass into wave riding vehicles.
And for the record… the board is pretty fun.

New Dawn Amongst the Rubble

Royal — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:54:00 +0000

As I finally make a move to update my website I have begun scouring my dusty collection of DVDs and other files that have accumulated on my hard drive. I’m looking for images that might make it to my new site. In this process I have started to uncover a few gems that had have been hidden amongst the rubble… I have also come across quite a bit of “almost there” images… frames that were good at the time, but merely just a step in the learning process. And one of the biggest things I’ve come to realize I am in need of some serious organization. So I even bought a hard drive to help me make some sense of these things. So here goes! Ugh! I hope to have this together by next Christmas.

new project

Royal — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:55:00 +0000

Here is a portrait I shot today of surfer and concrete worker Ken Donahue. The image is a kick off on a project that I have been meaning to start for way too long! More images to come soon.

from the attic

Royal — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:20:00 +0000

I came across this photo of my friends Geoff Welch and his son Nate in front of a broken board shrine in their front yard in Pacific Grove, California. It took me some time to find it and I figure I’d better post it before I loose it again.