The First Signs of Summer

There's always those few nice days around easter when the sun breaks free and people flock to the west coast to grab some early summer rays and get the first dip in the sea under the belt.......

Not us though we are to wise and we know that the sea is still cold in March no matter how warm the day is. So in order to get that summer feeling we took a trip down to the pitch and put coarse for a round and a few beers to celebrate Conor's birthday.

Im thinking of turning pro

Byrnezy already a pro

Back to Ruben's for a few more beers and some grub when Edel popped down for a surprise visit

Mmm beer.....

Search Through The Storm

So it hasn't been the best few weeks of waves but there have been a few sneaky sessions.

One of which was probably one of the better days of the winter at a sheltered beach break, with pumping left and rights coming in for a couple of hours, with little or no one around. Those of you who are lucky enough to know where this is were unfortunate to miss this session!!

The left was very inviting...

Some heavier than others!

Ferg not often photographed going right

Here fishy fishy

Summer is nearly here, the fishing season has begun....kind of.

Myself, Conor and Ruben headed up to the famous No 32. spot in Fanore to see if we could catch some early lunch....without success.
Still it was good to see Master-caster Ruben O'Brien in action.

Ruben in full swing.

Conor.

Rileys Jan' 2012

Still getting used to this photography business so I went for a drive to find some tubes to shoot and get myself some practice. Still not up to magazine standard but I'll get there! Would be nice if someone was out but it was too shallow to surf.

Bomb or what!!

Splash..

Good to Epic am....Spain

I recently took a trip to Spain and came across a perfect 2-3ft beachbreak, some of the locals were very upset to see an established photographer such as myself taking photo's and they swore me to secrecy. But here's a few photo's......

The Left

The Right

I recently purchased a Canon 600d, so i said to myself to hell with it I'm going to be a photographer.

I have a lot to learn and many photos to take. Roll on the coming swell!!

Tom DH and Roger heading out to crab after she has awakened from her slumber

It wasn't great but happy to see a surfable wave on the island again

I then took a trip down the road to ..... and found a couple of pro's boosting some punts, Bret Simpson is one of them which one i have no idea but they put on a good display all the same.