"Santa Cruz Power Hour"

Every day when I get off work, furiously driving into the sunset to Santa Cruz, I'm blown away by the beauty of the coast surrounded by town. The cliffs, waves, and beaches ignite, and the town is painted in a golden hue. Yeah, I'm pretty lucky to live here.

My buddy Mark Billingsby put this vignette together, and has definitely captured some of the beauty around town. Check out more of his work on vimeo - he's a super awesome guy, and pretty good at the camera too!


Santa Cruz Power Hour from Mark Billingsby on Vimeo.

Kindly stolen from the man above...

Dusk

Westside
Canon 20d
P.Hill

Empty Mornings

At the end of the street, an empty morning and a reeling left.

 

Another Weekend in Paradise

Pleasure Point Surf Club
Canon 20D
P.Hill

 Untitled
Canon 20D
P.Hill

Angles
Canon 20D
P.Hill

Walk Don't Run

The film project I have been working on over the past two weeks has finally come to an end, and now I can finally put more energy into the waves! After I recover of course from last weekend. I unfortunately have been cursed with the black lung this week after a fantastic display of illegal and rogue fireworks from the Harbor citizens in Santa Cruz. In their brilliance every year, the city fails to shell out any money in order to have an official display of air born incendiary patriotism, and also has banned all personal firework shows.  When this occurs, we all know that any red-blooded American takes things into their own hands. And, in the spirit of nationalism, every single yank tries to one up each other in the name of freedom.

All in all, a lot of shit was lit on fire, and now I am hacking up a lung. 

Here are some photos from a roll I just got back...

Down the Line
Fuji 400, 35mm

Single Fin
Fuji 400, 35mm

Lighthouse Field
Fuji 400, 35mm

Day 15

Here's some goodness from the south swell, and from a recent trip to Baja.

 

 The Huge Jesus