25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 7/8

Here are a few lifestyle shots of the Original crew relaxing with some close friends...

"A Good Conversation"

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 5/6

5 days into the trip and i can honestly say that this has been a trip of a lifetime and i still have 20 days of shooting left. After waking up at 2 am after only sleeping for 3 hours to drive 2 hours to get to the top of a volcano to catch the sunrise, was well worth it to say the least. It was a sunrise i will never forget!

FOX AD

November/December FOX Ad in Decline Magazine that i shot with Jeff Lenosky...

25 DAYS IN HAWAII: DAY 2/3

Day 2 started out with an early flight that involved us waking up at 3 am to catch a flight from Waikiki to Kona. We landed at Waikiki at 5:45 and had to wait until 7 am for the car rental company to open, then we headed to the Kona house to pick up our boards and equipment. We then headed out to our first shoot location and killed it. (as soon as the trip is over and the new Hawaii series is posted the still images will be posted as well) Day 3 started with a late morning wake-up with a killer afternoon session that lasted until well after sundown which made for breath taking sight because the stars were super bright and filled the sky completely. For more on Original Skateboards check out their youtube page to watch prior trip series:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Originalskateboards

www.originalskateboards.com


(left to right: Christopher Vanderyajt, Brian Bishop, Nick Patrick, Ian Joe Dutch, Brad Imbrie, Derek Connor, Scott Imbrie)




A perfect end to a perfect day...

25 Days in Hawaii: DAY 1

After a long wait in Newark airport and an 11 hour flight I finally arrived in Hawaii to shoot for Original Skateboards for 25 days on various islands. We arrived in Honolulu and met up with a local friend of ours to crash at his pad in Waikiki, until we head to the Big Island on Feb 8th. Sunday morning i woke up and accompanied Derek (our local friend) to the North Shore for an early morning surf session at Pipeline. It was super rad being able to stand on the shore and shoot after seeing it in so many surf videos, and to top it off, i was able to catch a few shots of Kelly Slater as well.

ATHLETES, FRIENDS, HEROES...

Being a huge fan of Action Sports, photographing it was always a dream since i was a kid....there is nothing i would rather do for the rest of my life other then photograph my friends and strangers doing what they love as well...here is a slide show from trips i have been on, events, and friends....

PERSONAL NOTE: To everyone i have or will photograph, thank you...you are my heroes!

OLD FRIENDS...GOOD TIMES!

I get a random phone call from my old friend Clayton asking if i could come up one day to photograph his son Zack and catch up since it has been a super long time since i have seen his family. So of course my response was yes...more so because clayton is never short handed with beer. So i spent the day at their house shooting Zach and his mother Jamie (when she was not looking). Here are two images i shot as i was leaving...as i walked out the door i turned around and Jaime was holding Zach in the window and i shouted at her not to move and grabbed my camera...These are my favorite shots from the day...It is always amazing getting to catch up with old friends...thanks for the phone call!