2016 Red Bull Illume Image Quest

2016 Red Bull Illume Image Quest

There are just under 24 hours left to submit to the 2016 installment of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest, and I highly encourage everyone to do so. If you don’t already know about the Illume contest, it’s a free; once-every-three-years photography competition specific...
2015 US Open of Surfing

2015 US Open of Surfing

(you can skip to the gallery at the bottom…I won’t be offended, just don’t expect a xmas gift) It always amazes me how many surfers say they hate competitive surfing. This goes for surf photographers as well, who often loath a day–or god forbid...
Recently in the surf world

Recently in the surf world

Recently enough hail accumulated in Huntington Beach to make the area around the pier look like New England; a few days later there was a mid-summer strength south swell and the Wedge roared to life a few months early; the newly, ridiculously named WSL started off on...

Smithsonian Annual Photo Contest

The fishing vessel Pamela Rose, part of the historic Dory Fleet based out of Newport Beach, CA, heads out of Newport Bay as the light just begins to break through the early morning fog. In an area so close to the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, and known for...

Drama and Success at the Hurley Pro

Story and photos by Benjamin Ginsberg/DriftwoodFoto Last week the world’s best surfers converged on Lower Trestles  in San Clemente for the 7th stop on the ASP World Tour, seeing Australian Taj Burrow defeat fellow Ausi Julian Wilson in an action packed final....