In Focus: Snapper Rocks

Is Snapper and the Superbank Dead?

Yesterday I went to Snapper Rocks for the first time since the May Storms and I was shocked at what I saw, the Superbank is in serious trouble, so much sand has been stripped from Snapper that there are rocks that I have never seen before and the take off zone is totally different. There was about 12 guys out at Snapper Body Boarding and a couple of surfers that were surfing a wave that had a rock sticking out of the water just after the take off that they had to dodge, the rest of the surfers were down at Greenmount. It will be interesting to see what happens from here, I have seen Snapper bounce back before so hopefully it does again.

The first sequence Is to show how good this wave can be.

Nick Vasicek – April 22, 2009

And Snapper and the Superbank now…

Usually this pool is not here, its normally all sand. the pool is pretty deep as well. Snapper is a amazing beach the way it changes with the sand.

Byron Bay Bliss

Yesterday I drove down to Byron Bay to take some photos, it was probably the nicest I have seen in since living up this way. Blue skys, light offshore wind, warm water and fun little waves. if there had have been a decent swell it would have been amazing but it was still pretty nice, not sure whats going on with the winter up here but it sure doesn’t feel like winter.

Here are some photos from the day.

Burleigh Cove

Yesterday I got my new NDx8 filter  I thought I would try it out, I am happy with the resaults but it was a super sunny arvo and cant wait to try it in some better conditions. I have big planns for this filter, I am also getting some new gear soon which im stoked about. A canon5d mrkII and a fish eye, can wait to have a full frame sensor. So look out in the future for heaps of new pics, I might head inland for some shoots also.

Doesn’t get much better than Burleigh Point on a warm winters day.

Beauty & The Beast

On Sunday I managed to get away from the markets for a short time to shoot Kirra Point, Kirra that morning had long aqua tunnels that peeled down the bank creating perfect tubes, on Monday however I ventured south across the border to the Reef which was a whole different story.

The waves at the reef would have been an easy 8 foot, maybe 10ft, it was totally maxing out yet there was still rideable  waves if you made it past all of the wash through sets. The Reef was a mutating beast, waves were forming on the face, barrels were forming and heading back into itself. It was a very angry looking wave.

I have known about the reef for a while but never shot it until Monday, Although Monday was huge it was far from perfect and the wave can look a lot better so look out in the future for more shots from this break, and in the meantime try mind surfing some of these beasts..

Beauty…

And The Beast…

Coolangatta Art & Craft Market

On Sunday the 12th of July we went to our first Coolangatta art & Craft market, it was a great day with a pumping swell and 25 deg weather. We had our best day yet at the markets and we are happy with how things are going, the most important thing is to get our name out there we think.

Here are some photos from the day, with Kirra Point in eyes view and only a short walk I couldn’t help but take some photos.

The Surfer’s Travel Guid, 6th edition

A couple of years ago I had some photos published in the The Surfer’s Travel Guid, 6th edition, it was the 10 year anniversy so they made it a colour Book. I had photos in the Victoria and Queensland section.

Here are the photos that got in the book

Elephant Rock Myst

I went down to Currumbin last night to try get some mysty water shots. Some of the shots turned out ok, plan to get alot more motion shots in the next few weeks.

MRP published photos in tRACKS

Here are photos that MRP has had published In tRACKS.

Opening day at Burleigh Art and Craft Market

On Sunday we had our first stall at the Burleigh Art and Craft Market, we had a successful day and look forward to the Broadbeach Market which should be great with 60,000 people flocking to the GC for the Gold Coast Marathon.