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RECENT
SESSIONS-2008
TEXAS-GULF COAST
I
HAVE MOVED BACK TO THE CITY (AUSTIN) AND THIS SITE WILL
NOT BE ACTIVE FOR SOME TIME.
If you would like to see some fresh pics from me, visit
CTurkington.com
August
- still Jonesin' it. Photo
Gallery
August
- Jonesin' the South Padre Summer. Photo
Gallery
May
24 - Texas State Surfing Championships Photo
Gallery
MEXICO
PACIFIC COAST
The
Ten Dollar Surfboard
-more-
What would you do with an old thruster that has tail cancer?
I'm not sure about you, but Paolo Schulte bought one for
100 pesos, scooped out the damaged tail and center skeg,
sealed it and surfed it! Check out some rich moves on a
cheap board,
Sayulita
Rippers
Photo
Gallery Sequence madness from a few guys of
the Sayulita crew. Check Adan Hernandez doing some sick
little shove-its, Dylan Southworth gets some pits and Adrian
also floats in for a quick snap.
Some
more shots from
December-January. Photo
Gallery I'm trying to get caught up with the
photo galleries. Connection speed is still quite a pisser,
plus i am working on a few other projects. As usual, this
site is a place for me to put outtakes and shots that didn't
make it somewhere else. Work comes first, then comes this
site!
Surf is starting to come back up (mid-February) and i'm
sure there will be tons more photos on the way! Hang in
there!! One way or another, I'll keep getting some fresh
content for this site. Thanks for the views and I hope you
all are scoring wherever you are at.
Spicey
Tex-Mex - Photo
Gallery Early
in January, I ran into Frank Floyd and his crew of Texas
rippers. Joining Nathan, Micah and J.R. was Jaime, formely
of Sayulita but currently living on Kauai. This group of
B.H.P. rippers are still borderline drinking age, but yet
the beaches in Central Mexico are old stomping grounds for
them. The surf was small when they hit up this spot, but
they got plenty of shack time at a different beach for most
of their trip. Having seen them surf overhead before, I
only could only wish that there would have been some size
in the water while they were here. Oh well...they rip the
small kine too!
Random
Surf- Photo Gallery
Alright,
so it's been awhile since i've uploaded some shots. Oh well...nothing
comes easy around here. If it's not a connection problem,
it's an electricity situation. I'll keep updating this site
as much as possible, but I'm getting frustrated with connection
speed. No telling when the next gallery will go up. Lots
of fresh stuff from surf this late January. Just keep checking
the site! Sorry for being slow about getting some shots
online, but just remember that this site is a labor of love,
a hobby of mine. The complaint department is on the eighth
floor, across the lobby and through the window. :-)
1/14
Photo Gallery
You should have been here tomorrow. That's all
I can say to all my Texas buddies that split after new year's.
Yeah, I know...not all of us are able to take vacations
based on swell maps but what a difference a little west
makes in a north swell. At least it wasn't flat during anyone's
visit. After surfing head high and under for almost a month,
some size finally found it's way down here. Nothing crazy,
but it did take away 30 feet of beach right in front of
my camp. Should be exciting for me if another sizeable swell
hits. I may have to move...
-2007-South
Padre Island-
12/12
Photo
Gallery A cold front is bearing down on South
Padre today. The current swell has gone down since yesterday
and will soon be blown to shreds when the front arrives.
A late afternoon session turns out to be decent and gets
a little better for evening. Shawn was out testing a new
board, so I did some testing of my own with the camera.
12/11
Photo Gallery
First session I've had in quite awhile. Didn't
take too many pics, but I squeezed a few off just minutes
before sunset. It was a windy session, but the outside was
cranking if you picked the right one. Today was the first
time I've ever been sprayed with buckets of chunk from a
longboard. Thanks for sharing part of that killer wave Vern!
And by that I mean slicing off the top third of it and sending
it back over the shoulder to shower me. ha ha...
11/16
Photo Gallery
Winds have already shifted back to the SE. Check
out some pics from an afternoon and evening session. The
Texas Clipper passed by, on it's way to a new home at the
bottom of the gulf.
11/14
Photo
Gallery Finally some peeling waves! By late
afternoon a small groundswell finds it's way to the island.
A cold front is on the way so winds will be blasting out
of the north soon. It'll be victory at sea in the morning
but we'll see what happens after the initial chaos.
11/13
Photo
Gallery Tiny surf...
11/12
Photo
Gallery Consistent waist high waves today.
No real jump in swell size yet.
11/11
Photo
Gallery
Waves were bunk for the weekend but by late Sunday
afternoon hints of a building wind swell started to show.
11/2
Photo
Gallery Slowly fading swell, shifting East
winds...
10/31
Photo
Gallery Plenty of swell in the water, but very
unfavorable winds. For three days, a decent ENE swell was
coming in at 5-7 foot with long period characteristics (about
9 sec.). Each morning offered side-offshore winds, from
the NNW, but by lunch-time the winds would shift to the
dreaded NNE chop producing sloppiness. Any direction is
better than NE! Oh well, the bump was in the Gulf and while
much of it was on the horizon heading south, plenty of rideable
waves were wrapping into South Padre and Boca Chica for
a few days. The swell is now (11/1)on it's way down, but
if the wind would just cooperate a little, then the inside
could very well fire up at waist to chest.
10/18
A little bit smaller than yesterday, but still
fun and with nearly offshore winds. Photo
Gallery
10/16
Winds have slacked off and turned easterly, the
swell jumped up and the sunshine is flowing. Photo
Gallery
10/15
Small and very strong south wind. Just a couple
pics from this session.
Check
out some killer South Padre water-shots taken by Mark Devillier!
MORE
10/2-4
A nice swell rolls in to help kick off October. Even if
the tropics haven't given us exactly what we wanted, the
cold fronts are right around the corner.
Photo
Gallery
Surf
has been flowing in since the beginning of May and just
about everyone was gettting multiple sessions any day they
chose to hit the beach.
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