AIRBRUSHSurfer: Tom Curren Location: Santa Barbara Year: 1981 Tommy contemplates his latest shape in the alley behind the old Channel Islands factory on Anacapa Street. It seems that every surfboard factory has an outside wall favored for taking photos of surfboards. This particular board, with its airbrush by Bernie Tsao, is reportedly still being surfed by an Australian collector, some 40+ years later.

compliments of Rip Curl

2023 swell

Kim Mearig

even when surfing below-average waves like this Carpenteria beach break

his mid-length chattering with the speed

with the latest tri-plane twin-fins in hand

these four images of young Tom

builders was his commitment to working with the up-and-coming generation of young

winter swell was quite possibly the best day of shooting in the 805 that I’ve ever experienced

While developing my own approach to shooting action

Location: Huntington Beach

And when you find it