Afternoon Surf

The waves were average, but the lighting was nice.

Nathan Adams at Doho

Here are 2 frames that Oden shot at Doheny, this Summer, of Nathan perched high up on a wave with Levi Prairie getting a close up view. No one likes sharing waves and surfing switch as much as Levi.

Chasing Birds

Taylor at Blackies

Some fun ones the last few days. I opted to skip the evening session yesterday, so I snapped a couple photos of T.

Summer is Over

Although I'm not quite ready to call it Fall outside, it's safe to say that Summer is over. Excited to see what the new season holds. Perhaps some offshore combo-swell days?

(Making Friends and Enjoying some little late summer combo on the kookumber)

Sting Tay

Here are a few shots of Tay hot dogging his 5'9 Stinger.

Gulliver Styles

Here are a few shots of Gully from Sunday at an unidentified Newport jetty. His surfing has progressed insanely since he got his new 8'10 Gullywomper. Photo 1 is Gully's most successful Nathan Adams takeoff to date. Keep stylin' birdboy.

Water Photography

Here are some random shots from a disposal water camera we were having some fun with this Summer. (The Gull, T.A., D.A.)

Nate's New Fish

Me- "Nathan, when was the last time you rode a shortboard?"
Nathan - "Dude, so long, I can't even remember..."

The ensuing session at lowers... (a few minutes later)

















Photo: Cameron Oden

Kameron Brown

This is quite a bit overdue... but I just wanted to publicly congratulate our friend Kameron Brown and his recent joining of the ShortStraw crew.

































Photos: Cameron Oden

Adrian Knott

Here are some rad photos that Adrian Knott, of Rake Clothing, sent me. Wishing I was in his shoes right about then... scoring some solid left point on the mini simmons he shaped for himself.

Alaia Wake Slide

If you've been wondering (or even noticing) that there have been no blog updates this week, it's because I'm visiting my Grandparents in Sandpoint, Idaho.  In order to cope with the separation from waves for a week (because wakeboarding just doesn't quite cut it all the time) I embarked on an a little wegener/sutton inspired experiment.  Turns out alaias are perfect for dragging behind a boat.

Video Screenshots

Cinematography by Oden, Screenshots by Lightner

Erin "Worm" Ashley

Wasn't Dennis Rodman's nickname the Worm as well???

In any case, here's a photo of worm on her brand new 9'2 Lumberjack at Malibu, getting ready for the Call to the Wall tomorrow.

Photo via JDubSingles

YouTube Gem

Here's a video that Nathan's friend stumbled across in the YouTube universe.

I'm 99.9% certain that the 1st and 6th waves are Nathan.

Happy Birthday Tyler

I surfed Sano today with Nathan and the San Clemente crew for Tyler Warren's birthday.   Super talented folks.

Swan Glide

Greg finding some fun on his 9'2 Lumberjack recently at San Onofre.

Nosey Nate at Sano

Took Nathan Adams his slick new 9'9 yesterday. We surfed doho and sano all day, and he was killing it on his new board. I was super happy that he was stoked on his new sliding vessel. I could brag on his behalf, but I'll leave it up to you to ask him about it.


























































Here are a few photos of Nathan at Sano from last week. Gotta check with Nate on the photo credit.

Happy Birthday Taylor

T. Allee turned 18 yesterday, and celebrated by surfing with Gully until he was purple in the face.

Nathan Adams | Almond

New Almond Enthusiast, Nathan Adams, doing his thing at San Onofre. Expect to see plenty more of Nathan in the near future... he's a rad dude and an incredible surfer.

(photo: dave barry)

(photo: kyle albers)

(photo: kyle albers)

B/W photos: Nathan surfing Kyle Albers' D-Bowls 1