July

July has been a busy time with the Mr Price and the Billabong Pro straight after each other so blogging has taken a bit of a back seat, but I'm back. It was emotional stuff this year as Jordy Smith won both contests and in doing so becomes the first Saffa to win a WCT event and he goes to #1 in the world. We photographers spend a week shooting but it all comes down to one image. There was a little pushing and shoving as photographers tried to get the best claim shot as Jordy exited the water in J-Bay (ask Craig Kolesky). But I don’t think any of us quite expected the emotion we saw. It was an incredible moment in South African surfing and it won't easily be topped.

From J-Bay it was back to Durban to get the images out for editorial and start working on some new projects. Last week I met up with Rudy Palmboom for a Fox catalogue shoot. Rudy was in fine form in front of the camera busting out a few poses he has been working on and has even expanded his skills to location scouting. Thanks Rug!

Few more things on the cards, will keep you posted.

SA Surf Photographer of the Year

Me accepting my award/canvas from the legend Chris Van Lennep at the South African Surfing awards last Sunday. I have to say I'm really stoked and honoured and a big thanks to everyone for the support over the years. Picture by Pablo Ponzone

Mr Price Pro Ballito

I went to go check out the Mr Price Pro website as the contest started today. Was scrolling the galleries and came across this one taken by Kelly Cestari of a photo i took haha. It's been used as a Billboard outside the Lifestyle Center in Ballito and i guess it's a little reminder of just how good the waves were last year. Pretty Cool...