Tubular, Dude!

Who says the waves suck in HB?

They don't, but even during this last run of swell, there was a lot of work for very few payoffs. The boys make it look super fun, usual.

This was shot on the morning of January 6th, 2012.

More than Mine

Billy Hopkins shreds the gnar.

1 Hour on Southside

Is it just me, or are the boys getting gnarlier? And why isn't Billy sponsored? Shred on, boys. Shred on.

Chris Waring, Derek Peters, Christian Saenz, Kyle McGeary, and Billy Hopkins

Billy Hopkins in Black and White

Billy gets barreled and hucks some airs in Huntington Beach, California.

Someone should sponsor him.

Barbara Streisand

Here's everyone goofing around.

Brett Simpson, Billy Hopkins, Micah Byrne, Chad Wells, Chris Love, Angelo Lozano, Chris "Sarge" Sardelis, Matty Passaquindici, Ted Navarro, Jeff Deffenbaugh, Kiron Jabour, Keala Naihe

Shorey

If you know, you know. If you don't, then this is the sick sandbar that pops up at Beach Blvd.

Ted Navarro, Ryan Carlson, Jesse Evans, Billy Hopkins

1 Hour in Newport

On a gloomy morning, the local crew showed up to do what they do.

Josh Hoyer, Pat and Chad Towersy, Nick Fowler, Damien Fahrenfort, and Billy Hopkins

Spring Fling

Spring has almost flung. The air is 80 degrees, girls are on the beach, and all the boys are back from Oz and Hawaii and surfing Northside. With the punchy high-tide inside reform everyone was flingin' airs. Can ya dig it?

Chris Waring, Christian Saenz, Colin Moran, Billy Hopkins, Ted Navarro, Ryan Carlson

The Windy City

The waves have been horrible! On this morning, swell arrived but so did the wind. Nevertheless a few of the guys were amped to finally get some energy under their feet.

Ted Navarro, Billy Hopkins, Christian Saenz

Upper Trestles - the HB groms invade!

While we should have been at work or school, the Quiksilver team fled the swamped high-tide of the HB pier and bummed out all the locals at Upper Trestles by clogging the line-up.

Kanoa Igarashi, John Mel, Derek Peters, Billy Hopkins

P.S. Kanoa went on to win two divisions in this past weekend's amateur contest at Uppers. Ripping!

The B Clips

Even their B clips are better than your A clips.

Want to see the A Clips? Scroll down to "2 Hours in HB"

2 Hours in HB

For 2 mornings, the boys dominated shoulder high, combo swell Southside. These are the A clips. We'll do a bonus video with the other clips soon.

Brett Simpson, Shaun Ward, Ted Navarro, Derek Peters, Billy Hopkins

The Next Generation

Don't you love it when the groms ditch school, clog the line-up, and the ruin your ego by ripping harding than you do you?

Seniors Billy Hopkins and Derek Peters lead the charge for grommets Leo Fioravanti, Matty Passaquindici, Nolan Rapoza, and John Mel.

Bogs, Burns, and Blown Clips

The boggers shall remain nameless so as to to preserve their intregrity as professional surfers. Even their bogs would be great attempts for the rest of us. What's worse? When the filmer sits on the beach for an hour, then bogs on the best clip of the day.

Bogs, Burns, and Blown Clips from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Another Quik Session

The Quiksilver crew was in town for a little comp in Newport. This session is from Friday morning at HB pier. All the boys are ripping but Derek is killing it lately!

Craig Anderson, Tyler Newton, Billy Hopkins, and Derek Peters

Another Quik Session from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

BROS vs. PROS - Episode 2

Bros vs. Pros round 2! The Bros are gaining on em. Can we get some sponsors backing these kids? The waves are junk and the these guys are launching airs and flicks like it's nothing. Keep it up boys.

For Round 1 Check Out - vimeo.com/​14789924

Micah Byrne, Shaun Ward, Billy Hopkins, Chris Waring, Kyle McGeary, Taylor Fitzpatrick

BROS vs. PROS - episode 2 from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Billy H. and Friends

When the waves are small, it helps to weigh less than 150 lbs. This session actually only took about 30 minutes in HB.

Billy Hopkins, Micah Byrne, Jesse Adams, Alex Gullet, Mitchell Ross, Brandon Guilmette, Kyle McGeary

Billy H. and Friends from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Snap-Shots

EVERYONE was out this morning, which means it was crowded and everyone's wave count was low. Nevertheless, each person got a couple of Snap-Shots.

Brett Simpson, Micah Byrne, Shaun Ward, Tim Reyes, Billy Hopkins, Bryan Van Arnsdale

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Facebook - 1 Hour in HB

Snapshots - 1 Hour in HB from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

BROS vs. PROS - Reyes, Ward, Navarro, Hopkins, Taylor, Mauro, Love

Ah, it's as though summer is official over. This morning it was cold, gloomy, uncrowded, and all the boys were pumped.

While the stickered out, bright wetsuited PROS wrapped big carves and stuck airs, the local BROS fought back with snaps, floats, and a few combos. Everyone was ripping.

Bros vs. Pros - Reyes, Ward, Navarro vs. Mauro, Taylor, Love from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

The Warm Up - Kolohe, Taj, Navarro, Davis, and Davies

It's so cool to see the lesser known International pros (like Gony from Spain and Jay Davies) show up and surf just as well as all the highly-paid household names. And it's even cooler for the locals like Ted to hold his own with all of them.

But alas, our greatest hopes lie with the groms and these groms certainly live up to the hype. Kolohe Andino and Luke Davis rip with so much style, both on rail and in the air. They're like Slater and Machado, but not young Slaters and Machado, they surf like Slater and Machado do right now.

Much more footage to come!

The Warm Up - Kolohe, Taj, Navarro, Davis, and Davies from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.