HINDSIGHT 2012

Filmed in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Southern California. HINDSIGHT 2012 is reflection of the past year.

HINDSIGHT 2012 from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Starring: Brett Simpson, Balaram Stack, Julian Wilson, Brendon Gibbens, Luke Davis, Michael Dunphy, Dylan Goodale, Josh Benjoya, Dane Reynolds, Kanoa Igarashi, Chase Wilson, Caio Ibelli, and Mason Ho. Music: Cat Power Song: Manhattan Album: Sun

Kanoa's Holiday @ Home

. . . and he's gone. Kanoa spent a brief month at home for the holidays and now he's off again to Hawai'i, China, Australia, blah blah, all around the world. When we see him again he'll have grown another 4 inches. So long, grommet. It was nice seeing you. Music: Amadou & Miriam Song: Sabali

Kanoa's Holiday @ Home from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Quiksilver Surf Camp - Latin American Team

I was really psyched to be a part of the crew participating in a surf camp for the Latin American Quiksilver team. Here's my video documenting the week.

Lowers Underated

Yeah, we all know Medina, Julian, and Simpo rule Lowers. Their clips go viral while everyone else just quietly shreds in anonymity. Well this one is for the underated ripper, for Laura and Lakey, for Caio, Fisher, Lucasik, Brendon, and Stu. It was just last year that I uploaded a video of a very little known Gabriel Medina (www.vimeo.com/23482301). Next year, one of these young bucks could own a gold trestle spike of his own.

1 Morning in Newport Beach

All the Quik kids converged on 54th street to get a few tubes and spin a couple little airs.

Balaram Stack, Chase Wilson, Derek Peters, Kanoa Igarashi, Matty Passaquindici

14 year old, Kanoa Igarashi

Kanoa's ruled the contest scene for the past 8 years. He's traveled the world a few times over. And he's only 14.

Get to know your local super grom, Kanoa Igarashi!

Derek and Kanoa Surf Creek

Here's a Quik session at Creek with Derek Peters and Kanoa Igarashi.

A wee bit of wind and NW swell, add a couple flyaways and kook dodges and call it a days work for team Quiksilver.

Another Hour on Southside

Before Simpo heads to OZ for the new season, he shredded the tail end of this swell with Ted Navarro, Kanoa Igarashi, Derek Peters, and Brandon Guilmette. Here's just another hour south of the pier.

The Quik Kids

Who wants to surf when it's cold, windy, and crappy? The groms do! The shocker is, they surf those conditions better than you surf A+ conditions at your local spot.

Kanoa Igarashi, Nolan Rapoza, and John Mel

Kanoa Takes a Beating

Kanoa Igarashi burns Alex Gullet and then pays the price.

Just Another Hour in HB

Quiksilver King of the Groms

The King of the Groms takes place at various key spots around the world. The winners get a trip to France to compete in the Championships against one another during the Quiksilver Pro WT event.

I shot and made this for Quiksilver on Monday.

Pottz Training Session

Martin Potter rolled through Orange County to give the groms some WT level advice before they head down to Peru for the ISA's. Mar Ohno came by to lend his QS experience.

Martin Potter, Mar Ohno, Derek Peters, Kanoa Igarashi

Some Groms

When the waves are small and slow, the groms rip the hardest. However, no matter the conditions, these groms always rip the hardest.

Kanoa Igarashi, Matty Passaquindici, Keoni Igarashi

Salad Days

One of my favorite sections of all time was an 18-year-old Chris Ward's in Voluptuous. This is the song they used and this is my homage. Featuring . . .

Shaun Ward, Kanoa and Keoni Igarashi, Ted Navarro, Matt Passaquindici, Jesse Guglielmana

Summer in February

It was crowded with SUP's, boogy's, longboard's, multiple water photogs, groms everywhere, International pros, and it's 80 degrees and sunny! Plus, it was 2 feet and inconsistent. Feels like summer, except the water is 58 degrees and there are no girls on the beach.

You know who rules these days? People with energy, aka the under-20-year-olds.

Kanoa Igarashi, Derek Peters, Shaun Ward, Chase Wilson, Micah Byrne, Balaram Stack

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!

Huntington Beach 6.0 - Simpo and Flores

Nike 6.0 has taken over Huntington Beach. Hopefully the waves will follow. As for now, it's 2 ft mush. This morning Brett Simpson avoided the crowd by surfing Northside while Jeremy Flores slogged through the denizens on Southside.

Brett Simpson, Jeremy Flores, Billy Hopkins, Tyler Newton, Kanoa Igarashi, Quinn McCrystal, Michael Dunphy

The comp starts in 2 days.

Huntington Beach 6.0 - Simpo and Jeremy Flores from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

A Quik Session

Quiksilver is doing their summertime coffee and donuts thing on Southside every Wednesday. The waves were small but all the groms came down and ripped a few right into the sand.

Musical stylings provided by The Kinks

A Quik Session from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.

Surfline Project

This is a little promo that I put together for Surfline. It's a compilation of clips from the past 2 months or so. Enjoy.

Surfline Project from David Lee Scales on Vimeo.