Man watching my son grow up real quick brings home how little time we have and makes me reflect on the bitching i do bout crowds, waves and this and that. Reckon maybe i should just enjoy my family and the sand under my feet and be thankful that i got the luxury of the time to do the bitching i do and remember just whats really important.

New site

Aloha! well finally got some sembalnce of a site leeclackson.co.uk going have a look and throw some comments my way if you feel like it cheers.

Maui 08

Just finished my post grad teacher training and been thinking man i could go for some of that maui vibe right about now

i phone

The images i have been getting on the i phone seem to have a particular aesthetic to them that is different to other camera phones, not like a Polaroid exactly but a nice almost analogue feel to them not usually there on digital capture.

the lack of posting and surfing

Hopefully i shall get in the water a bit more soon, but i wouldnt change a thing.

a bit of soul back in town i hope

Photo:revolver
Well revolvers back john sorted me out with a harbour 9.8 sled awhile back that is truley sweet. So for an antodote to the butt wiggle dance get yerslf down there. welcome back. nice.

any comments please

Just working on this site site using a template as a working model any feed back re design etc would be welcome brutal or other wise. cheers

Bit grumpy ask the wife !

Hey there just a note to say its been awhile between posts but what with doing a post grad in teaching (photography) and a new baby im pretty time poor at the mo and pulling my hair out with the paperwork so i will get back on track as soon as i have a spare 5 mins. Its been weeks since i got in the water and im pretty grouchy (ask my wife) so the sooner that gets remedied the better.Im still checking out you guys when i need a good read to restore some perspective (funny how that seems the first thing to go when your wrapped up in checking those boxes for the man) anyhoo back to the essays (balls!)

left

christmas came early

Well my wife and i have a little blonde baby boy 7.lb 1oz born at 20.02 on thurs 27th november so posts may slow down even more than usual. cant wait to find out if he's regular or goofy!!

border print

manipulation

having a bit of a fiddle

lip service

pretty small day but this guy was making the most of it, caught a few but as usual the blow in crowd were three or four to a wave so came in rather than get all stressed. Hope these guys dont drive like they surf. Mind you hopefully they will be too busy looking for a new job back in london cause the credit crunch bit their greedy arse and they paid too much for their 3rd holiday home in cornwall.

high line Hawaii

Flat day fun makena beach maui

Man it took forever to get the sand outa there!

a gentleman surfer

prone to belly.blogspot
One should always dress like a gentleman when undertaking some surf-riding

Share the stoke

Had my 12 year old nephew staying with me from up country for the last few weeks, did some fishing and he had his first real taste of surfing. It was great to see him feeling it, pretty much standing from the first wave or two on one of my first boards. I think i got as much from it as he did. Takes you back to the time when you caught your first wave and that feeling like no other, so go on push someone into a few and share the stoke.

for granted

North Shore Oahu

I think some times in our rush to get to the beach to surf we take for granted the landscape that we are lucky enough to visit or live in. Maybe as surfers we sometimes miss things in our race to score the next ride. I know that when i look back over past trips it jogs my memory, i have no trouble remembering the waves of the day but sometimes forget those little moments during the journey to get those waves. And i reckon that is not the destination or the finally getting to the beach that makes the trips, it is the time spent getting there the people you meet and the cultures you experience that make us want to get back on the road. So maybe we should pull over and take a look around us and savour the moments and give ourselves the memories that will last a life time.
North coast Maui



north coast Maui


Pipe
But some decent waves cant hurt though...right.

belly boards

hey if ur missing the stoke or it has been sapped by the mongol hordes that descend in the summer try this it will put a smiloe on yer face ! pronetobelly.blogspot.com/

tyler warren at the bu

Looked at this so much just though id wack it up in case you've not seen it. Style always wins out

On going photographic project. A Place by the Sea

Some more images from a project i started during my degree. The images deal with the development of my local town by the beach. The black fence that surrounds the sites of a particular developer seems ominous and oppressive, and serves to divide the local community both metaphorically and physically. What with the recent credit crunch these sites will lay as scars on the landscape for the locals to live with. If anybody cares the images are made with a mamiya 7 medium format film camera using an 80mm standard lens. the film is kodak portra nc with has great scanning ability and renders nice neutral tones.

new swell

new head high swell today bit windy but looks like it will build over the next few days. Hopefully the wind will stay sensible.

in camera blur