Jon Shafer took this beautiful picture of a dolphin out at rincon and gave it a fitting title; Kindred Spirits.

Tom Cozad got to fly up the coast during this last California swell, taking shots from above the LA / Ventura / Santa Barbara breaks. I love seeing unique perspectives and it really shows you how good socal gets it when there’s surf.

Thick and Sick, images from Daniel Warr in south western Australia, posted on Swellnet.

Vincent Laforet is a world renowned photographer and editor. His latest project has been working with Jamie O’Brien, filming on the North Shore of Oahu with some of the latest big budget camera equipment. We’re talking RC helicopter mounted cameras, the modular RED camera system, the Canon EOS 5D MKII, and more, all pointed at Jamie and Pipeline.

Morgan Maassen is a pretty sick up-and-coming surf photographer, already traveling the world scoring crazy good photos, in the water and out.

This comes from Russ Pierre, a photographer based in Cornwall, UK. Where is this?!

Jesse Wicker is a surf photographer from Miami, Florida. Check out more at his website jessewicker.com

This guy grew up taking photos of my home spots in New Hampshire, and now he’s one of the hottest up and coming surf photographers. I’m stoked on his success (and amazing shots).

Kyle Lightner’s “incredibly fake looking digital shot”. Whatever it is, I like it!

A nice shot of an empty wave from Jdubsingles. Central california gets plenty of great surf, go find it.