Few more shots from my trip…

Posted on May 18, 2009 by aviso_nickh

I was going through some of my pictures from down south and wanted to share a few more with you. I am riding my trusty 5`5 Aviso RNF in all the shots below…

Looking a little flabby from all the cerveza and loving every minute of it!

Tucking into a clean little one...

Behind the curtain far away from the Orange Curtain...

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon...

Taking full advantage of the shade

This was just one of the classic sessions. The only factor that determined your wave count was how many you were able to paddle into before you could`nt move...

This was just one of those classic sessions. The only factor that determined your wave count was how many you were able to paddle into...

Sea Walk back in California

Posted on May 17, 2009 by aviso_nickh

Christian just got back from Norway and should be here for the next few weeks before he is off to Japan at the end of the month! We had a chance to hook up for a bit this afternoon and get some little waves down at the beachbreak. Christian was ripping on his 5`0 Cole Aviso BD3, and was making even the smallest wave look super fun! I am always amazed by his style and grace!!

I rode the 5`10 Cole Aviso Firefly and was blown away by how much speed I was able to get, even though the waves were hardly cooperating! I was not expecting much from the little two foot peaks but the board worked really well so I ended up having a lot of fun. Here are a few pics, check back tomorrow for more…

Christian and I with our Cole Aviso`s after a quick surf down at the local beachie!

Running up the stairway to heaven...

Last day down south..

Posted on April 24, 2009 by aviso_nickh

Here are a few more pics from the last day of my trip…

This is what dreams are made of...

Perfection...

Head high and glassy, what more do you need?

Just set your line...

Hold on...

Stoked!

Setting up for the inside bowl...

The sand was so good..

It was like clockwork!

Amazing!

This was one of a few really good waves that I got on my last session of the day. This is one of the only pics that was snapped off before the SD card ran out...

More from down south…

Posted on April 23, 2009 by aviso_nickh

Here are some more pictures from down in South America. I finally got a chance to download the lifestyle shots that I took with my g10, as well as some more of the surfing photos that my friend Ian and his girlfriend Allison snapped off.

I feel like I got more waves over a two week span than I had in the last two years so I still have a bunch more stuff to got through. I will be back with more tomorrow with more, but here are a few pics from when the swell started to clean up…

David and Fito. These guys are all time!

My friend Ryan and I after another sick session...

Waves started building and the conditions cleaned up...

After that it was on...

Driving...

Still going...

I probably could have stood up at this point, but i was so shocked, this was my first wave of the day!

I probably should have stood up at this point, but i was so shocked, this was my first wave of the day!

There you go buddy...

Shaking off the morning cobwebs.

Setting up...

After that eye your spot and tuck in...

Then drive!

Hold your line!

Hold it...

Right here you can see I am a little low in the pocket for that next section..

If I had it to do over I would have out my arm back in the wave and pulled myself nice and high in the barrel. Try it if you are ever in that spot..

Another little slash...

This was a bigger one I got into later in the day...

I just remember missing a good one, then a better one came, and I realized I had to get serious and paddle my ass off!

Driving...

Stoked!

Full speed ahead...

South of the Border

Posted on April 22, 2009 by aviso_nickh

The week before last I ended up sneaking away with a few friends to try and score some surf down in South America. We heard that there had been some fun south swells hitting down by our friends house in Nicaragua and decided to hop on a flight the next day and see what happened…

After throwing my 5`5 Lost/Aviso RNF and my 6`2 Rusty/Aviso in a boardbag and stuffing some clothes in a suitcase i was ready to go. It was a little bit short notice but I had been itching to get out of town and score some surf so I felt ready to go. Knowing my boards would arrive safe I only took the two boards and saved a bunch of money on board fees, which the airlines have gone Nazi over lately.

That is one of my favorite things about owning an Aviso Surfboard. They are by far the most durable surfboard I have ever come into contact with. When I am going on a trip I literally throw my boards in a bag and go. Not once in the last three years have I ever had a board get dinged on a plane. I even have one friend, Andy Ryan over at Quicksilver, who checked his Aviso RNF without even a board bag and had it arrive in New York in perfect condition!

Anyway, we arrived to find the waves the smallest they had been in a few weeks, but it was still head high in 75 degree water so I was doing just fine. Throughout the week the waves gradually picked up a bit each day, and over the last few days we ended up scoring some great surf somewhere in the four foot range (depending on where you are from!). I still have a bunch of pictures to go through but here are a few shots from the first couple of days, and I will upload a bunch more soon.

I hear there should be a pretty good south swell hitting the coast of California over the next few days so get out your Aviso and get ready…

I love how well my fish works. If I could bring one board on a trip it would be my Aviso RNF or BD3. You can ride these boards in 2 foot surf or 6 foot and rip!