Side-Off-Surf

October wind? where is it?

2010-10-28T15:58:00.006-04:00

It was definatly windier this time last year.. but I've been able to get out on a few light wind days on some of my bigger gear.
--Mistral SuperLight:
--Mistral Prodigy (my first board ever):
and this was sep 30th when we had gusty 18mph wind (on my117 Starboard Arrow and 6.9):

ALEXIS & PRESCOTT TIE THE KNOT!!!! 10-9-10

2010-10-10T22:18:00.005-04:00

Congratulations to these two awesome friends!!!!!!! They are off to Honeymoon together and hopefully windsurf too!!!

Some AirFest Pix

2010-09-16T16:04:00.002-04:00

Some Pix from Gopro video of MacDill Airfest2010. Got sum suprise pix comming soon...

-Luke

Hurricane Earl Friday Sunrise Board Mount Pics

2010-09-04T19:35:00.004-04:00

Just a few stills from the surfboard mounted cam of me getting some smooooth silky 7ft+ waves.
Friday 9-3-11 DawnPatrol.
BIG Thanks to Sean B for letting me crash at his place so I was able to be in the water so early!
-Luke

Hurricane Danielle Board Mount Shot

2010-08-31T19:11:00.002-04:00

Hey, this is just 3frames from gp video of me taking a nice speedy left cut this past weekend on hurricane Danielle waves!

I'll upload more pictures on the blog after Hurricane Earl rolls thru!

-Luke

TS Colin 8-8-10 Surf

2010-08-27T17:27:00.002-04:00

From Patrick's AFB area.. MO Pics to come

August Gulf Surf

2010-08-24T16:50:00.011-04:00

Pix from August 2010 Gulfcoast Surf

1stShot of the Day Brandon Fraley:

mo Pix:
-L

MAY 2010 OBX PIX

2010-08-23T18:07:00.003-04:00

Here are some Pics from my Trip to da OBX in MAY 2010(more to come):

Prescott Metcalf (seqs):

John Cheshire:

TropicalStorm Colin Surf!

2010-08-11T23:14:00.003-04:00

Here's a few pix of Shawn surfin Sat. Beach swell (3ft@10sec) from T.S. Colin
Mo pix to come...

Liquid Soul Surf Pics!
Luke

Birthday Close Formation Windsurfing at "daCove"

2010-05-12T18:59:00.004-04:00

May 8th! What a good Birthday Gift of WIND!!

Enjoying the SeaBrz!
Mark and I are workin to get some good "formation flying" videos together!

Windsurfin at my apts- new camera POV (finally got waterhousing)

2010-05-03T13:10:00.001-04:00

Hey all.. I FINALLY recieved the water housing to my vholder HD camera after waiting for it for over 6 months for them to release a usable housing! Ive had this camera but couldnt use it in the water untill this weekend!! so here is a shot of me launchin a fast air from the mast POV ..

was windsurfin right behind my aptment complex (the cove) had to wait for the wind to get some West in it..but it was worth the wait and I didnt even have to drive anywhere was so nice just to go out in the backyard and rip!...

I was a bit overpowered.. so much so you can see my harnest line is TIED on to the boom as i ripped off the part that conect the line to the boom.. I will have to got buy new ones at WSWest. But i had to rig a bit bigger to get out thru the wind shadow on the south wind ( i really prob could have been fully powerd on a 5.8.. or 6.5 no prob).. but still worth it and i got some good shots outa it!

-luke

April Skate/Kite Pics

2010-04-23T14:58:00.002-04:00

...when the east wind comes up time to hit up the wind sports at the Skyway! if theres no wind or waves its time to skate..

End of Winter '09/'10 Surf Pics

2010-03-24T18:00:00.008-04:00

Wanna see more pics: I am thankful to Gulfster.com for posting Many of my pics too! http://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2010PictureGallery/32310/32310.html http://www.gulfster.com/Daily/2010PictureGallery/32210/32210.html -Luke

eLnInO keeps on pumpin! So here's some pics of surf from the end of winter '09/'10

2-28-10 pics

2010-03-07T18:17:00.005-05:00

Here are just some stills i got from video shots on sundays nice fun clean swell.

Pics of Wendy, Prescott, and Gigi ...

I gota lot of catchin up to do and i gotta post vids and pics.. and ohh.. more pics! whew.. tough to get it all out i've been swamped at work..

2-7-10sundayWaves

2010-02-10T00:44:00.007-05:00

Bouy looked good in the am( 8ft@8secs?).. but the tide,winds, and crowd killed it early.. luckly the waves held thru the day waist-rib and a good workout in the cold got some pics of russ-d (in the red wetsuit) the man behind the sweet pics that get posted on http://www.gulfster.com/ and checkout his site with TONS of pics: http://www.russ-d.smugmug.com/
http://www.russ-d.smugmug.com/Surfing

the guy on the stub nosed bat board was scoring all sat & sunday

1-24-10 WindSurf Sesh

2010-01-24T23:24:00.003-05:00

Just a few frames form the Pass-A-Grille Sesh we had today!! def the best windsurf day of 2010
Got great jumps of Mike Thiel (gp18.jpg) and Mark(gp21seqs) in these pics!

Probably the best windsurf day of my LIFE.. nice 25+ s wind and my gear was dialed..easily was gettign 10 jumps in a row on a few runs -fun skatey wave runs back
Cant wait to get marks footage too..
-luke

Surf VideoPreview and gif seqs 1-18-10

2010-01-19T20:41:00.012-05:00

Here are some more gif seqs form 2010 mlk day surf :
(CLICK ON BELOW LINKS TO SEE FULL SEQUENCE)
100118sos-gp11
100118sos-gp14-Prescott
100118sos-gp34-Prescott
100118sos-gp64-Brandon(Double Barrel Team Rider)
100118sos-gp37

I got alot of footage of surf from the swell we had 1-18-10 and here is just a preview highlighting OBX ripper Prescott havin fun on the gulf waves.
Bouy 42099 was 8ft@8secs in the am and then 6.5ft@8secs afternoon -light N (sideshore) winds kept it clean in the am.
Fun day not too many ppl out.. maybe due to the cooler 55deg water temp.

Prescott Surf SloMoVideo Preview of 1-18-10waves from SOS on Vimeo.
-Full video to come w footage of others surfin too!

Cold SURF in Tampa! 1-10-10

2010-01-14T16:32:00.003-05:00

Ahh crappy waist high waves, 36-40 degrees outside, water was 52 degrees, and NNW wind at 25+ mph! and now one out?? wonder why??
heheh but at least i got my pick of the waves.. was a good 2hr workout.. and good to know we dont have to live in those conditions for months! and still got to get a fun ride or two!..Really wasnt cold cuz i got 5mil hoody and 5mil gloves and a warm 3:2 from WATERSPORTSWEST
so i got to get some board time and I hope it makes me a stronger rider!

Sat 1-9-10 in 38degrees o' fun !?!

2010-01-09T21:52:00.003-05:00

'n Prescot is always having a blast!

well it was waist at best in 38degree breezy overcast weather.. but fun and good to know that other places this is the situation for a month or few but surfin in the cold is fun here and glad we dont have to do it too much!

6'6" Southpoint Funshape For SALE

2010-01-08T20:40:00.003-05:00

$220 email roman3d@gmail.com or leave a msg @ 813 472 7258

Selling this board.. 3x layer epoxy

2010 surf.. Ice Cream Headache Fun!

2010-01-05T20:29:00.006-05:00

well its a colder january than the last few years.. BUT Sweet surf.. already had 3 solid days of surf in Jan 2010!!

12-27-09 EastCoast SURF!!!

2009-12-28T00:16:00.005-05:00

was some fun chesty waves.. got clean wen it started drizzlin at4-6!!

12-26-09 SURF!

2009-12-28T00:11:00.007-05:00

WOW got some Killer Xmas surf!!
pics comin soon!

merry xmas!!! thanks santa!!!

12-24-09 windsurf

2009-12-28T00:11:00.001-05:00

gonna up some stills n vid from the skyway sesh xmas eve

SURF East Coast!

2009-12-14T20:12:00.004-05:00

hmm having trouble uploading images

dec surf/windsurf

2009-12-03T20:53:00.003-05:00

Skyway Nov 7 09 E wind fun!

2009-11-09T22:02:00.003-05:00

HD shot of Andrew Windsurfing @ Skyway Nov 07 2009 from SOS on Vimeo.

this is just a test of the raw HD video to see how good it came out.. and it looks good even raw..
...It also make great stills(from HD video):

Awsome Glassy Fun Surf Eact Coast 10-24-09

2009-10-24T17:49:00.003-04:00

.. more pics to come

9-20-09 EastCoast Fun n Chop

2009-09-22T17:41:00.003-04:00

So Sunday turned out to be pretty darn fun considering all the chop and wind.. Bouys read 3 ft Eastish swell @ 10sec period w/ East wind at 10-14mph so this led to mostly waist waves.. once a hour or so a ribby/chesty wave came through but the waves got pushed over by the wind..

East Coast FLSurf: LaborDay Weekend

2009-09-04T19:54:00.005-04:00

Starting the Holiday weekend off great .. 3rd week of SURF!!!
This Labor Day is my 3rd Year Aniv. of Surfing.. Labor Day Weekend 2006 is the first time I tried out surfin and ever since I've been chasing waves and never looked back.. one of the best things of my life!!! Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend!!! -Luke

Pics taken in Brevard FL N of Sebastain

** NOTE I HAVE ALOT OF CATCHIN UP TO DO W/ Pics & Vids all post and others I havnt posted yet.... but I will POST MORE**

TropicalStorm Danny Surf

2009-08-27T21:56:00.001-04:00

More pics to come from TS DANNY and More pics will be added to Hurricane Bill Post too!
Pics from East Coast : Brevard FL -Luke

HURRICAN BILL PICS: Scott 8-22-09 twighlight

2009-08-23T18:14:00.003-04:00

More of sat/sunHURRICANE BILL SWELL PICS TO COME l8r
scott gime a call. .i should hav got ur cell
(gime call 813 472 7258 pls leave a msg cuz i aint got caller id on this line)

only a few good ones from twiglight due to fading ligh pics blurry (and luckly later i notices sunscreen on lens but it got on there After pics were shot -whew!)

Sat 090808 Surf EastCoast

2009-08-09T18:11:00.006-04:00

Wow, waves where sweet - a tad bigger/better than last week.
For those of us that stuck around and stayed thru the seabreeze the wind died after 7pm and it got nice and semi-glassy before the sunset session! MORE PICS TO COME
Click on pics for big images...

East Coast Surf 8-2-09

2009-08-04T08:08:00.010-04:00

CLICK on pics below to view bigger images
Pre-Collison Shot Seq: these two guys HIT in mid-air as they both went up on the lip at the middle of this wave.. the guy going left board pentrated and ripped a big gash into the guy going right board.. the one going left board nose was crushed and able to be temp fixed but the one going right board was unridable.. (luckly they are friends and no one got hurt- I tried taking a second shot sequence as I saw this happening but the lag on my camera only recorded the white water after they fell..)

Seq Pics of Jordan after collison- nose of his board is now taped up where it got crushed. Sorry my fingure almsot Totally ruined this shot :(

More pics from Sunday... was lucky n got nice backside air trick seq.. and that grom was rippin it up early too!

parking garage on CARVE

2009-07-25T16:02:00.005-04:00

quick run down parking garage on CARVE board from SOS on Vimeo.

Eact Coast Surf Cocoa Beach 7-23-09

2009-07-24T22:04:00.006-04:00

We got some smooooooooth glass in the moringin followed by some nice shoulder high size and fun rides in the afternoon! More to come...
CLICK PICS for LARGE size -Luke

7-7-09 S. Pinellas Surf Pics

2009-07-07T23:14:00.011-04:00

2nd post of pics.. Scroll down to previous post to see more! (click on em to see bigger pic)

Liquid Soul Sesh 7-7-09 in S Pinellas

2009-07-07T22:37:00.014-04:00

Hope ya'll check out http://www.liquidsouldsurfco.com/ too!

Here's some Pics from a fun sesh this afternoon(click to see em bigger):

Xtra pics from 7-7-09 in seperate post.

2 image seq. from Surf Video 6-30-09

2009-07-01T18:07:00.005-04:00

Click to view full size:
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6-22-09 preview Renegade Mike

2009-06-23T13:46:00.007-04:00

Renegade MIKE: 6.22.09 Pass-A-Grille WindSurf from SOS on Vimeo.

Quick vid of MikeH tearing it up @ Pass-A-Grille.
music: renegade by (hed)PE

Mike Rippin Shot handheld w/ GoProCam Wide

-L

Windsurfing @ NW side of Gandy bridge

2009-05-30T14:26:00.001-04:00

Wow Mark made another great music vid from just a few runs before a rain storm on the NW side of Gandy one day!

Gandy in a NorthEast from MCF on Vimeo.

5-3-09 Windsurfing IRB Mark's Vid

2009-05-06T11:50:00.004-04:00

Mark put a video together w/ footage from his new GoProWide Cam attached to boom.
Blew 18-21mph that day.. kinda fell off after 30p when we got there meter show more consistency from 12-3pm in the 20+ range.. but we got a burst of wind right at 545-645p (22mph) that he got going on his 5.8 and got some great footage-- you can see in some clips the swells were really nice.. rib high in places and the breaking surf was definatly ridable(longboardable there too) -always hard to see the size of waves on video esp the wideangle cam but you'll see some times his back is aginst the face of the wave.. Fun Day!

Straight shooting at Indian Rocks Beach from MCF on Vimeo.

4-6-09 MikeH backflip Test video Pass-A-Grille

2009-04-30T20:09:00.004-04:00

Just doing a quick comparison of original video vs stabilized video w MikeH loop footage.

Windsurfing 4-6-09 Loop Stabilize Comparison from SOS on Vimeo.

-L

4-7-09 MikeT @ Pass-A-Grille Windsurfing

2009-04-27T12:27:00.003-04:00

MikeT WaterSportsWest TeamRider getting out in the morining of april 7th 2009 to catch some 40+ W-NW gusts in fun waist+ swell...

Windsurfing 04-07-09 Pass-A-Grille: MikeT from SOS on Vimeo.

We had DAYS of wind and Waves in March-April this year.. WOW what a great start to 2009.. definatly seems way better than sprinig 2008 ... keep it up 09!

Surfing PicnicTables 4-19-09

2009-04-24T18:08:00.002-04:00

Surfing Picnic Tables-CocoaBeach, FL 4-19-09 from SOS on Vimeo.

A pre420 surf SES!!!

Mike,AndrewF,and I went out to get some on the EC.Sets came in - had to pick thru the mush and closeouts but fun rides to be had.. got there at lw tide and it got more consistent and better after 12pm. Wind picked up from the south and may have helped angle off the closeouts - waves would setup right as you'd paddle out..you could just turn around and get another!

01-18-09 Surfing Brevard Fl

2009-04-24T13:23:00.002-04:00

Surfing Brevard Fl 01-18-09 from SOS on Vimeo.

AndrewF and I where at one of the parks N.of Sebastian Inlet.. Sunday trip to the EC for some nice fun waves!

9-27-08 Brevard Fl Surf!

2009-04-18T19:10:00.004-04:00

Surfin Brevard Sep27th 2008.. w/ AndrewF & friends... weird tide going out.. lota closeouts but still havin fun..
AndreF shot most of the video of us in the water..
Just a quick Cuts only edit of footage.. this video was a pain to edit something was weird and my machine kept crashin what seemed like every 5-10mins.. probably cuz I captured the video in 1 9 gb chunk(wont do that again)

9-27-08 Surfing Brevard Fl from SOS on Vimeo.

MikeH FilmStrip Preview

2009-03-28T00:39:00.000-04:00

Wind was gustin 30 at Pass-A-Grill Today...

Shot some video.. heres a low color gif filmstrip preview of the video

MikeH Ripin it UP!!!

12-12-08 Windsurf-PassaGrille Mike Wave Clip

2009-03-05T17:48:00.001-05:00

Yo...
First post on SOS!!!

A clip of MikeH getting in the trough of a nice head high wave.. winds blowing SW with big waves.. offshore buoy's were showing 10ft @9sec if i remember correctly on that day...
(pretty rare for tampa and alot of surf-windsurf- kite fun!)

12-12-08 Pass-a-Grille:

(right click on filmstrip to save full size pic)
right click on link below: "save target as" to save wmv movie to your computer
http://lukeroman3d.cbeckleydesign.net/Blog/SOS/081212-MikebigWaveRunClip.wmv
sorry for the shitty compression -still figuring out settings- will update this clip soon and add the whole day's session too!

Welcome to Side-Off-Surf blog Tampa Bay!

2009-03-05T15:36:00.001-05:00

Featuring video/photos from Tampa area based surfing sports (surf-windsurf-kite-SUP).

And pics/vid of gulfcoasters enjoying the water outside of Tampa area too!

Definitely Check out other great Tampa area web surf sites

-) http://www.gulfster.com/ -DAILY updates/pics for gulf coast surf conditions and HUGE pic/vid gallery dating back thru 2002 -and links to Tampa area beach cams
-) http://www.liquidsoulsurfco.com/ - Local Tampa Shaper -gulf surfer for 25 years..will make you a PERFECT custom board and has the BEST priceson used board too! Come by the shop get a board, surf gear, clothes, and pick up an ESM surf magazine too!
-)http://www.stpetephoto.com/ -Awesome site of recent pics from Tampa area surf-this guy gets some SIC sequenses! definitely check out
-)http://www.leftcoastphoto.com/ -Another local Tampa surf pic site
-)http://magicseaweed.com/Treasure-Island-Surf-Report/86/ -A great surf based site for Tampa and Worldwide Forecasting-plus awesome pic/vid galleries:
-)http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=149 -Great site for local Tampa/worldwide WIND meters and forecasts:
-)http://www.bcbaywatch.com/ -Local StPete area wind monitoring site with BocaCiegaBay cam
-)http://www.watersportswest.com/ -Great local shop with the largest inventory of surf/windsurf/kite and other equipment in FL-lowest prices on all gear