body boardin' adventures [UPDATED]

[UPDATE - someone needs to let us know if the videos play on Windows machines now...)

We try to hit one of the many beaches on offer here on the Central Coast as often as possible, but rarely do we take our camera (our Nikon D70 bit the dust awhile back, and we don't want our lil' Canon getting salt damage). So, we were thrilled to discover some of our beachmates toted their cams along and took some snaps (thanks Tuckers & Northey's!).

Practicing her seamanship skills before she takes it out on the high seas (nice shovel...I mean, paddle)

Kim and Amelia cheer on Brad as he rides into a nice barrel (out of view)

the menacing cliffs of despair (or the rocks waiting to take any who were swept to them via the riptide)

The Northey's

There's a teeny crab in there somewhere that Amelia caught (bottom middle of the inside of the pink thingy).

Killcare/Putty beach during a lull between breaks

Brad finishes off a wave as it turns into whitewater (too bad we didn't get a picture of when it was barreling!)


Now onto some videos taken on New Years Day at Avoca Beach (courtesy of Tammy Tucker's new underwater Christmas present)....

Jared Tucker barely misses Brad (I pushed him aside at the last second before getting smacked) on his ride into shore (use your left & right arrow keys to watch frame by frame)

Perry Haeata catches a nice wave


We all ride the same wave in (Brad on camera left, Perry on camera right, Jared behind the camera)