Kelly Slater crowned champion at the 2011 US Open of Surfing, Huntington Beach

Sunday August 7th, 10 time world champion Kelly Slater of the USA surfed against Yadin Nicol of Australia in the finals at the 2011 US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California.  Kelly Slater, 39 years of age, came out on top by a big margin.  

Reid Simpson had won the two previous years.

Here's a quick look at Kelly's run for the Championship.

 

2011 US Open of Surfing; Kelly Slater on hurricane surf

Hurricane Eugene off the coast of Baja California has pushed in some massive surf to Southern California this weekend.  I was down at Huntington Beach again this morning for the 2011 US Open of Surfing and the Men in Rounds 3 and 4 were pulling some major air.  Here's a few highlights.

This is all from the same heat.

Taj Burrow

Kelly Slater showing he still has it (as if there were any doubt...) by winning the heat and advancing again.

Tanner Gudauskas

Kelly Slater at the 2011 US Open of Surfing, Huntington Beach

I got to photograph Kelly Slater today at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Ca.  I gotta tell ya, he doesn't look 39.  Kelly finished the 2nd round in 2nd so he advances again.

More to come!

Randy and Mary's wedding at the Montage, Laguna Beach

It was such a privilege to shoot Randy and Mary's wedding.  And what a wedding it was!  Ocean front ceremony at the Montage in Laguna Beach.  Randy and Mary are such a great couple and they are so laid back with no worries that it was a fun wedding to shoot - we can all learn something from them. 

Here's some of the highlights. 

 

They had Orchids in Mary's room and it just so happens that it's her favorite flower...

I loved the islander theme.

And it got a little emotional.

When the ceremony finished there was a pod of Dolphins straight out jumping out of the water!  It was a scene right out of a movie.

And we top it off with white Dove's!

My first witness to The Hora - a Jewish wedding tradition where the bride and groom are lifted up on the chairs and danced around to the song Hava Nagila.  It was fun!

You know it's a good wedding when the DJ has someone sing a song they don't know and they do it!

Congratulations to Randy and Mary!