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Another week in one of my favorite country's, Portugal! Coming from a Portuguese / Hawaiian mother I have always  been enchanted with my Grandfathers homeland... I first visited Portugal as a sponsored surfer in 1998 with some of my best central coast homies, Dustin Ray and Gabe Gazzolla along with some New Yorkers from the UNSOUND Crew...We had a blast, scored epic waves, stayed in ancient castles and ate like kings! I have been hooked ever since, even making two family trips there last year to visit friends and enjoy the easy lifestyle. 

This year I went for a different reason, I went to document one of the largest forcasted swells ever seen to hit the region. Unfortunately a slight Westerly angle to the swell decimated any chance of the swell becoming historic.

Fortunately, I did decide to shoot the WSL event that took place a couple of days before the big swell was supposed to hit. And I am so glad I did. The waves were good size and PERFECT! I stood there all day in awe of what was going down with all of the surfers and rescue ski's going 100% all Day. These are just a few shots from the day...

Contest results:

1st  Grant "Twiggy" Baker

2nd Lucas Chianca

3rd Naxto Gonzalez

4th Alex Botelho

5th Joao De Macedo

6th Russel Bierke

All Photos by Mike Lopaka Jones info@azhiaziam.com

The "WAVE CAVE" has officially launched at AZHIAZIAM / MORRO ROCK SURF SHOP at 1140 Front Street in Morro Bay California! We carry a full array of the best boards on the market! From LOST, ROBERTS, Libtech and AZHIAZIAM just to name a few.  We also have a full line of soft top boards and Stand up Paddle Boards by BRU SURF and Storm Surf and Longboard / Glider's by Surftech! 

We will now also be taking in used boards and giving trade in value to get you on a new stick just in time for our best swell season! We also have great discounts on all boards that we are not able to advertise, so come in to get the best pricing available! 

Want a custom!? We do a ton of custom orders from various shapers to work with you to get the best board possible for your size, and abilities!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE GALLERY 

Over 100 miles from the beach, the city of Lemoore, California was never on any surfer's radar... not until eleven-time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater opened up his now legendary KS WAVECO Surf Ranch in Lemoore and started pumping out footage of perfect waves, almost breaking the internet a little over 2 years ago. Now it seems that everyone wants a piece of the action and some are even willing to pay upwards of $10,000 to be a VIP and Surf Kelly's concoction!

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Drone Foiling!!!
Once on foil there's almost no drag and the hexacopter uses a lot less energy. It would be 10X more fun to control the drone from the tow rope.

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Foil: https://bit.ly/2zEddrc
Drone Frame: TBA
DJI A3: https://bit.ly/2zEkU0E
DJI Lightbridge 2: https://bit.ly/2zDgozF
Motors: 6 X Tiger Motor P60
Props: 6 X 22 inch Folding Carbon Fiber
Batteries: 2 X https://bit.ly/2N6PXWw

Dan Ryan spins on one of the heaviest waves of the day at Teahupoo. Filmed by Mike Jones