What makes a classic surf image? A snippet of the past, a stylish surfer drawing a clean line, a hollow empty wave, a unique or unusual perspective or capturing the personality of the subject. These types of images all have potential, but the real classics are the images that—recent or of late—capture an emotion, a feeling, movement, and transport the viewer to a state of reminiscence and reflection.

What makes a classic surf image? A snippet of the past, a stylish surfer drawing a clean line, a hollow empty wave, a unique or unusual perspective or capturing the personality of the subject. These types of images all have potential, but the real classics are the images that—recent or of late—capture an emotion, a feeling, movement, and transport the viewer to a state of reminiscence and reflection.

These current photos strike up a nostalgic feel because they are the turns we dream about at night, the airs we strive to pull, the faces we see in the lineup and the barrels we race through in our minds. The images are simple and telling, they are tomorrow’s classics.