Endless Searching in the Evergreens

Rusty Long, Timmy Reyes and I were on a mission deep in no man's land and were enduring some of the most testing conditions ever. It was raining like crazy and super cold. We were up early one morning and it was raining, naturally, but I said screw it, I'm going to go look at the ocean. This was the first frame I shot. Needless to say, the boys got psyched and we were out the door. Photo: Mark McInnis

Dane Anderson was just a wee bit too far outside to stroke into this beach break beast. The thing spit its guts on me and when I popped out the back I could hear Dane hollering something along the lines of, "Aaaarrrrghadshghhga!" He did the same thing again later when he saw this image. The one that got away. Photo: Mark McInnis

My good buddy Raph Bruhwiler has been running Tatchu Adventures for the last year or so off of a remote island in Canada. This is Raph's amazing cook at the lodge, Alex Morrow, strolling home after an evening session down the beach. Anybody want a once in a lifetime trip? Follow that link and get psyched! Photo: Mark McInnis

It seems the further north one goes, the quicker and faster the weather changes. An hour before I took this image, the ocean was onshore and pure garbage. Then the wind turned 180 degrees and the locs were coming out of the woodwork for a quick session before dark. Photo: Mark McInnis

Raph Bruhwiler where the mountains meet the sea. Photo: Mark McInnis

Longboarding is something I don't get the opportunity to shoot enough. I'm looking forward to linking up with surfers like Nick Anderberg again to capture this timeless and beautiful genre of our sport. Photo: Mark McInnis

I think I photographed around twenty or so frames before I couldn't take it anymore. It was a nice solo session. Photo: Mark McInnis

Jonathan Dupont charges. And that's all I'll say about that. Photo: Mark McInnis

Anybody that gets the opportunity to see Pete Devries surf in person will wonder why he's not chasing the dream of being on the World Tour. He has every trick in the book, is comfortable in slabbing barrels and can lay it on rail with the best of 'em. But Pete is a family man and would rather chase waves around his evergreen island than rack up points. My hat’s off to the man. Photo: Mark McInnis

Apparently this angle was "no good" and I was urged to move. Ah, surfers. Gotta love 'em. Luckily I caught this image of Timmy Reyes blasting one before I took the bait. Photo: Mark McInnis

This might sound kind of weird, but this image actually makes me extremely sad. I had been chasing this wave for ten years, and never scored it like this. We rolled up and the four of us surfed this wave by ourselves for three days straight. While we were there, the fishing village on the inside started building a jetty so they could launch their vessels closer to the village instead of driving them the 1/8 mile to the old boat launch. By the time we left, the backwash from the hardly even built jetty was already messing up the inside of the wave. Breaks my heart. Photo: Mark McInnis

Dane Anderson is an absolute trooper. He drove from his Central California home straight to Canada to surf a mean right slab for two days and then drove back home. The things we do for good surf. Normal people must think we're crazy. Maybe we are. Photo: Mark McInnis

Raph Bruhwiler stops to take it all in after another fine day of surfing a-frame reefs at <a href="https://www.tatchuadventures.com/Site_3/Tatchu_Adventures.html "Tatchu Adventures. Photo: Mark McInnis