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Portfolio: Mike Healey

Surfers and surfing have given me back a positive attitude towards life after a tragedy that cost me most of my family. I love shooting NSSA events because the stoke of groms is amazing and uplifting.

BY Mike Healey |

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    John John Florence at home on a gorgeous day at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Dusty Payne at Nelly's Bay somewhere in California. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Nat Young on his way to work at the US Open. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Jamie O'Brien as always, shacked at home, Pipeline.Photo: Mike Healey

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    A backlit barrel on a beautiful evening at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Show up and blow up at the NSSA Finals. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Flynn Novak tearing up Rocky lefts. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Nat Young at Rocky lefts. Photo: Mike Healey

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    A grom gets one at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Mason Ho comes from behind the veil at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Wind up the face of a wave catches a board at Waimea. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Brother in the final at the US Open in HB. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Just another beautiful Pipe barrel. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Andy landed the most massive floater ever, HB US Open closeouts. Photo: Mike Healey

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    John John at home. Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Mr. Wells as the Hurley Phantom jumped off the HB pier and ripped. Photo: Mike Healey

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    This was landed at Rockys. Photo: Mike Healey

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    A soul arch on another huge day at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    A beautiful asymetric shape by Alan Byrnes, used by Hail Yeah at the paddle out. Photo: Mike Healey

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    John John enjoys the stoke at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Austin Smith-Ford elevates at Rat Bay somewhere in California. Photo: Mike Healey

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    A portrait client at Rockys. Photo: Mike Healey

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    Another from a great winter season at Pipe. Photo: Mike Healey

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    A special talent and a nice man, John John Florence. Photo: Mike Healey

My name is Mike Healey, and I am a traveling surf and surf lifestyle photographer from Santa Cruz, California. I photograph the NSSA Western Regionals and the NSSA Finals every year and follow the Northern California groms as they learn to compete at Trestles and Huntington Beach. The Hawai’i winter season is also a yearly trip for me and I published a re-cap of the 2013/14 season.

Surfers and surfing have given me back a positive attitude towards life after a tragedy that cost me most of my family. I love shooting NSSA events because the stoke of groms is amazing and uplifting. I also shoot outdoor portraiture and coastal landscapes. Wherever I am in the world, I’m never far from the coast.

And thank you to the surfers of Santa Cruz who have taught me how to capture surfing and stay positive and to the Hawai’ians who teach me about aloha.

Check out my Hawaii Surf Mag 2013/14 Season, my website for outdoor portraiture and product photography, and my Facebook

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