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August 1996 - On a visit to the famed Zicatela beachbreak in Oaxaca, Mexico we endured 10 days of relative flatness. Then one morning we awoke to find a fresh 8-10 foot swell detonating on the sandbars, and Puerto Rican charger Carlos Cabrero knew just what to do with all that aquatic energy. Image: Fitzpatrick
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February 2001 - Streaking across the wall of a bright blue Caribbean wave, Puerto Rican Gammalier Jorge provides interesting contrast with his yellow boardshorts and t-shirt. Image: Fitzpatrick
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October 2002 - On the last day of my first trip to Ireland, and after nearly two weeks of sunshine and playful surf conditions, the real deal arrived in the form of a macking NW swell and typically gloomy skies. This reef at the south end of Bundoran was firing on all cylinders There were more people watching than taking off on waves, and those that were having a go weren't fairing terribly well on these triple up widow-maker peaks. Image: Fitzpatrick
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March 2003 - One boat. Two surfers. Three pelicans. Caribbean surfing bliss. Image: Fitzpatrick
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February 2002 - On the way back to Puerto Rico from a snowboarding trip in Jackson Hole, Wyoming I lucked into a classic winter swell in New Jersey and captured this lone surfer paddling through the lineup at a spot known as Stinky's, all this after my first cold water surf session in nearly a decade. Image: Fitzpatrick
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July 2000 - As seen from a crevasse in the reef, a young Dylan Graves looks for the support zodiac from the surf charter boat on which he was touring the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa in the summer of 2000. Image: Fitzpatrick
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January 2001 - Jamaican local, Inilek Wilmot, cuts loose on a wave down the road from his home at the Jamnesia Surf Camp in Bull Bay, Kingston, Jamaica. This wave, at the time the premiere break on the island, was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in September of 2004 when the entire cobblestone point was moved down the coast. However, the destruction was not completed before Inilek's father, Billy Wilmot, surfed the largest wave ever caught in Jamaica, and this break has since made something of a comeback in the last couple years although not nearly on the level of its former glory. Image: Fitzpatrick
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January 1994 - While on assignment for Larry "Flame" Moore and Surfing Magazine, our crew lucked into a South Coast break on the island of Barbados that hadn't seen conditions like this for over a decade. With an electric blue water color you're unlikely to find nearly anywhere else in the world. The contrast created by surfers like Jeremy Saukel racing to make the sections made for some memorable imagery. Image: Fitzpatrick
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August 1995 - On the forgotten island of Santosha breaks a wave of mythical quality. Elusive, fickle, and dangerously shallow, only the hearty need attempt to catch this gem of a wave. Image: Fitzpatrick
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December 2001 - Still just a teenager and far from the WQS gravy train, Brian Toth banks a turn off the lip of his backyard wave in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Image: Fitzpatrick
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October 1997 - Mark Holder is the undisputed king of the peak at this spot that breaks in his hometown on the island of Barbados. And despite having moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his wife some years ago, it's not unusual to still see him sliding into timeless barrels like this one whenever he's back on the rock for a visit. Image: Fitzpatrick
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November 1990 - In September of this year I left on a bit of a walkabout through the Spanish Basque Country Canary Islands. I'd met Aussies Murray "Muzz" Paterson, along with his mate Nanga, in the Basque Country and joined them as they left for the islands in early November. I believe this was one of the first good sessions we had upon arrival, and I quite liked this lineup image when I finally saw it on my lightbox nearly a year later after my return to NYC. Image: Fitzpatrick
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September 2003 - On assignment to chase hurricane waves for SURFER Magazine, I linked up with my friend Keith Noonan, a hot New Jersey local from my old stomping grounds, as he rode through this meaty section not far from where we both grew up during the Hurricane Juan swell. Image: Fitzpatrick
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December 2000 - Billy and Maggie Wilmot are the husband and wife owners and operators of the Jamnesia Surf Camp in the Bull Bay section of Kingston, Jamaica. This was for SURFER and became the first editorial photo article run in any mainstream surf magazine on Jamaica. The camp has grown exponentially since then and many a magazine and video crew have visited a enjoyed great waves there. It has been primarily through the diligence of Billy and Maggie that Jamaica is now recognized as a legitimate surf travel destination and that some of the island's young surf talent has made a mark on the international stage. Image: Fitzpatrick
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July 2000 - The moon sets in the early morning over a surf break lineup on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. Image: Fitzpatrick
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August 2004 - The point breaks of Central America are known to be some of the best in the world. Warm water, offshore winds, and deep, long period Southern Hemisphere swells make for a perfect recipe of world class surf. All you gotta do as a surfer is be there and learn to manage to urchin-infested cobblestones, gnarly locals, and equatorial heat. Image: Fitzpatrick
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October 2004 - Kevin Cavey is one of Ireland's original surfers. He's college professor and author hasn't lost one bit of his enthusiasm for the sport in over 40 years of participation, and that dedication was on display when he was a keynote speaker for a symposium on Irish Surfing at the famous Surfer's Bar in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal during the second edition of the Oceanfest Festival. Image: Fitzpatrick
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April 1993 - On a desolate stretch of Puerto Rico's north coast this beachbreak wave reels off in the company of very few people. A 45-minute hike through an often muddy cow pasture keeps the faint of heart away, the sand clean of rubbish, and the waves free of too many takers. Image: Fitzpatrick
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December 2004 - As the Quiksilver Crossing rests at anchor in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico, the setting sun lights up a fire on the water. Image: Fitzpatrick
A native of New Jersey, Steve Fitzpatrick began documenting surfing in the early 80’s in an effort to shut the mouths’ of his high school classmates incredulous to his tales of spinning autumn barrels caught before school. Since then his travels have taken him far and wide to places as diverse as Indonesia and Greenland; his work has been published in most of the world’s top surf media publications both in print as well as online. With skills that range far beyond surf action, most of the industry’s top advertisers have used his imagery in advertising or hired him to execute assignments for their marketing campaigns, and he also counts many mainstream corporations among his impressive list of cliental.
Check out more of Steve’s work on his website.
