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The Barrel Post. / February 25, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

We've had a few proper days in what seem to me to be an extremely slow winter. But, the days we have had are some really good days.

About a week ago we had an amazing south swell pop up. It wasn't huge, but the shape was perfect. There's been claims by many that this was the best barrel day of their lives. Well, take a look and decide if you think it would have been fun.

I think a lot of people had their eyes locked onto views like this.

I wasn't able to swim long, the current was gnarly but the views were epic.

I had to give up on swimming, just wan't getting the results I wanted. So I headed into the beach to shoot lifestyles of the Chaun.

The views from the beach weren't to bad, so i stuck around to snipe off a few.

Daniel Glenn. A guy walked by me and commented, "why would you do an air instead of get barreled??". I would say why not do a big air over a barrel section, seems fun to me!

It was a-frames and offshores. Great job Florida.

Brock Taylor practicing barrel rides for an upcoming trip to Central America.

Daniel and Brock working together to gain scale on wave hight and air hight.

Give Daniel Glenn some steep sections and watch him explode.

Every time I looked, Mike Knapp getting pitted.

My buddy Kieth said he made more barrels this day than any other time he can remember.

Daniel, seriously.

Brandon DeFillipo tearing in on his backhand.

Senior Brock. He's always out to have a good time.

I've been fishing with Chris Yergans a lot lately and I can tell you both his surfing and fishing are on point.

Not sure who this gentleman is, but i'm pretty sure he would be stoked to see this sequence. If you know him let him know!

Another unknown to me reaping the benefits of a good wind swell.

Yergans catching barrels like they're snook.

Mike Knapp pretending he's still in Hawaii.

Brandon DeFillipo almost able to stand up, and he's a big kid.

Another unknown gliding through some clean barrel space.

Chris Yergans on this like a redfish in the mangroves.

Daniel Glenn kinda made the surf pay, hacking it to pieces.

Sorry about a ton of lame captions and non-sense. Its hard to spend this much time at a computer. :/

I hope you scored this day! If you know people in these photos please feel free to share this post with them. I'm sure they will be grateful.

Thanks for all the good times boys.

-Nathaniel Harrington

@natehphoto

Winter Storm Mars, Peaking in DelRay, Florida. / February 18, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

I've never been more impressed with a swell in Florida. Winter Storm Mars really was out there, off the charts to be honest and I don't think a single person in FL was ready for it.

After a morning of crazy barrels a little north we made the call to cruise towards DelRay and take a look at it. It didn't take long for Chauncey Robinson, Brock Taylor, and Blake Spier to gear up and paddle out. We contemplated a few times from the early afternoon session if we should look for a different spot, but the longer we stayed in DelRay the better it looked. What it came down to was we were staying to score some of the best surf Florida has ever seen. It may not have been the biggest swell, but it sure was perfect, and still big.

Here's a "few" highlights from that evening.

Peaking over the hedges to see barrels peeling off. Usually all you can see from right here is Blue water until the Bahamas. On this day the 30ft + gulf stream was blocking that view. — Peaking over the hedges to see barrels peeling off.
Usually all you can see from right here is Blue water until the Bahamas. On this day the 30ft + gulf stream was blocking that view.

Welcome to South Florida. Land of the pumping surf.

Brock Taylor having a glance at some mighty appealing conditions.

This trips me out. why you say? well, figure it out.

Afternoon wasn't looking to bad, i can't believe we almost left.

Chauncey Robinson packing a nice ride, In trunks, in February. — Chauncey Robinson packing a nice ride, In trunks, in February.

Uknown to me in the spot with a great line in front of him.

Confounded Exhibit B. I mean, really? Isn't the defining noise coming from that wave behind you getting your attention at all? Whaaa....

This is the point where most surfers take off running to get into the water while tripping over their leash.

Tommy Coleman was really loving being a goofy footer out there. He was barreled, came out and did an air reverse which he did ride away from. That pole got in my way.

If Chauncey isn't getting barreled by the wave then he's ripping its face off.

There was a gnarly current so everyone had a few chances to take a stroll back up the beach. Not a bad thing when this is what you are seeing.

1 of 2 looking in the right direction isn't half bad.

I'm sure that paddle was exhausting. This guy taking a break before that train hits him.

Another unknown getting slotted. Someone tell me who this is please.

You know your a surfer when your absolutely confounded that no one on the beach in this photo seems to care even the slightest that there is absolutely perfect surf happening.

I mean, why watch anyways? its just the beach and your just at the ocean where people are catching the best surf we've had yet this or or in many years... I guess the sea grass is beautiful.

Watching these sets roll in from miles away was pretty cool, at least I thought so. However these people strategically placed there shade canopy as an anti-surf canopy.

Tommy Coleman has logged some serious time in Hawaii and it really showed during this swell. 13 year old grom charging this playground.

Another perfect left hander, unknown to me with a south florida shack attack.

I shot so many empty barrels. I only wish I would have shot every one of them.

This is one of many surfers I was trying to find to get him his shots. Thats the type of barrel people travel thousands of miles to find, he found it at home this time. Marc Brammeier on a bomb.

Another unknown to me relaxing his stance and letting the wave do the work.

Rainbows aren't just for the sky. There also a sign for really really good surf.

One of my favorite empty's from the day. That is one meaty barrel.

I nicknamed this one the "ghosts" because they're going to vanish and not be seen for a while.

I was standing a few feet from Jeff Biege when he shot his Line-Up Shot just a moment after this frame. We were both in awe, glanced at each other "is this real".

I think this was the absolute peaking moment of the swell. No takers, everyone was just a little to deep. She bombed away with no rebuttal.

Here Martin Jeri got one of the largest surfed waves of the evening. Yet for this guy this is like chest high, look at what Martin does for fun sometime.... wow.

Martin jeri trying to slam on the brakes, double handed wall grab, anything to get him positioned in that next section, and he did. I may have to do another blog post of the sequences from these rides. Its pretty amazing and its also a ton of p… — Martin jeri trying to slam on the brakes, double handed wall grab, anything to get him positioned in that next section, and he did.
I may have to do another blog post of the sequences from these rides. Its pretty amazing and its also a ton of photos to work with which is why I'm not showing that yet. :/

This is Chauncey Robinson on another amazing ride. For example this was a 18 frame sequence, 10 of those frames Chauncey is completely behind the curtain.

Asher Nolan showed up and blew it up. One of my frames that landed a spot in Surfline's update of the swell.

This guy was ripping, but i haven't found anyone who knows him. Just poppin a casual straight air in the reform.

I first met Matt Oberman on a very similar wave in Nicaragua called Colorados, he was doing the same thing there as he is here.

that will happen. He went straight to his quiver and was back out there. Tommy is a charger.

Good Night Florida. We all hope to see this again soon, please.

After a long day of work the tools should be examined and properly taken care of. These kids know it well. A few broken boards, sore muscles, stories that will last them a lifetime... Mars really was from another place.

Shoots. Thanks for ingesting all of that. My fingers are pretty tuckered out from the typing, so have a good evening and thanks for looking at my blog. Please do share.

-Nathaniel Harrington

A few memorable moments from Hurricane Joaquin. / October 19, 2015 by Nathaniel Harrington

Hi guys!

Man, this past run of swell was one to be remembered! After a long flat summer the first few days of Fall kicked off with a bang! Hurricane Joaquin mixing in with our first Nor' Easter real made for a good time. Every spot in Florida was firing and for the first time I didn't have to drive more than ten minutes to score pumping surf.

When I say score I really mean it! I had the privilege of shooting with several pro's including Brad Domke as well as Chris Ward. I was featured everywhere from Eastern Surf Mag to Surfing Magazine. This swell really allowed me to showcase some abilities of being able to shoot in the barrel. I was able to earn some international media making this the most successful Florida swell for me yet.

Check out these screen grabs from my features.

Brad Domke on Surfline.com. Featured under "Joaquin Delivers and Behaves"

Brad Domke on ESM, Gallery #2 from Hurricane Joaquin.

One image of Chris Ward was used as a Surfing Magazine Instagram post. Considering they have almost a million followers this is really good media! This photo has received over 22,000 likes.

Portrait of Brad Domke on SixMagazine.com

Perfect looking line-up at the home break. Featured on SixMagazine.com

Chris Davis in a gem! This was featured on EasternSurf.com (ESM)

I snapped all of these in a two day span, that was a good two days! What a blessing it was to have swell like that. It was really good to see that everyone scored wherever they went. It wasn't like I sat in the magical spot, it was just where I was, everywhere looked like this.

Lets all hope and pray we get a winter that matches this swell!

Thank You for stopping in and hope to see you in the water.

-Nathaniel Harrington

@natehphoto