Beautiful California
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In July 1885, three teenage Hawaiian princes took a break from their boarding school, St. Mathew's Hall in San Mateo, and came to cool off in Santa Cruz, California. There, David Kawānanakoa, Edward Keliʻiahonui and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole surfed the mouth of the San Lorenzo River on custom-shaped redwood boards, according to surf historians Kim Stoner and Geoff Dunn. In 1890, the pioneer in agricultural education John Wrightson reputedly became the first British surfer when instructed by two Hawaiian students at his college.
George Freeth (1883–1919) is often credited as being the "Father of Modern Surfing". He is thought to have been the first modern surfer.
In 1907, the eclectic interests of the land baron Henry E. Huntington brought surfing to the California coast. While on vacation, Huntington had seen Hawaiian boys surfing the island waves. Looking for a way to entice visitors to the area of Redondo Beach, where he had heavily invested in real estate, he hired a young Hawaiian to ride surfboards. George Freeth decided to revive the art of surfing, but had little success with the huge 500 cm (16 ft) hardwood boards that were popular at that time. When he cut them in half to make them more manageable, he created the original "Long board", which made him the talk of the islands. To the delight of visitors, Freeth exhibited his surfing skills twice a day in front of the Hotel Redondo. Another native Hawaiian, Duke Kahanamoku, spread surfing to both the U.S. and Australia, riding the waves after displaying the swimming prowess that won him Olympic gold medals in 1912 and 1920.
In 1975, a professional tour started. That year Margo Oberg became the first female professional surfer.
From the balmy shores of San Diego to the chilly waters of Northern California, the Golden State’s coastline offers the allure of perfect waves for every type of surfer. In August 2018, the state assembly voted overwhelmingly to enshrine surfing as California’s official sport. A new holiday was even created to commemorate the cowabunga-inspired moment—September 20 is California Surfing Day.
a juvenile Band-tailed perched in the flowering buckeye taking in the warm wakeup glow of the morning
A quick hello to all! I still am not able to be here but was missing you all!!
many thanks for stopping by to visit and share....
San Clemente, CA
This little guy flew into a tree right next to me, ruffled his feathers, let me click my shutter three times and then took off. I believe he was actually posing for me.....
San Clemente, CA
This past Saturday night I was helping out at a fundraiser for a local non-profit when this happened! I would have rather been at the beach but I was glad to lend a helping hand. The sky on this night was epic. I have seen many shots from Southern California all the way to Pismo Beach on the Central Coast, which is 230 miles away, and they are all amazing. So glad I was able to escape for a few minutes to capture this!
This is an ordinary morning scene of San Francisco's financial district. Cable cars run on this east-west street. California Line is one of the three cable car lines that runs in the city. Compared to the other two lines that run on Powell Street, you don't see a long line of tourists at the starting station, which is just up the street in this photo. Therefore, cable cars are operated less often than the other two lines are. During rush hours, I saw once every five to seven minutes.
A few years ago, I saw a scene of this street bustling with people and traffic. Glaring sunlight was coming through from between tall buildings. That scene was a cinematic. I wanted to capture such a scene, but this is what I did. It is my bad habit that I zoom in to the main subject too much. I should have zoomed out. Sunlight isn't as bright as what I saw at this late in the morning. I learned that there are a lot more that I have to do to shoot a scene when the street is most cinematic.
Morro Bay, CA
I came across this photo a few days back as I was searching for a different shot. It was taken in Morro Bay, CA quite a few years ago. I decided to do a re-edit of it for Slider Sunday.