This is a little wave near my house. It's always the first place I check in the morning. From there I can usually base where to go. Most of the time I'll drive around and end up right back where I started. Photo: Andy Bowlin

I love going out and exploring. Shortly after moving to California I came across this wave, then a few yeas later made the trek back to shoot it from some new and creative angles. Photo: Ben Ginsberg

I shot this with film, back when I was staying in California for a while, and was pointing my camera more at mountain bikers than I was at surfers, due to the fact I would rather surf than miss out while taking pictures of everyone else enjoying the waves. It was a heavy day at The Wedge, with Kelly Slater, Christen Fletcher, Danny Kwock, and Strider out. I like this image from that day because it focuses on the bodyboarder, and the body surfer on the edge of this monster that demands respect from anyone who challenges it.