Thanks Everyone for a Fun Weekend!

Thanks Everyone for a Fun Weekend!

The 14th annual Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic came together this weekend under clean waves and blue skies! All weekend long the swell produced big enough waves to have fun but not so big that it wasn't manageable. Many people put in an incredible amount of volunteer hours to make it happen, and we at Moment Surf Company want to thank them for all their efforts!

We would also like to thank all the surfers, sponsors, vendors, musicians, local businesses, and spectators that showed up. We were all rewarded with as nice of weather and waves as we could have hoped for. There was great surfing going on from sunrise to sunset, a wonderful vibe in the air, and good music and bonfires after dark.

I'll post more photos as I have time to go through them, and I'll even put together a little video clip sample (the official video will come later from Cody Cha, who made last years video.) I just got a few clips to practice shooting video instead of stills. Until then, I wanted to show a little sample of some photos that I shot.

We will also post final results shortly!

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