Central Florida

April Swell Part One / April 12, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

Crazy days.

We all saw the forecast for this swell at least two weeks out and boy did it look promising for a few of those first days. Surfline called for 9-11ft at first, then it dropped to 1-3ft with bad winds, then about the day of the swell it called for 4-5ft with occasional 7ft and solid off shore winds. Thats when we all got hyped and started to lose our minds and that is when the alarm clocks go off at 4am and the coffee gets brewed on triple strength. Haha, typical FL stuff... The real story always unfolds when you walk up to the sand and get your first sight of whats really happening.

No complaints from me on what turned out to truthfully be a 1-3 ft day with really strong offshore winds. It let us down a little in the morning, but we literally spent the entire day trying to find what we were looking for, and all that time spent searching turned into an honest day's work with a great reward, as usual I would say.

Check out the gallery of Central Florida having yet one more super fun day this winter.

Chauncey Robinson Lay Back Hack in the Pocket. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto).

I imagine myself sounding like a WSL announcer saying "Oh Chauncey Robinson with a layback jam in the pocket, perfect finish there potz"

Chauncey Robinson getting fins free on his backhand.

Chauncey Robinson. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto).

Spanish House, Florida. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Spanish House, Florida. Surf Photography by Nathaniel Harrington

Chauncey Robinson at Spanish House, Florida. Surf Photography by Nathaniel Harrington

The real locals, surfing as they always do.

Chauncey Robinson in the Barrel at Spanish House, FL. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Wiley Robinson in the Barrel at Spanish House, FL. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Spanish House, Florida. Surf Photography by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Spanish House, FL. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Wiley Robinson joined us on his 21st birthday and cracked a few off the top.

Chauncey Robinson at Spanish House, FL. Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

Chauncey Robinson finding that rare gem, one of the better barrels we have linked up on in this spot.

Jade Morgan making sure he found a barrel as well.

It was one of those days with a lot of down time waiting for tides and such. So i got to hang out with the boys, eat eggs and bacon, and enjoy this FL lifestyle we get to live. Tough days to be a kid.

Photo by Nathaniel Harrington (natehphoto)

This may not be a perfect a-frame but if this doesn't look appealing to you then there is something wrong. I'm amazed walking down to the beach most of the time, especially when the water, sky and land look like this!

What a day to enjoy.

This is labeled as part one because there is a part two. Later this day we ended back at Sebastian Inlet and well you'll have to check back in to see what happened there.

Thanks so much for taking a look,

-Nathaniel Harrington

@natehphoto @chaunchoo @wileyrobinson @jademorgan

NSB on Monday / March 31, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

Back in Florida and frothing to shoot.

A bunch of rad groms including Caroline Marks are in town for the NSSA East Coast Championships, so i headed up to NSB to see them and try to get some shots. Surf is small but fun this week, just enough to get some turns in.

Always stoked to shoot with the Glenn's as well, and they are always killing it so it makes it easy. Always a good time with those guys.

Daniel Glenn in New Smyrna Beach, Photo Nathaniel Harrington

So good to see the East Coasts most talented female ripper, Caroline Marks.

Small but fun enough, Daniel Glenn can make the most out of days like this.

Strongest backhand this side of the Mississippi, Caroline Marks always impresses.

Matthew Glenn in New Smyrna Beach, Photo Nathaniel Harrington

Matthew Glenn was trying so hard to find a wedge to link up on with me, and then I almost missed this wave as I was snapping some images of Natalie Glenn, the Glenn's ripping mom! But, Managed to hip shoot this frame and kinda like it.

Caroline's youngest brother Dawson Marks. He's a fire ball and the raddest grom I know.

Its good to see Daniel recovering from an ankle injury. He's definitely getting his air game back on point.

Matthew Glenn hunting down some weggies with me. Stoked to link up so much even in tough conditions. Like I said, they make it easy. Stoked!

Not a bad way to start of a week. Monday's aren't all that bad.

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great day!

-Nathaniel Harrington

Fluid Magazine. Cover #3 and El Nino Story. / March 9, 2016 by Nathaniel Harrington

Its a great day when you get the notification that you have one more cover in the bag. Today I landed my third cover, second this month(#2 story coming soon).

Matthew Glenn and I linked up on a few decent barrels down south this past February where we got this shot now featured as page #1 in Fluid Magazine. Its an honor and a privilege, so stoked!

Make sure to flip over to the El Nino story to check out several more of my shots including some of Daniel Glenn, Tommy Coleman, and a beautiful empty barrel shot to kick it off.

Again Thanks Fluid Mag and Matthew!

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

the Chuan Part 1. / December 10, 2015 by Nathaniel Harrington

I say the Chaun Part 1 because i know parts 2- infinity are still on their way, I'll try to keep tract.

I really enjoy shooting with Chauncey Robinson, he's one of the best, most humble surfers I've ever met. Its always a pleasure.

Yesterday had some fun, brief moments at the inlet, check 'em out.

December and the wetsuits are back. getting ready for buuurrrr.....

If yo rever find yourself standing around with me, and there just happens to be a camera in my hand, there's a solid chance that lifestyles follow.

Pretty stoked on these Vissla Wetsuits, they are looking pretty clean cut. Chaun models them well.

Thank You for stopping by!

-Nathaniel Harrington

@natehphoto @chaunchoo @Visslasurf

Winter Months. / December 7, 2015 by Nathaniel Harrington

Tiss the Season... for surf.

Here's another great morning we had at Sebastian Inlet last week. Chest high fun with Chauncey Robinson, Wiley Robinson, Paul Reineke, and Dave Speir.