Memorial DayThank you to all the men and women who have served in the US military
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@deadkooks @victoriavergara
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Happy to hear @therealaarongold is doing good after his near death drowning in Fiji. Thanks to all the people who saved Aaron and gave him CPR. Aaron has a huge heart and is loved by a lot of people. I'm happy he is ok and to have him as a friend
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CloudbreakI took this photo during the thundercloud swell a few years ago. The waves were incredible all day, this photo was when we were leaving the lineup, this was the last photo in a roll of film I had in my widelux panoramic camera. Good luck to all the big wave chargers out in Fiji for the big swell!
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|Brook| ( @brookpower ) for @rhythmgirls new campaign 'California Dreaming' out now
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Smooth Through the Curves.A short film I made on @skobyjoe about his pottery, his family, work and surfing. Playing tonight at the SanDiego Surf film festival. For more info check @sdsurffilmfestival
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Nic Lamb right after finding out he won the Titans of Mavericks big wave event! @titansofmavericks @nic_lamb
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The Search
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San DiegoAnother amazing weekend in SD! Good waves and fun times with friends! I had a great anniversary with my wife and I spent some quality time with my mom on Mother's Day! Also had a blast at the Saint Archer party!
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RK (@hydrodynamica )
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Puerto Escondido, Mexico.I took this photo one year ago during the biggest swell that's ever hit the beachbreak.
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Saturday!! @saintarcherbrew
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Brook for @rhythmgirls new campaign 'California Dreamin', out now@brookpower
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Henry HuntHenry always manages to catch the best waves, here's a photo from a recent south swell
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"I almost drowned out there."I heard that phrase a lot throughout the south swell in Puerto Escondido on May 3, 2015. One of the leading forecasting sites claimed this storm was a ''Massive platinum blob with a truly elite The main road on the beach was shut down because there were rogue waves going into stores and restaurants. The Mexican national guard were patrolling the streets. A saw a family get swept off a low bridge, sending a young girl away in an ambulance.
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w/ @anastasiaashley
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IrelandA few years back I chased a series of huge swells to Ireland. I stayed with Fergal Smith and he showed me all of his terrifying big wave spots. The day this photo was taken was halfway through my 3 week trip, and I already almost drowned twice. Fergal had the stomach flu and couldnt surf, thats him and a friend out on the point watching the massive waves. The wave was a 100 foot point break that broke into a 50 foot closeout. I thought we would die if we surfed it. Big wave surfer Tom Lowe had his jetski ready, he looked me in the eyes and said Derek I will tow you into one of those waves and I promise on my life that I will rescue you if you fall. I knew Tom would risk his life for me, and he already has on that trip, but I couldnt do it. Too dangerous. I was scared and didnt want any part of it, Sorry Lowey, im not going out there. This photo was also on the cover of DEKKA volume 2, a 60 page photo zine I recently made. @tomloweyo @mickeysmithetc @rustylong
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80 degrees on California coast today
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Kayla enjoying the San Diego coastal rainforest
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Post-surf beach time with Kayla
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La Jolla It was suppose to rain this weekend but we ended up having some great surf, beach days and BBQ's!
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Beautiful weekend in San Diego!Fun surfing and hanging with @annaehrgott
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ANNA Looking for surf with @annaehrgott
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Sunrise Mavericks paddle out with Zach Wormhoudt ( @small_wave )Zach's been surfing Mavericks since the early nineties and still charges it every swell. Zach's known for paddling out in the dark to beat the crowds. Check out this photo and more in the link in my profile or go to surfingmagazine.com @surfingmagazine
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MavericksGo to @surfingmagazine or click the link in my profile to check out my photos and captions! Big thanks to surfing magazine for the nice write-up and feature. @jimmicane @petertaras I'm almost done with DEKKA volume 3, I'll keep everyone posted on an upcoming photo show!
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Jaws Tow-surfers taking advantage of the empty lineup during the Brock swell, most of the worlds best big wave paddle-in surfers were competing in the Eddie Aikau big wave event at Waimea bay. Albee Layer, Will Skudin and Trevor Carlson were the only surfers paddling that morning. When I first paddled out, Albee was alone in the lineup, he was the only one trying to paddle.
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Fun day surfing and cruisin with @miz_niz @justindcote @donnystevens
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DD x HBO x Titans of MavericksTomorrow 7pm I feel very honored to be featured on this show , Inside HBO sports covers athletes and sports in the highest caliber. I've spent the past 10 years of my life surfing Mavericks and this year was my first time in the contest. I didn't take this competition lightly, I prepared physically and mentally for this event. Big wave surfing is always emotional, you can see all the ups and downs in this show. Thank you to all my friends and family for the love and support, thanks for believing in me and sticking by my side while I followed my dreams. Never give up! @titansofmavericks
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Gettin LOW during the Titans of Mavericks big wave event this winter Dropping into a big wave is a lot like a skateboarder dropping into a vert ramp,all your weight is in the front foot, you close your eyes and have 100% confidence that you'll make it. @titansofmavericks
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Congrats to my buddy Big Benny and his newborn baby! I took this photo when Ben was in town to surf a big Mavericks swell! Look at the happiness in his eyes!@pitmove
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Will SkudinCheck out the article 'The invisible jaws session' on Surfermag.com. Will Skudin paddled the left alone during the Brock swell. I took this photo right after he came in, congrats to Will on a great winter season @whitewaterwilly
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Back in San DiegoThis is kinda how my brain feels after 5 months of surfing big waves
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JawsThis photo was taken on Feb. 25, The same day as the Eddie event #brockswell
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Baby Duke!! Duke was born in December, and my brother just got him, he's so funny!
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Trouble in paradise
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Jaws yesterday morningIt took me 45 minutes to get the courage to jump off the rocks. It was terrifying. There was massive shorebreak on the big boulders. When I paddled out I witnessed Albee's incredible tube ride, It was amazing. Will Skudin caught 3 big lefts I broke my board on the rocks when I went in, but it was an exciting day and happy to make it in with no injuries.
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Off to Hawaii!!
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CommitmentI committed the whole El Nio winter to surfing Mavericks. I surfed every swell and didn't have any wipeouts until this one. When this wave came in, it looked like a double up, 2 waves in one. I committed.I stood up and was trying to knife my surfboard down the face, but I got launched. I slammed really hard, it felt like a car wreck. I got sucked up and over and went really deep. Instead of getting pushed in towards the channel, I was pushed down deep causing my leash to tighten and my board to tombstone.
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Oceanside w/ @coulterjacobs
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What a weekend! Big thank you to @titansofmavericks for giving me the opportunity to compete against the worlds best big wave surfers. Thank you to all the Mavericks locals, to my friends and family for all the love and support. I've committed my entire winter to Mavericks and I tried my best. Thanks to everyone who worked on this event and spent all their time to make it world-class. Congrats to @nic_lamb and @travpayne
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Titans of Mavericks big wave contest is ON tomorrow 8 am!!! Watch live @redbulltv I'm in heat 1Thank you to everyone for all the love and support
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It's on!!!!! @titansofmavericks I'm an official competitor!!!!!!
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Lost surfboard in Aptos/Santa Cruz area!!!!My black/silver 10 foot board bag flew out of the back of my truck on southbound 1 around Mar monte and park drive, I turned back and looked for 45 minutes but couldn't find it, The board is my favorite big wave gun, a 10'0 Stu Kensen with green rails and blue bottom. Stu shaped me this board in 2004 and it's still my best board. I'm bummed but hopefully Ill get it back! Thank you!
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Mavericks Yesterday morningWorst wipeout of the year for meThanks to @chachfiles and @surfer_magazine for capturing and sharing
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Beautiful day in CA
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This mornings Mavericks beat downBetter than a cup of coffeeI paddled out in the dark this morning, had a pretty good warmup wave before this wipeout, stoked to not have any injuries after slamming so hard. Gotta pay to play@powerlinesproductions
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@cassandradawnxo
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Tracy Bryant ( @tracybryant ) Behind the scenes for an upcoming music video
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Non-stop waves in California Hope everyone has a great weekend
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Couple fun ones last night: @powerlinesproductions Fun surfing with @colindwyer @travpayne @small_wave @guessinggriff @rseelbach Hopefully some more today
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Baja: @corey_wilson
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John John, Cape Town, South Africa.I took a boat out to dungeons with John, Frank, Albee and Blake, they were filming for @viewfromabluemoon
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It was fun competing in the Todos Santos big wave challenge yesterday!!Thanks to everyone for all the support and to Gary Linden, @wsl @peter_mel for the opportunity.Another great trip to Mexico and stoked to keep chasing all these El Nio storms!
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Todos Santos big wave contest has been called ON for Sunday! I'm in the contest! There will be a live broadcast Photo : Tom Cozad
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Massive MavericksLast Thursday was really big and wild.I paddled out with @nic_lamb @small_wave @skin_dizzle , It took 45 minutes and I probably bailed and swam under 15 waves. We could hear the ambulance taking GMac away. When we got to the lineup, there was a huge 2nd reef set of waves. Ended up surfing for 5 hours and catching some good ones I was riding a 10'2 Stu Kenson quad. Photo @davidgrant18
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Roadtrip!!
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Mavericks 1/7/2016Photo by @phil_gibbs Thanks to @surfingmagazine for the photo and nice words
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Big waves in California yesterday!!!!Crazy session with @skin_dizzle @small_wave @nic_lamb Hope Gmac heals up after his horrendous wipeout @mcnamara_s
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Tube city Looking forward to getting some warm tubes soon
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Cheers to more of this in 2016
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Amanda@varley
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2016: I'm inspired more than ever to push my photography, videos and big wave surfing.I also want to spend more time with my friends and family Anyone out there want to shoot some photos or make some videos?Email me at derekdunfee@gmail.com or DM me on IG Photo by my friend and legend photographer Ben Grillo ( @bengrillo )
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Today's my birthday Thanks to everyone for all the love and support this year. 2015 was a good year and I know 2016 will be better. Looking forward to catching some bigger waves and working on new photo and video projects.Photo : @frank_quirarte_photo
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@senorwoodgrainjames and his 51' 'Goldie' from last weekends JV automotive shindig
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Anastasia @anastasiaashley
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Tracy BryantLead singer of the band CornersThis photo is from a music video I'm working on with @tracybryant and @tacc0sta #film #35mm
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California Dreaming w/ @coulterjacobs Last weekend, I drove down the coast with @coulterjacobs for the J&V's Garage Shindig in Chula Vista. Had a blast checking out all the custom cars and low riders , eating tacos and takin photos.Thanks for having me
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Morning cruise in this beauty w/ @coulterjacobs
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Morning coffee with @captainfinco @bengrillo @the_check_republic
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Smooth Through the Curves.A short film I made on @skobyjoe about his pottery, his family, work and surfing. Playing tonight at the SanDiego Surf film festival. For more info check @sdsurffilmfestival
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