While only a handful of these photographs are taken from land, all of these photographers shoot from in the water here in California. Call it insane or call it ‘Looking For a Death Sentence,’ these individuals constantly push the limits and the boundaries between man and Mother Nature just for the sake of capturing one fleeting moment at 1/1000 of a second.
Click on each photog’s name to see more of their amazing work.

Myles McGuinness // Oceanside

Bryce Lowe-White // Rancho Palos Verde

Branden Aroyan // Santa Barbara

Todd Glaser // San Diego

Rick Lesser // Manhattan Beach

Chris Burkard // Santa Barbara

Chaz Curry // Long Beach

Mike Smolowe // Los Angeles

Kevin Roche // Encinitas

David Pu’u // Santa Barbara

Jason Kenworthy // Dana Point

Shawn Parkin // Dana Point

Tom Carey // Seal Beach

Shannon Switzer // San Diego

Damea Dorsey // San Diego

Ryan Tatar // San Francisco

Adam Warmington // San Francisco