Sunset Beach Surf...

I was driving by Sunset Beach on the North Shore, and, luckily, had my camera in tow.  The North Shore this time of year is full of big surf, professional surfers and heavy traffic - there is only a two lane road that runs past it.   This day was during the Vans Competition, however, a competition was not happening at the moment I was there; probably because the surf was not big enough.  Fortunately, that meant I found a parking spot and did not have to wait in 1 mph traffic for  2-3 hours (seriously not exaggerating the potential traffic situation).  Competitions often last for a week or so.  The organization running it picks which days the competition will happen based on surf forecasts.  Ideally, they pick the days with the biggest surf.  At the bottom are a few sets of pictures strung together of surfers riding the waves.  I'm a sucker for some good scenery shots so I took a few pictures of the beach too, so I'll start with those.

All the little dots are surfers that are haphazardly in some sort of "line" awaiting their turn at a wave. 

Here are two sets of pictures with surfers riding Pipeline.  You can click on the first picture and it will open a picture window.  Then just click directly on the picture and it will cycle through and you can watch a small time lapse of the surfer ride Pipeline.

Picture Set 1:

   

Picture Set 2:

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