A surfer drops into a wave as a cargo ship passes offshore along Florida's First Coast
First Coast Frames

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Surf photography from the First Coast — contest days, dawn patrols, and the breaks that define this stretch of Florida coast.

Surfer in mid-air above the wave lip during an aerial
Boosting above the lip, board hanging on.
Surfer snapping off the top of a breaking wave
Everything thrown into the snap.
Surfer performing a vertical re-entry off the lip
Straight up the face and back down.
Surfer hitting the lip vertically as the wave breaks
Catching the lip as it pitches.
Surfer performing a layback snap on a wave
Laid all the way back into it.
Surfer top turn throwing a fan of spray against the sky
A turn up top, spray everywhere.
Surfer carving and sending up a tall fan of whitewater
Rail buried, tail let loose.
Surfer driving through a powerful top turn
Full commitment into the turn.
Black and white photo of a surfer carving through backlit spray
Backlit spray, in black and white.
Surfer leaning into a bottom turn with arms wide
Arms wide, setting up the line.
Surfer turning inside a bowl of backlit spray
Wrapped in spray, sun behind.
Surfer carving a backlit cutback with the sun behind the spray
Cutback with the light coming through.
Surfer in a bottom turn with fingertips on the water
Fingers in the face on the bottom turn.
Surfer in a yellow contest jersey throwing a backside hack with a fan of whitewater
Backside hack, a wall of whitewater.
Young surfer riding backlit with hair and spray flying
Hair flying, backlit on the inside.
Black and white photo of a surfer in a flowing carve
A long carve in black and white.
Surfer in a cutback toward the whitewater
Bringing it back to the foam.
Surfer driving hard off the top with one arm extended
Thrown off the top, arm out.
Longboarder dragging a hand along the wave face
Hand in the wall, longboard trimming.
Surfer walking beside pilings and a no trespassing sign
Past the pilings and the warning sign.
Surf instructor helping a young rider catch a small wave
A push into the first few.
Young surfer riding a small wave toward the beach
A grom working the inside.
Female surfer in a competition jersey carving on a wave
Driving off the bottom in a contest jersey.
Young surf competitor interviewed on the beach after a heat
Between heats, a few questions on the sand.
A surfer walks into the water at first light on Florida's First Coast
Walking out at first light.
Florida Board Riders contest tents with U.S. and Florida flags at dawn
Flags up before the first heat.
A foil surfer glides above the water on Florida's First Coast
Up on the foil, above the water.
Two young surfers beside the Florida Cup trophy
Eyes on the Florida Cup.