Bryan Elkus

Author: Bryan Elkus

  • Cape Hatteras HWY12 Road Closure : Round 3

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    I headed back during lunch to see what I could see at the north end of Rodanthe in the Outer Banks of Cape Hatteras, NC. Things were way worse off than when I left the night before. David Carson, Matt, Claire, Jessie, Steve and I found that nearly all the sand dunes between Serendipity and northern S-Turns was flattened.

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    Waves were rolling across where the Highway use to be. Part of the concrete was breaking off and floating to the sound side.  Serindipity “Nights in Rodanthe House” was holding strong through the high tide but was taking a beating. It was again a sight to see.

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    HWY 12 Closure Photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.

  • NC HWY 12 Closed Part 2

    We again headed down to S-Turns at High Tide to see what the damage was like. The road was completely covered in sand and water. The water was rushing over the dunes and flooding the street.

    We again headed to the Serendipity, the house from the movie, “Nights in Rodanthe“. I took a few more shots there before we headed up to where the sand dunes use to be.

    The sunset illuminated the stormy sky into an unbelievable scene. The bull dozers were in action as we headed out so hopefully the road will be open tomorrow and the waves will be rideable…

    More HWY 12 Closure Photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.

  • NE’ster hits Cape Hatteras, NC

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    Checking the radar all day I spotted a clearing in the torrential down pouring rain and grabbed Chris, Stuckey and Claire and headed to S-Turns (the North end of town). It wasn’t closed off yet but the water was washing over the road on the bigger sets and it’s not high tide until 3pm.

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    We took some pictures of the Serendipity, the Nights in Rodanthe House (yeah the one from the movie), for a bit. The water was crashing up against the front fo the house and then running up the dune in front of the house. Then headed over to where the water was eroding the dunes. All that was stopping the water from washing away the road are some very large sand bags. It was quite the sight to see this afternoon! It started to pour again so we packed it up and headed out…

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    HWY 12 Closure Photos: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.

  • Elkus Photos on REAL Home Page

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    A couple of my favorite shots are now live on REAL Watersports‘ Home Page.  They are a collection of kite and surfing shots from this past year with some of our team riders including: Jason Slezak, Sam Bell, Zack Johnson, Laura Vroman and Matt Keenan.

  • Wind and Waves are Comming

    Whoaaaaa, things are about to get interesting around here quick!

  • Pumping Weekend Waves

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    As the Island starts to close down for the season by celebrating the end of season at Lisa’s Pizza, the waves continue to pump. This weekend we saw some fantastic surf. Saturday was smaller and playful. It looks like this weekend could be interesting as well… Check out some of the pics:

  • Jason Slezak / Elkus Cover

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    It has been a long time coming but Jason Slezak and I finally lined up a cover shot for kiteboarding.de. This was one of the shoots we did while Andre Phillip was in town this summer. Slezy, Dre and I cranked out two fun shoots with the barrel and it seemed to be worthwhile!

    UPDADE:

    Brian Smith and I also scored a full page, while Dylan and I had a full page spread aswell.

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  • ERGO Ad in Transworld

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    In the Jan 2010 Transworld Surf appears a new Ergophobia ad featuring a night surf shot of Matt Keenan taken while the guys were in Cape Hatteras a few weeks back. The ad on p55 turned out stellar, so take a sneak peak, while you pick up the issue!

  • 3rd place Hurricane Bill Photo Contest

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    My new fins just came in courtesy of transworldsurf and magicseaweed.com. I placed third in a photo contest they had during Hurricane Bill. I’m not sure who the other winner or images were but I was stoked on a pair of new Future fin sets.

    Here is a Slideshow from Hurricane Bill: