Nate Yeomans-El Porto

Couple of shots of Nate Yeomans in the ECO Fullsuit surfing El Porto yesterday morning.

Photos: Mike Balzer

Holly Beck Surfing El Porto

Couple of shots of Holly Beck from last week surfing El Porto. Holly is wearing the women's Fusion Neo Zip fullsuit. Available in 4/3 and 3/2 mm. Photos by Mike Balzer

Body Glove Athletes Dominate the Catalina Classic

Congrats to Adam Buckley from Hermosa Beach for winning the 2010 Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race. Huge congrats to other Body Glove paddlers Anthony Vela, National Sales Manager Matt Walls and all of the other finishers! Here are some photos from the finish of the epic 32 mile paddleboard race. For the full story check out the Easy Reader story. All photos by Mike Balzer

Winner Adam Buckley heads to shore after 32 miles looking solid in his Vapors

Leo DiCaprio showed for a "king of the world" moment on the Disappearance

3rd place finisher and LA County Lifeguard Anthony Vela nears the finish at the MB Pier

Champion Adam Buckley celebrates at the finish in front of the local crowd

The finishers lineup of the Catalina Classic

Luke Stedman takes one on the head.

Here's a sequence out of the archives of Body Glove team rider, Luke Stedman, dropping in Backdoor and the taking a heavy lip to the head. He made it out of the water and said he was still dazed when he was walking up the beach. Photo were shot by Mike Balzer at the Pipemasters back in 2008.

Body Glove Surf Team in Nicaragua

Erica Hosseini- Look out Reef Girls

The Body Glove Team of Cheyne Magnusson, Erica Hosseini and Maria Del Mar have been down in Nicaragua hanging at Holly Beck's house surfing and shooting for some upcoming boardshorts and bikini campaigns. Below is an up to date post from deep in Nicaragua from Holly Beck.

First let me say we scored really fun waves this morning and got some great shots. We split up the team to maximize our productivity. Cheyne and Rob Giley went to check out a super shallow slab for tube shots and Mike Balzer, Scott Smith, and the ladies took a panga out to a big open water left reef. We all scored. It was a couple feet overhead but pretty mushy. Great for photos with a big drop and a solid turn but not at all scary.

Maria Del Mar Getting her fashion shoot style

Day one the beach out front was solid and hollow and good. The next day we went to a smaller playful beach. It was waist to chest high and mushy, but good for turns and photos.

Yesterday afternoon we went on an adventure to go check a bunch of other spots which involved some cool local scenery and off-roading, tide pool shell hunting, etc. We have been surfing a ton and getting some great shots. I hope you enjoy the first couple behind the scenes shots here. There will be a lot more coming.

Cheyne Magnusson Doing His Thing

Best Winter Ever-Part 3

Couple more shots from the recent weeks of surf in the South Bay.

Mike Losness and Dave "Nelly" Nelson hooking up for the water shot. Manhattan Beach.

Alex Gray. Manhattan Beach.

All Photos Mike Balzer

Hammerland-Sunday Dec 27th

Nate Yeomans-Photo: Tom Carey

Mike Losness-Photo: Mike Balzer

Alex Gray-Photo: Mike Balzer

Mike Losness and Alex Gray

Couple of shots from Mike Balzer of the Thursday morning surf session photoshoot.

Mike Losness

Alex Gray

Sequence shot of Matt Pagan

Nice sequence shot of Matt Pagan shot by Mike Balzer from this past Thursday down in the South Bay.

The Disappearance

Body Glove Co-Founder, Bob Meistrell, was out cruising the Body Glove boat last Saturday.  Local surf photographer, Mike Balzer, was out shooting photos and captured this shot.

Nate Yeomans

Team Rider: Nate Yeomans - Newport Beach - Saturday May 9th - Photos: Mike Balzer

Dusty Payne Photoshoot

Mike Balzer was out shooting in Newport Beach on Saturday with Body Glove team rider, Dusty Payne.