Some Swell Rides from Brian Herron on Vimeo.
Here we find Taylor Moore aka "The Matador," Joe-C, and Cave on a late winter C-street strike mission. As you might expect the air temp was 33f, and the water was in the mid to low 40's.
With conditions like these I like to try to play some fast music in the car in hopes of loosening up the dance muscles for frigid surf riding, but no matter how jive things are in the car, once your in the water a whole different kine music creeps into your head. On this day, Joe had already surfed in the morning so he graciously opted for the camera while Taylor and I laid down some cold water lines.
This was perhaps my last surfing session in Wrightsville.
It must be noted here that T. Moore is one of the best surfers in Wilmington, if not the whole of NC, in not the whole of the world... The guy is versatile, powerful, and stylish. He can ride big waves and small waves. Any board. And there is no one more hard-core--almost all of my six hour surf sessions have been with Taylor, he just loves the water for what it is. Also, I should mention that Taylor is not known as "El Matador" by anyone in particular, but I've always kind of thought of his surf style much like that of the Spanish Matador... as he ever so gracefully glides along the swells of the sea, turning powerfully and at times radically to ultimately position himself within their most dangerous and most beautiful heart places.
