2005 Gulfster Picture Section

Heath Smith

Holiday Swells
12/29/05 More Down South
12/29/05 (Last swell of 2005) Pinellas and Down South
Leftovers Down South 12/27/05 - Kim Bright
Mixed 12/25 - 12/26 photos around WFL
Monday 12/26/05 Gulfster Down South
Down South Monday 12/26/05 Photos By Kim Bright
Xmas day in North Pinellas, photos by Mike Young
12/27/05 Down South Leftovers by Kim Bright

A Gulfster - Cali Transplant sends in some photos of Cali
going off on a winter swell 12/21/05 By Rick Powell
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12/16/05
12/16/05 St. Pete Pics
12/16/05 Down South Pics by Kim Bright
12/16/05 North Pinellas Pics

Cold Front 12/6/05
Pics from down south by Kim Bright

East Coast 12/3/05 - 12/4/05
Pictures from the Inlet 12/04/05
Volcom Sea Cow Comp 1/2 Click Here Pics 2/2 Click Here Pics Inlet Video
Surfshack Surf Team Pics @ The ESA Contest 12/3/05 @ Cocoa Pier

Skip & Hatch In Mexico

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Down South 11/30/05
Pics By Kim Bright
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SE FL - Jupiter 11/23/05
Pics By Jorge Bezold
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5 days of waves in WFL 11/21 - 11/25
Click Here For Pics From Friday 11/25
Click Here For Pics From Thursday 11/24
Click Here Down South Wednesday 11/23
Click Here For Pics From Tuesday 11/22
Click Here for Pics from Monday 11/21
Click Here for More Pics from 11/23
Tuesday And Wednesday

First Front
Wilma Sucked down an October cold front
10/25/05 Down South
Pics by Kim Bright

Hurricane Wilma
Yaba-Daba-Doo
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Down South 10/8/05
Low pressure in the Gulf brought a quick window
of swell in the Gulf.
See the shots

Hurricane Rita
Another Cat 5 storm in the Gulf
Rita Picture Section

Hurricane Ophelia
One of the best swells to hit the East Coast in 2005
Ophelia Pics

Hurricane Katrina - A devistating Cat 5 Monster storm that would later nearly destroy New Orleans. This is a huge picture section all around West FL and some from the Panhandle.
Katrina Picture Gallery

Chicks That Rip
Gulfster Takes a look at a few of the ladies our ripping the gulf...
Chicks That Rip

Look to the West
An article about surfing Florida's West Coast by Jeff Neely
Article & pics

Egmont Key

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Nicaragua
Surf pics
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8/24/05 Japan
2 typhoons hit Japan
Checkout some pics

05' X-Games Pics

Related Articles East Coast Wins 3rd Consecutive X Game -- without Slater

Local Lopez bros surf to gold

East Coast - Come On Irene
Hurricane Irene formed far out in the Atlantic.
But gave the East coast a couple nice days of surf.
Saturday 8/13/05

Cocoa Beach 8/14/05

East Coast
Fun session at the Inlet
Sebastian Inlet 8/9/05

Low PressureSpinning near the FL Panhandle brings a swell to WFL
small but rideable swell for 3 days in WFL
Pics from 8/6/05 & 8/7/05

East Coast - Tropical Storm Franklin 7/23/05
The water was clear, the waves were small but fun from Franklin
Spanny House Pics

Hurricane Emily -
2 days of groundswell in WFL
Tuesday 7/19/05

Thursday 7/21/05

Hurricane Dennis -
Best swell in WFL since Ivan of last year
Saturday 7/9/06
Sunday 7/10/05
Monday 7/11/05 • - VIDEO

Tropical Storm Arlene

First named storm 2005
Saturday Down South 6/11/05

Sunday Down South 6/12/05 • - VIDEO

Summer of The Shark

Shark photos from all around Florida
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A Low Pressure system was in the Gulf for most of the Week.
And we saw some early summertime surf to start the month of June.
Saturday Morning Leftovers Bradenton 6/4/05

Wednesday June 1st In St. Pete

Pierfest '05
Annual Pierfest held in Downtown St. Pete every May.
This year Sly5 and others held another great event.

Mexico
By Paul Marchant

5/6/05 Skim Pinellas
The skim was pretty good and the
pictures came out good. Check them out.

Festival of Sun 4/30/05

Hatfield Open
The skim was choppy for the festival of the Sun Saturday,

A Gulfster in Baghdad

Jason Fernández, Firefighter
Sather AB – Baghdad, Iraq

4/24/05 Gulf Swell
Pictures from Pinellas in the morning and Venice
beaches in the afternoon. Clean fun swell for so
late in the season. MORE PICS ADDED FROM MIKE YOUNG.

Pipeline Meets Florida
Epic swell April 17th

4/20/05 Jah Surf Party at Boomers.

The party was good with good music, surf vids,
people and spirits. Check out some of the pictures.

4/03/05 South of Pinellas
Great clean up day in the morning with light to side-off shore
winds. By the late afternoon the winds came on it a little.
Good pictures check them out.

Pics sent in 4/2/05 - 4/3/05 around West FL.
Big thanks to everyone who sends in there pics, everyone gets stoked seeing all the different breaks go off in the gulf.

4/02/05 North Pinellas Beaches
Strong late front produced some waist to chest and bigger
choppy conditions for all pinellas beaches. Here are some
pictures from the North County Beaches.

Cocoa Beach Easter Skim Comp
Checkout some pics from the Easter Skim Comp in Cocoa
sent in by Jason Bright

"The contest was pretty good considering the size of the swell and what they had to work with"

3/29/05 Gulf Beaches
Some morning pictures from Eric Brown on south county beaches. Also pictures from Pinellas beaches in the afternoon.

3/28/05 Pinellas Beach
Strong winds all day with Waist to Chest
high surf by the afternoon.

3/24/05 Pinellas Beaches
Waves were still hanging around clean in the knee high
range. Skim was real good.

3/23/05 Pinellas Beaches
Normally our March isn't that great for waves in the gulf.
This March is totally different. Another day of waist
high surf in the gulf.

3/19/05 Hatfield Pig Roast
at The Surf Shack
The Surf Shack was the host of the Pig Roast.
Here is pictures of the event.

3/18/05 Pinellas County Beaches
Another day of waves in the Gulf. Almost a four day stretch
of waves. Here are some pictures of the leftover swell.

3/13/05 Venice Skim
Checkout a couple still frames from the skim down in Venice

3/12/05 Pinellas County Beaches
A full day of clean swell in the Gulf. Lots of pictures
There is two sections. This is the first set of pictures
from Pinellas county beaches.

3/12/05 Second Page
This page has some video clips and pictures
from the day of sunny swell in the gulf.

3/11/05 Pinellas County Beaches
The swell was beginning to build. Some small
longboard waves. Check out the pics.

3/8/05- Pinellas Beaches
The surf was good around waist to chest.
Plenty of photo op's. Check out the pictuers from
Gulfster.com and Mike Young.

3/8/05- South County Beaches
Kim Bright has done it again. Here are Some pics
from the South Gulf Coast Countys.

3/01/05 - Pinellas Beaches and down South...
The surf was up for the 3rd straight day in the Gulf,
checkout Tuesdays pics from West Florida

2/28/05 - Pinellas Beaches and down South...
Mike Young's pictures from Down South of Aaron Corn,
Kyle Applefield and others... Also some pictures from Pinellas County 2/28/05, finally some west wind and swell!

2/20/05 Sebastian Inlet
ESA competition at the inlet with some gulf coast
talent representing. Check out the pictures
from gulfster at the event.

2/15/05 St. Pete Skim
Some small 1' groundswell here in St. Pete.
Good clean skim.

2/11/05
More Pics from Pinellas N. Beaches by Mike Young
and a couple pics from Venice

2/11/05 North Pinellas
Fun session with semi-choppy waist height conditions.
Everyone was out, great time.

2/10/05 St. Pete
Not much just some choppy wind swell.
Still fun when you need to surf.

2/04/05 St. Pete,
Small weak front in St. Pete. We saw some Knee to maybe better conditions but very clean. Good for long boarding.

2/5/05 Skim
Check out these
sick skim pics from down south. last Saturday sent in by Matt Mac

1/27/05 Manasota Skim
check out these pics from
Manasota on Thursday 1/27/05

1/26/05 Surfing South FL
check out these pics from South FL Wednesday 1/26
David McNeill continues his passion surfing stewart
lonboards and south florida.

TAMPA AM at the S.P.O.T.
The Tampa AM this is the biggest amature skateboarding competition in the U.S. and number 2 in the World. This is where all the best amature skaters come to compete.
Check out all the coverage from Gulfster.

Along with NEW VIDEO of the Tampa AM.

Hatfield Video Premiere
Hatfield held a premiere party at Boomers in Seminole for their new movie puerto rico files. The party went off with out a hitch. Check out all the action from the event.

1/23/05 North Beaches
After the Hatfield Premiere party everyone was around to surf
the gulf swell on Sunday. Pictures of Cory Lopez, Nick G. and others
all surfing in the Gulf.

1/17/05 South Florida
Long flat spell in the Gulf had gulfsters traveling for surf.
Pictures are from South Florida and Cocoa Pier.
With a short video clip from Cocoa.

1/13 - 1/14/05 First Swell
It wasnt much but it was something after the
long flat spell we just had. 1/14/05 it was good
in the morning and faded fast.

1/2 - 1/6/05 Globe Pro Sebastian Inlet
This section has lots of links of coverage and pictures of
the event . It was a great day for surfing in Florida.
The pros saw waist to chest with off shore the day of the Finals.
Great pictures a must see!!