Father and son surf lesson in Morro Bay, CA. Father is Ben Monmonier, son is Julian Boqha Monmonier. I like this wholesome family-oriented series of 12 images of a father and his son bonding during a surf lesson. They had a great time, and the little grom Julian took the new surf name Boqha to commemorate this step in his life. Boqha has great form and is a natural. Watch for future commercial endorsements for this athlete. The father gave me permission to photograph their entire surf lesson today 21 Dec 2007 Friday 21dec2007 - Photo by Mike Baird, Canon 40D with 300mm f/2.8 IS lens handheld surfmorrobay.com bairdphotos.com flickr.bairdphotos.com photomorrobay.com morro-bay.com
BTY,the term "grom" is used in a very affectionate way to refer to a young capable surfer with talent us older guys will never match. :>)
22 June 2009 Creative Commons use note by INSPIKS Inspirational Pictures.
Creative Commons: This image is the main/only image on the Wikipedia "Grom" "Grommet" definition page. Wiki says in part ""Grommet" ("grom") is
a term used to describe a young participant in extreme sports. The
term originally was used in the sport of surfing for anyone under the
age of 16. However in recent years, the term has been expanded to
include other extreme sports, most notably skateboarding and
snowboarding... first became popular in the 1970s as part of
Australian slang. It was based on the word "Gremmie", which
was used in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, which was
derived from the word "Gremlin"... The word was originally a
derogatory term for an inexperienced surfer, but has become an
accepted term for all young participants. For example, the British
Surfing Association offers a Grommet Surf Club for young
surfers."
This image also illustrates the related Wiktionary "grom" page.
19 Feb 2010 another cool Creative Commons use.
26Aug2010
Øyvind Evenstuen has sent you a message on Flickr.
Subject: One of your pictures is in use by a norwegian newspaper
Date: 26th August, 2010
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that this picture: www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127311117/
is being used cropped in a newspaper here in norway. I have never
gotten around to read all the stuff about creative commons, but I
didnt think it allowed commercial use of images.
This is one of the countrys three largest papers. Link to article:
www.dagbladet.no/2010/08/25/tema/foreldre/klikk/13114061/
Øyvind
Richard E. Ducker, mnods, picture prefect, HenriqueFelix, and 30 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Richard E. Ducker 65 months ago | reply
Spectaluar sequence of pictures!!!!
picture prefect 59 months ago | reply
absolutley adorable. great catch!
Copper Kettle 53 months ago | reply
Uploaded to WikiCommons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Father_and_son_surf_lesso...
mikebaird 53 months ago | reply
Copper Kettle Copper Kettle Thanks for adding this image to Wikimedia!
Re: at www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127311117/you said "Uploaded to the WIkiCommons:"
BTY, "grom" is used in a very affectionate way to refer to a young capable surfer with talent us older guys will never match. :>)
Copper Kettle 53 months ago | reply
And thank you for the outstanding pictures!
Unless global warming brings the ocean to Ural Mountains, I will never match any skill on the board.. (0: So more and more surfers are groms to me. (0:
Let it illustrate the grom page at Wiktionary. ^_^
loswl 48 months ago | reply
Very Special shot!!, love the watchful eye of the father :o)
Congratulations this Photo is being featured in on INSPIKS .com
mikebaird 48 months ago | reply
loswl Thanks for the 22 June 2009 Creative Commons use note by INSPIKS Inspirational Pictures, re: my father-son surf image
loswl 48 months ago | reply
You are welcome, Thanks :o)
auntiepauline 45 months ago | reply
What fun!
lamoustique 45 months ago | reply
Wonderful shot! I love it.
taoarts 40 months ago | reply
I am appreciatively using this picture at www.stuckfress.com/stress-quotes-archive.html.
mikebaird 40 months ago | reply
taoarts wrote
Thanks - looks great. Appreciate the comment and heads-up! In the future a link to the image source page ( www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127311117/ in this case ) is preferred so people can find the original easier.
Come back for more images Torrey.
mikebaird 33 months ago | reply
Øyvind Evenstuen has sent you a message on Flickr.
Subject: One of your pictures is in use by a norwegian newspaper
Date: 26th August, 2010
Hi
I just wanted to tell you that this picture: www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2127311117/
is being used cropped in a newspaper here in norway. I have never gotten around to read all the stuff about creative commons, but I didnt think it allowed commercial use of images.
This is one of the countrys three largest papers.
Link to article:
www.dagbladet.no/2010/08/25/tema/foreldre/klikk/13114061/
Øyvind
lorigosselin 18 months ago | reply
Hi Mike,
Again one of your photos is perfect for my post! (and another coming before Christmas!)
Thanks so much for this!
I used it here:
lifeforinstance.com/2011/11/14/talent-or-skills-which-one...
Lori
mikebaird 18 months ago | reply
lifeforinstance.com/2011/11/14/talent-or-skills-which-one... where you differentiate talent vs. skills. The photo works here. Come back for more.