No Waves but Plenty of Wind...


Not much going on in the wave department lately. There has been some good windy days though. This is my brother, he owns the other part of Tidal Stock. We love to enjoy what ever Mother Nature give us, surf, wind or snow.

Happy Earth Week...

Ultimate Boarder Competition Comes to Ventura

It has been a little while since I have posted anything sorry. A lot has been going on. I two trips coming up in May. First week of may I am off to Bermuda, then I come home for a week then off to Kauai. I am looking forward to both trips!!! I haven't been to Bermuda and it looks amazing. I can't wait to hit some warm water. The water around here has been freezing.

This week I was shooting the Ultimate Boarder Competition. It's basically a triathlon for extreme sports athletes. Athletes compete in surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding and the one with the best 3 combines scores wins($30,000). The cool part is that the surfing and the skateboarding were held here in Ventura. The snowboarding took place at Squaw Valley. Here are a few photos from the surfing and skateboarding.


Klye Knox from Imperial Beach, California was surfing flawlessly on Wednesday and ended up with a 2nd place finish in the surf part of the event.


It was Eric Mchenry from Encinitas California who squeaked by Kyle in the finals to take first.


Chad Shetler from Dana Point, California took first place in the skateboarding part of the event.


But it was this man from Carlsbad, California, Aaron Astorga also know as double A, who took home the $30,000. Check out all the info at ultimateboarder.com.

Here is a little project I did while attending Brooks Institute of Photography. I called it Urban Shark.

My friend Chris Fowler recently opened an apparel shop in Solana Beach: Fowler's. It is a cool shop and if you are in San Diego check it out. Besides clothes he also displays some cool art including Jennifer Becker's and mine. He is having a little party this Saturdays. If you are in town come over and hang out, it should be a great time. Read the press release below for more info.



Fowler's is having a kicks and canvases party. New featured artist will be Jason Woodside. Other artiest already displaying work include Dustin Oritiz, Blake, Frias and photographers Ryan Cardone and Jennifer Becker. Party starts at 6pm Saturday March 22nd. There will be a DJ and tasty beer provided by Trumer Pils. After party at Beachside Bar & Grill. Fowler's is located at 731 S. Highway 101 Suite 1A3, Solana Beach. More info at fowlersurf.com.

About Fowler's: Fowler's is the newest store in North County, San Diego offering an urban, street, surf, fashion apparel. Our shop has a gallery feel with original art all over the walls and introducing new artiest every month, and a 50" Plasma with an incredible sound system for videos and games. Perfect for our monthly events and parties. Open 7 days a week from about 11am...to 8pm...cheers!!!

Some quick news:


TidalStock now has an Official Blog! Don't worry this blog is not going anywhere. We are quickly growing we wanted a Blog just for TidalStock. We would love for you to check it out and let us now what you think. It is a very visual Blog! Tons to look at!!! Check it out here.

I will keep posting on this blog, it will be the Ryan Cardone Photography, TidalStock, TidalPhotos, and what ever else I am in the mood to talk about....blog....


More great news: If you search on Google: Surfing Stock Photography We come up number one. Our team has been working hard to get us to the top for our specific search terms. Well it is paying off: Thank you to our team for all their hard work!


Well that is it for now, the photos are all Ventura Rippers. Photo 1- Spencer Reagan Photo 2- Noah Erickson and Photo 3- Mike McCabe.

We are on the List!!!!

Rob Haggart over at aphotoeditor.com added TidalStock.com to his list of Stock Photo Agencies. This is great news to us and we thank Rob for adding us to the list. Check it out here.

Here are a few wave photos from today.


These are from another surfing session where I attach the camera to my surfboard. I have the camera take a picture every two seconds. It's cool because I never know what I will end up with.





This shot, the camera is still on my board. Sometimes I end up with some abstract images. I kind of like it.

Snowboard Contest at Mt.High


Over the weekend I was at Mt.High shooting the 2008 snowboarding $25,000 Cholula Triple Air Show. It was a great event with many outstanding competitors. Despite it being the closest mountain resort to Ventura (except for Mt. Baldy), I haven't been there in years. I remember going there often when I was younger, but these days I usually just head up to Mammoth Mountain. For being a smaller resort, they have set up some killer jibs and jumps including a full half pipe to test your skills.

There was a little window in between storms giving the riders great weather, however, the snow got a little slow in the afternoon making it hard for the riders to clear the jumps. Even so, they still went huge.
Here are a few photos from the event.

Burrr its cold here....I shot in the water the other day and froze my arrrssss off.  I think I was shivering for the rest of the day.  I love the waves in the winter but don't like how cold it is. I guess I am a wimp though I could be shooting in Alaska like fellow surf photographer, Scott Dickerson.  Check some of his surf photography out!  Now that's hard core!!!

In light of the rain, snow and cold...Our photographer Jennifer Becker just sent us over a little winter series she did while snowboarding in Mammoth.  Here are a few photos....

Stay Warm!!!!

A few photos from the other day...

A few recent pics...

This is my brother's Lab, Jasper.  He's a pretty cool dog, when at home he can fetch a beer from the refrigerator.  Now that is my kind of dog.

Time for some mountain surfing!!!


If you live in California you know it has been raining. So I am off to the mountains to do a little snowboarding and shooting. Mammoth mountain has received over 15'' and it is still snowing.

I added a form(on the side bar) to add your email to be on our email list. Be the first to know what's going on with us. We promise we won't spam you or sell your email.

Here are some blogs I think are cool:

aphotoeditor.com All kinds of good stuff

photobusinessforum.blogspot.com Photo business master

strobist.blogspot.com Lighting master

unitedsurf photographers international--Surf photographers forum

http://www.blainefranger.com/blog/ Great photos/stories. He and his wife are on a trip around the world

And this one is fun if you follow the world surf tour.....

http://www.fantasysurfer.com/ ---1st contest starts in Feb. Join our Clubhouse--TidalStock


These should should keep you busy....Have fun

TidalStock Welcomes Jennifer Becker to the Team!!!

We are proud to announce that Jennifer Becker is now apart of the TidalStock team of photographers. With her unique style and amazing portraiture photography we feel she a great addition to TidalStock. Now living in New York, Jenn works as a freelance photographer. She just recently was published in Swindle Magazine and Angeleno Magazine. We look forward to seeing more of Jenn's work and I hope you will too......
Check her stuff out:
www.jbeckerphoto.com
www.jbeckerphoto.com/blog/

Her work on TidalStock.com

Here are a few photos from a surfing project I am working on. The surfer is me.

Here are a few from an early morning the other day. I have a polarizer filter on my lens and when I zoom all the way out it kind of gives a vignette look. I kind of like it, it reminds me of my holga.



Just a bench...