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Cayucos

PHOTOGRAPH BY TREVOR POVAH

In 2008 local photographer, Trevor Povah, filmed and produced a documentary called “Lost in the Middle” which explored local surf culture by profiling eight Central Coast surfers. Povah explains that the surfers in our area are a different breed who are “self-reliant and understand our ocean with its fickle breaks, cold weather, and ‘sharky’ waters.” Here Povah captures his friend and fellow surfer, Anthony Circosta, in Cayucos executing a hard cutback on a perfect spring day with “just the right amount of offshore wind to help give the wave a nice shape.” Povah swam around in a wetsuit and a pair of fins for nearly two hours with his Canon 1D Mark II N, which was concealed in waterproof plastic housing to get the shot that you see here. Povah, who has since moved on from movie making, says that “video editing just destroyed my mind, and I couldn’t imagine doing that for a career.” Today, he can be found shooting landscape and architectural photos for his real estate clients while still making time to surf as often as possible. SLO LIFE