I bet someone already said this, but if you weren't wearing the hooks you probably wouldn't have nearly broke your ankle. Cool angle shots though.

Nah - waves are too small.. just too many pies n beers. Shot 2 - checkin your own slash out.. he he - we all do it. Think the angle may need a slight tweak Corey? Is the hand/pole in shot attracting the auto focus a bit?

Rowdy, I dont think my foot hooks would have made a difference. I know a couple strapless guys have done the same. Its just the way I landed. Funky - Im pretty sure GoPros dont have any focus, its just set and thats all you get. I found if I angle it to get the pole out it works good with a bottom turn, but you cut the board off on a top turn. It is a bit tricky trying to hold the camera in the right spot and hit a section at the same time. Markass - Yes it is a lonely stretch of beach. Especially early in the day before the down wind crew get on it. Lucky for me there was one guy swimming right where I did it so he helped carry my gear over the dunes to the carpark. Other lucky thing was I did it in front of the only short path through the dunes, saved me some swear words.