What does it look like when riders on every kind of motorcycle, with ages ranging from their 20s through their 70s, in a mix of genders and colors, get together for a few days of riding, racing, skating, and surfing? It looks a lot like Wheels+Waves. Heidi Zumbrun, a Los Angeles-based photographer (and motorcyclist/surfer) brought her particular vision to the Wheels+Waves California event in Aug 2017. We love her photos of the event, which was part-sponsored by TheVintagent, and organized by Paul d’Orléans with the Southsiders MC of France (who host the Wheels+Waves event in Biarritz, since 2012).
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Skate legend Steve Caballero on the Coyote Flat Track day at Santa Maria RacewayImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Brian Bent’s customized kook-box carrier Ford at Santa Maria RacewayImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Mixing it up! Fun on the flat track an electric Alta Redshift MX bike and a new Indian racer, to the 1940 Indian Scout, and 1942 Harley-Davidson WR, and a ’50s Triumph!Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Go Takamine (Brat Style) shows how it’s done with his 1940 Sport ScoutImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Cheetah prepares to enter the track on his completely custom-built H-D racer…Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.…which is based on a 1941 Harley-Davidson WL motor upgraded to WR racing spec, and a completely hand-made chassis, with tripe rear stays, and girder forks with hydraulic dampers. A stunning machine!Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Sliding a pre-unit Triumph TR6 desert sledImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Nina Kaplan digging the action at Santa Maria Raceway.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Paul d’Orléans sets up for a MotoTintype of Cheetah; see the result here.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.El Solitario’s David Borras likes Go Takamine’s Indian!Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Soutshider Jérome Allée with his BSA flat-tracker, and SoCal poster boy Richard Vincent, subject of our Vintagent Originals film ‘The Ended Summer’Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.L’Amour! What the world needs now… Maia and JP DefautImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.What a moto-cowboy likes to see – a full corrallImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Put your hands in the ayer, if you’s a true Player! The authentic and unrestored John Player Special Norton Commando of Steve Brindmore, which he says is a bear to ride! But it sure looks good.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Blitz orange! Fred Jourden of Blitz Motorcycles on the Sportster he keeps tucked in a SoCal garage for special occasions out West.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Don’t Heartbreak me Bonnie! Paul d’Orléans and Susan McLaughlin with their ’65 Triumph BonnevilleImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Dan Collins of the Blackbird Ranch near Joshua TreeImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.A tip of the lid to Valeria Borras, come from Spain to sample a similar climate in CaliforniaImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Fass Mikey! The evergreen Mike Vils, whose story is told in ‘The Chopper: the Real Story’, with his 1928 Harley-Davidson JD, an ex-Cannonball bikeImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.“Excuse me, how did you get so cool?” Masumi Takamine makes it all look effortlessImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Lofty! A lovely BSA A65 enduro special with open pipes and magnesium CZ hubs.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.If you can’t look badass on a chopper, what’s the point? We know they’re sweethearts, though.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The Dos Caminos film production team, who screened ‘Sugar and Spade’ in the barn, onto a no-tech canvas dropcloth screen, while the musical genius Rocco de Luca played his haunting slide guitarImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Heavyweight enduro, Triumph style. Julian Heppekausen, who knows how to ride an enduro (having won his class in the Baja 1000), on his Deus Triumph with sneaky retro tank.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The picturesque barn of Swallow Creek Ranch in Cayucos, CAImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Peering through the haze – Julien Azé of the Southsiders MCImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Wheels+Waves founder Vincent Prat with his artisan wife Tanya on a BSA B34Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Photographer Polo Garat taking his ease in the French mannerImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Think pink! Wheels+Waves California founder Paul d’Orléans at the most remarkable building in Templeton, CA – a 60′ tall grain warehouse built entirely of stacked 2×6″ boards! Rock solid, and fairly fireproof, as no air can get between the boards.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.We know brand wizard Brian Awitan.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Wil Thomas of TriCo Los Angeles, and a member of the Dos Caminos film production team.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Nina (Hellhound) Kaplan takes a moment away from her chopperImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The man, the myth, the legend: Shinya Kimura.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Masumi Takamine shows how it’s done with her Harley-Davidson Panhead chopper, a Brat Style machine in classic 1950s styleImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The Yamaha SR500 has been transformed in a million ways by a million buildersImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Go Takamine with his ‘other’ Indian, a late 1940s ChiefImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.No excuses necessary for featuring Wil Thomas in color with his Shovelhead customImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Central California is a magical place, with incredible motorcycle roads and not much population. And what a mix of riders; Miguel Galluzi (designer of the Ducati Monster), Alan Stulberg (Revival Cycles), Susan McLaughlin (MotoTintype), Paul d’Orleans, Andy James (Revival), Mark Buche (BMW USA), Stacie B London (ESMB), skate legend Steve Caballero, Hugo Eccles (Untitled Motorcycles), and a couple we need the names of!Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.The big blue barn, strings of Tivoli lights, and a catered dinner. Let’s get married.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Vincent and Olivier Prat in the best dazzle wetsuits everImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Olivier le Quellec (Fotozino), his longboard, and his Buick SkylarkImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Olivier Prat and his board at Los Osos beachImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Stacie B London amid the dreamy Calfornia landscapeImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Picturesque from all angles; Brian Bent and his kooky FordImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Taka (Blue Groove) looking blue-groovyImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Other days, other Buicks; a Starfire full of party crashersImage may be NSFW. Clik here to view.All the way from Japan, and loving it.Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.Kim and Pete Young with their remarkable Woodie, towing their Ariel Red Hunter
