Michael Sahaid

Slyde photographer

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msahaid [ AT ] gmail.com

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Michael's Bio

Michael Sahaid is a 17 year old wave photographer based out of Lakewood CA. He has always been passionate about the ocean and began photographing its beauty at the age of 16. He currently goes to the Wedge almost every weekend to capture some more stunning images. He is truly honored to be apart of Team Slyde!

FROM?:

Lakewood, CA

D.O.B:

October 2, 1997

What got you started in photography::

I always had a passion for being out in the ocean, but one day I stumbled across Robbie Crawford's Instagram and fell inlove with his Photography, and realized that I wanted to do that.

WHAT PLACE WOULD YOU LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH MOST?:

Waimea bay Oahu

WHAT INSPIRES YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY THE MOST?:

The beauty of a perfect wave barrel just touches my heart, I always enjoy going out getting some epic shots.

WHO INSPIRES YOU? :

Clark Little, Robbie Crawford, Zak Noyle, Trevor Lightner, Jordan Stempson, Beau Johnston, Ricky Moseley, Reggie Abbot, Justin Enright

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?:

Being held under long and getting pounded wave after wave is very frightening to me.

WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH?:

Clark Little, getting a selfie for him would be epic haha.

NUMBER ONE ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?:

Photographing huge shorebreak with all of my inspirations at the Wedge on a solid day would be a dream come true.

FAVORITE WAVES TO PHOTOGRAPH?:

The Wedge hands down, beautiful shorebreak and produces some of the best barrels I've seen in So. Cal/p>

Favorite country to visit / want to visit:

Tahiti, French Polynesia

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY?:

Buy my self a nice DSLR and a SPL housing to go with it. A nice house on the Laguna Cliffs and go to the nearest Chevrolet dealership and buy every car off their lot. I'm a Chevy fanatic haha.

michael sahaid newport beach wedge photo bodysurfing and handboarding in califorina

michael sahaid bodysurfing and handboarding wedge photographs

michael sahaid slyde ryder bodysurfing and handboarding at the wedge newport beach California Getting shacked

← SHOP choose your board →

The fence come on and off my feet very very well the holes on the bottom let the water out and that works to my advantage I’m 71 do a lot of body surfing enjoy it but I’ve always had a little problem taking on putting on my fence and taking them off sand gets up into the fence as a result of those holes but that’s not even a complaint I don’t know it seems pretty good

first handboard

I've been using my handboard for 2 weeks now, and I'm having a blast. i think i've helped sell several more, as people see me using it and come over and ask what it is and where they can get one.

The best fins

I’ve gone thought a few fins over the last year and the dafin have been the most comfortable and super soft

Grom and Dafin will get you riding waves with ease

Been riding my Grom almost every day. Don't be fooled and think that just because it's a "soft top " that it won't perform well. This little beast has so much float that it enables you to catch waves VERY easily. The Dafin fins are amazing and give you that extra oomph when catching the wave. Highly recommend both ! My niece is wanting to ride it, so getting myself a wedge and letting her ride the grom also good to have two in case a friend comes over :)

Da Fins purchase

I was looking for some Da Fins. These guys had a good inventory of colors to choose from at decent prices vs other retailers. Ordered my stuff, it showed up at my house, done deal. Painless and smooth. Would recommend.