#My5Lineups: Derek Dunfee

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$La Jolla, California. I was born and raised here. This is where I learned to surf, and I still surf here everyday. Photo: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/derekdunfee\">@DerekDunfee</a>$

La Jolla, California. I was born and raised here. This is where I learned to surf, and I still surf here everyday. Photo: @DerekDunfee

$Massive Puerto Escondido in early May 2015. One of the biggest swells to ever hit Playa Zicatela, Puerto Escondido. Photo: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/derekdunfee\">@DerekDunfee</a>$

Massive Puerto Escondido in early May 2015. One of the biggest swells to ever hit Playa Zicatela, Puerto Escondido. Photo: @DerekDunfee

$PipeMasters, December 2012. Taken from the Gerry Lopez Pipe house on the North Shore of Oahu. This photo was in DEKKA Volume 1, which was a 52-page big-wave magazine that I released last summer, featuring 10 years of big-wave photography. Photo: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/derekdunfee\">@DerekDunfee</a>$

PipeMasters, December 2012. Taken from the Gerry Lopez Pipe house on the North Shore of Oahu. This photo was in DEKKA Volume 1, which was a 52-page big-wave magazine that I released last summer, featuring 10 years of big-wave photography. Photo: @DerekDunfee

$Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California. Patrick Shaughnessy drops into a bomb in October of 2014. A rare sunny and glassy day in Northern California. Photo: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/derekdunfee\">@DerekDunfee</a>$

Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California. Patrick Shaughnessy drops into a bomb in October of 2014. A rare sunny and glassy day in Northern California. Photo: @DerekDunfee

$Pacific Northwest. I was on a trip with Will Skudin in 2009 where we looked for new big-wave spots. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we approached this stretch of coast. This photo was in DEKKA Volume 1as well. Photo: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/derekdunfee\">@DerekDunfee</a>$

Pacific Northwest. I was on a trip with Will Skudin in 2009 where we looked for new big-wave spots. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we approached this stretch of coast. This photo was in DEKKA Volume 1as well. Photo: @DerekDunfee

Editor’s Note: #My5Lineups is a new series highlighting 5 of a featured photographer’s favorite lineup shots. The eighth in the series is Derek Dunfee.

I’ve always been in pursuit of putting myself in the biggest, most challenging lineups around the world. However, after surfing places like Todos Santos, Puerto Escondido, and Maverick’s, there’s nothing like coming home to surf in my hometown of La Jolla, California. Here are a few of my favorite lineup shots from around the world.

To see more of Derek’s epic photography, follow him on Instagram.

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