Get drunk with a the “pros” at the Belmar Pro during a 60-degree rain storm with 20mph East winds, or send it to beautiful North Carolina for the weekend. The choice was easy. There is nothing better than driving along Route 12 and pulling over on a random beach to score an empty […]
Memba Maria!? Oh sure, sure–I memba! Of course you do. Hurricane Maria may have caused destruction down South, however the strong hurricane storm created perfection in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Recently, we stumbled upon a roll of film from the Fall. The DIY film processing resulted in some shitty bubble marks, however […]
It’s hard to surf. It’s even harder to convince a surfer to film surfing. And it is the hardest of all to do this during pumping conditions, and without any incentives or professional backing. Despite these facts, the Hole Patrol (HP) crew said “Fuck it,” and made themselves a bad ass surf edit. Clocking […]
Ahhhh! My arms. My back. My neck. And my crack! They all hurt, but this feels oh-so-right (: Someone told me today that we’ve had 24 straight days of waves, and those estimations seem just about right. If today’s Maria swell wasn’t the perfect cap to the 24th day of waves, then I do not […]
An illegal alien crossed our borders. He didn’t have a green card, no job, no ties to current citizens, and no plans to stay long. Surfers did not ask questions as Jose shuffled across the American border, and flew up the East Coast. North-blowing winds battered the entire coast as Jose neared, sending surfers flocking to […]
While the boys up North were getting shacked out of their minds, I was pushing kids into waves and also to their limits at Ocean Outfitter (O2) Surf Camp. Texting O2 Co-Owner, Dean Lyon (Aug. 15, 9:25am): “Hey i know i put down for camp tomorrow. do you think you will need me? Looking at […]
We FUCKING scored. Hurricane Nicole was well-predicted for a week’s time. We stared at the forecast for days and it barely changed–hell, it got better! We tried to calm down; we ran a heavy risk of over-frothing ourselves and did not want to be too disappointed when SwellInfo fucked us over yet again. However, we […]