luminate 2.0

after years of plotting, luminate owner dan hassett has finally gone ahead and opened a shop in hull. come check it out on june 2nd for the grand opening, and it's going to be a great summer with luminate in on the fun in hull! get stoked!

log jam postponed again!

PICKING ARBITRARY DATES JUST CLEARLY ISN’T WORKING That being the case … stay tuned for a new approach // new date. Format is officially shifted to ON CALL for the next solid system."
unfortunately, this time due to a rather excess amount of windchop, the log jam has been postponed indefinately until there is a good swell. no matter the date, it's still going to be rad, so check it out for upsates at http://thelogjam.tumblr.com/

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into the fog

a big, foggy session with brad prouty, tim healy, and jimmy barrett. from left to right, top to bottom: tim, jimmy, brad, chad.

the conguering hero returns

two years of school in santa barbara community college, and tim healy*

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finally returns home for an extended period of time. got a chance to surf with him on his second day back in fun RI waves. looking forward to shredding with tim all summer and into next year, look out for him in the water!

legends live forever

after chatting with the returned californian tim healy, we remembered this clip from last summer. classic.

9 days...

             9 days of waist- chest high surf, and it's still coming! hats off to one of the most fun weeks ever!                                               

piggin' out

a test surf on Dan Hassett's 7'2" pig, which happens to be the ugliest and most fun board that was ever created.

the northeast renaissance.

despite conditions that looked like this for most of the contest

the new england contingency put out a ridiculous showing at the ESA northeast regionals this past weekend. this contest is the qualifier for the ESA easterns, which feature the best competitive surfers in the entire East Coast. to illustrate the point:

Chuck Barend (RI): 1st senior mens, 1st masters longboard

Ana Barend (RI): 1st ladies

Kai Nichols (NH): 5th boys, 4th menehune longboard, 2nd open bodyboard

Lenny Nichols (NH): 3rd legends, 4th legends longboard

Liam O'Regan (RI): 1st open shortboard, 2nd boys, 3rd menehune longboard, winner of "ironman" award

Chad Bruce (MA): 1st junior mens longboard, 2nd open shortboard, 7th junior mens

the list could continue on and on with the amount of new englanders who made finals or placed highly. the northeast surfers are becoming a force to be reckoned with, the east coast should take notice!

the jersey shore

we went to NJ and all we got were these two shots.

easter sunday



a dreary and cold Easter Sunday brought some chunky logging waves. surfers: Chad Bruce

april fools log!

some really fun waves went down at second beach this april fools! surfers: chad bruce and some newport loggers 

sneaky sundays

                         
                         Sneaky Sundays from Cowen Rock on Vimeo.

sometimes the best days are when the forecasts are very wrong. clips shot in 10 minutes by Alan Bruce before he paddled out. surfers: chad bruce, george post, OB