here comes sandy

as this monstrosity nears, i don't wish only for good surf, i wish for the safety of everyone who is affected. could be interesting to say the least.

relaxation

after some hollow ones in the morning, we traveled to a mellower sandbar to relax before driving home.

description with sight

       
myraid images from the
 past two weeks                     which    seem to    describe   surfing life in the northeast in fall  with something   close to 

perfection...

-good surf

-rocks

































and emptiness (sometimes)

new toys

james mcgraghan joined the ranks of dedicated NE water photogs last week with his new housing, and already he has been pumping out some great shots. look out for a dark shape and a yellow housing, it's jaaammmeeess!

eric dranginis and friends make fun

eric and some friends get funky and stylish on some leftover leslie at a magic point.

at easterns...

at easterns i met a really cool kid named josh richardson. he surfs the longerboards with traditional style and newshcool tricks. he surfs in georgia. his town has two spots, a pointbreak and a beachbreak. we surfed a magical heat together on the best day of the contest. he beat me, but the waves were killer, so it doesn't matter. he ended up second, and beat out the "performance" longboarders in chest to head high barrels. i got fifth, and i was happy to lose to a kid like josh. the logging world should look out for this kid, he kills it.

from our semifinal heat

magic happens

from the 5th to the 9th, the east coast was blessed with some fantastic long period swell. this was from one of the best in RI:



ft. chad bruce, tim healy, ben fitcher, and pj and nathan armstrong.

atlantic magic



incredible.

the molly surf celebration

this weekend, a really great event went down at 10th street in hampton, the molly surf celebration. a fundraiser for the Molly Fund, a foundation supporting children with cancer in memory of Molly Rowlee, who passed away at age five of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, the event was contest mandatory, and the competitors were forced to ride 60s logs and some messed up boards. this event is all in the spirit of having a good time and enjoying the ocean, as everyone at the event did. huge shout out to Buck Rowlee for running the show, and any support that can be given to the Molly Fund is going to a great cause.

http://www.mollyrowlee.org/ 

ep. 2 the HAIR

second clip from last weekend comes a little late. george post, eric volpe, nick dedna, chad bruce.

ep. 1 SEASICK

finally getting some waves means a chance to film again. this is the first of two shorts which originated from a long saturday in ri. chad bruce, tim healy, and chuck barend enjoying some bumps.

the first lord board

this weekend, we had the pleasure to shape our first board, which was modeled after the "Lord Boards" ridden by the likes of ryan burch and other fans of planing and going really fast. shaped out of $20 pink insulation and no glass due to laziness, shaping this thing was one of the easiest and most rewarding things ever, stoked to ride it!