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Story Behind the Shot: Solid spring south swell
This swell was churned up by the previous day’s storm (and crazy wind) and by 6am on the morning of the 14th, the buoys were reading over 10 feet! The swell was south which is good for most breaks in this area. Low tide was early, around 7:30am. Low tide can also be great around
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Story Behind the Shot: Freezing & firing on LBI
After the Cold War Surf contest, I met up with a couple friends a bit further north on LBI. They’re locals and knew the area really well, so I knew the spot they suggested would probably be firing. Turns out it was! Unfortunately, I didn’t have any gear with me to surf, so I stayed
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Story Behind the Shot: Cold War surf contest 2020
This year’s Cold War surf contest (@coldwarsurf) was held on March 7th at one of the most well-known surf spots on Long Beach Island. As with every year, the contest is team-based with Sam Hammer (@hammered_sam) and Andrew Gesler (@gesler) each leading hand-picked teams of local pro surfers. The rosters are the who’s who of
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Story Behind the Shot: Hurricane Humberto swell
This swell was was courtesy of one of many lucky storms we got in Hurricane Seasons 2019—lucky in the sense that we got solid swell but didn’t get steamrolled by the storm itself like so many other places did. The storm was Hurricane Humberto. It produced very solid East swell and by the morning of
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Story Behind the Shot: Blustery barrel ride
Full disclosure – I did not take this photo. It’s one of the best photos anyone has ever taken of me while surfing. It was taken by local photographer Tony Costa (@astronautjonesnj). Thank you Tony for the amazing capture and for sending it my way! The spot where this was taken is probably one of
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