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Story Behind the Shot: Windy tubes to wrap 2024
New Year’s Eve-Eve 2024 was a good day! A passing storm sent us some solid south swell and by the afternoon, conditions lined up just right. I spent about an hour driving up and down the coast looking for the perfect sandbar but wasn’t sold on anything—until I got a call from Evan Zodl. He
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Story Behind the Shot: Frigid January surf
A few years ago I was fortunate enough to meet Evan Zodl while surfing in Ocean Grove. He’s originally from LBI and has slowly introduced me to the many sandbars on the island. On this day, conditions looked just right for some of those places, so I drove down to meet him and a good
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Story Behind the Shot: Less monstrous Tuesday
Christmas came early this year in New Jersey! Monstrous Monday was claimed as the biggest surfable day in NJ that anyone can remember, with local pro Rob Kelly saying it was, “The biggest, heaviest waves I’ve ever seen in New Jersey.” I happened to be out of town on Monstrous Monday, but based on the
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Story Behind the Shot: Cold rain, good surf
All I can say about this photo is massive thanks to intrepid photographer Steve Miller for standing out in the wind and rain to get the shot! It was a tricky session with light onshore winds and plenty of swell. There were lots of options but few that were makeable–this was one of many that
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Story Behind the Shot: The one that got away..
This was an especially cold and windy day surfing in NJ. Plenty of waves like this came through, but conditions were tricky and it was hard work. Friend and photographer Steve Miller shot photos for a while then got a few video clips—he captured this one of me on a wave that’s going to haunt
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