This is what the beach looked like today…
…hoping for better conditions (and visibility) mañana, though it does look all eerie and cool in the fog.
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Category Archives: Photos
“East Coast Freezes for Swell” from SURFER
More wintry East Coast shots from SURFER. Wintry is a weird word, no?
Sunday River
Tagged maine, ski, skiing, sunday river
Dane Reynolds’ Trashed Quiver on Marine Layer
This is simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking… all of those beautiful boards rendered- well, let’s face it- repugnant. Dane Reynolds must be the most forgiving guy in the world.
Snide Comments on Transworld Surf’s “The Real Jersey Shore”
Yesterday, Justin Cote posted “The Real Jersey Shore” on Transworld Surf’s site. Love the photos and the positive publicity. Some of the comments that follow those gorgeous barrels, on the other hand… wow.
“go ahead, rip away. San Diego, CA. Face it, NJ is the worst place in America to live. The show is what it is – true life on the Jersey shore. Your state is a joke to the rest of us, even people in places like Iowa.”
“Love it but spare us the ‘Jersey is misunderstood’ bs. I’ve seen the Jersey shore and my opinion is that show isn’t an exaggeration. If the real Jersey shore wasn’t like that the people from there wouldn’t be so defensive about it.”
You know what, spare me the “love it” bs… we all know it’s really tough to love sick waves when they’re found in a place as despicable as New Jersey, right? Why don’t you take a drive over here from your fabulous home state during the winter months and educate yourself on exactly how inaccurate Jersey Shore is. Or don’t: more waves (and less baseless hostility) for us.
“Dirty Jerz Goes Off Sun 12/27” from NYC Watershots
NYC Watershots always has these masterly photos of what the Atlantic did, like, 5 seconds ago. Check out their gallery of Garden State barrels. The waves were really beautiful on Sunday.
Post-Blizzard Casino Pier 12.20.09
I was standing on the beach yesterday in a ski jacket and gloves, and I could barely keep my camera in my hands because they were, pretty much, frozen. There were like 10 inches of snow on the sand, except where the biting wind had swept it away, and there were about 20 hard-core Jersey guys out in the water. They were covered head to toe in neoprene (or whatever wetsuits are made of these days) but they were out there in the 40-something-degree water and below-freezing air, getting some excellent rides. Impressive.
Ryan Daly trying not to freeze, literally.
These guys were nice enough to let me take their photo.
Humongous Waimea from Surfermag.com
Read Chris Dixon’s blog post, which seems to successfully convey just how awe-inspiring these “fifty-foot walls of liquid death” were. Man, do I wish I was there to witness this!
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