About two weeks ago Peter Mel, Flea, Dan Malloy, Garrett MacNamara, the Wormhoudt brothers, and Twiggy rode some of the largest waves ever surfed at Maverick’s in northern California.  There was a thick mist and heavy westerly swell pushing directly towards the rocks…

YouTube  Record Swell at Mavericks

Here is a digital print of my first (and possibly last) attempt at an acrylic painting on canvas. An older digital photo titled: “Apocalypse in Navini” contributed some of the inspiration for this piece.

Finally got back into the ocean for a 5 hour surf session this past weekend. It’s been roughly 7 months since the last visit to New Hampshire’s coast so it took a few hours to get back in the groove. Met up w/ Jesse, Nate, and Tyler (all from VT) and spent 3 hours at the Wall, then drove to a more secluded spot just north of Jenness State Beach where we put in another 2 hours. It’s going to be a few days to recover from such a long day but we definitely had some great waves…

A great commercial for the Surfrider Foundation…

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The recent storm that ripped through new england is pumping some huge surf! (unfortunately, i’m not going to make it down to NH for this one…)

Summary: It’s Victory at Sea today and its BIG. Winds are howling out of the E to ENE and are expected to turn SE (S winds are possible briefly sometime in the afternoon). Beginners and intermediate surfers should steer clear of the water even at sheltered spots. On Tuesday double overhead continues with winds remaining NNE. Large sloppy waves, well overhead, are expected on Wednesday as NNE winds continue. Thursday looks only somewhat smaller, with somewhat lighter N winds. Leftovers are expected on Friday and, possibly, on Saturday. Note: An abbreviated spring break update schedule in effect.

Monday: A big, double overhead plus, E to ENE mixing bowl. Strong, 35 knot plus, E to ENE winds turning strong ESE to SE around noon and somewhat lighter SE to S in the afternoon.
N of the Cape – Double overhead plus and growing E Victory at Sea.
Cape – Double to triple overhead E Victory at Sea.
S of the Cape – Double to triple overhead ESE to to SE Victory at Sea.

Tuesday: Still big and dangerous (double overhead or slightly smaller), still sloppy. Strong N to NNE winds.
N of the Cape – See above.
Cape – See above.
S of the Cape – See above.

Wednesday: More NNE wind slop (overhead to overhead and a half), ENE swell to SE components all but gone. Brisk NNE winds.
N of the Cape – See above.
Cape – See above.
S of the Cape – See above.

Thursday: Overhead NE wind wave/swell leftovers early. Lighter N winds.
N of the Cape – See above.
Cape – See above.
S of the Cape – See above.

Friday: Waist to chest/shoulder NE wind wave/swell leftovers early. N winds finally turning NNW.
N of the Cape – See above.
Cape – See above.
S of the Cape – See above.

Saturday: Leftovers possible. N winds finally turning NNW to NW.
N of the Cape – See above.
Cape – See above.
S of the Cape – See above.

NESurf.com – Forecasts and Reports

Drew, Jared, Dan (from LSC) and I headed down to the New Hampshire coast to get some surfing in before the end of Labor Day weekend. We enjoyed some chest high swell from the trailing end of tropical storm “Ernesto”. This was our first experience at “The Wall” and we had some great rides!