Although I’m primarily a surfer, when winter time rolls around I am also an avid snowboarder. I grew up shredding the meager world class terrain of the Poconos (actually a lot of my time was spent with fellow contributor Kevin Richards in his cabin near Big Boulder). Eventually, I graduated from the bunny slopes of [...]
Getting Shacked vs. Getting Slammed
February 26th, 2010
So about a month ago, I had one of the more memorable sessions I’ve ever had surfing in New Jersey. It was your classic winter scenario with a south swell pushing up the coast and predicted offshore winds to arrive at first light. For those of you who are unfamiliar, these are the conditions New [...]
Winter Warmth
February 24th, 2010
Obviously, this has been a brutal winter on a lot of levels. Between snowfall records, freezing cold temperatures, and bouts with relentless offshore winds I have begun to question how I have survived as a surfer in New Jersey. When most people think of surfing they imagine palm trees swaying the breeze, clean blue water, [...]
Moran Mountain Opening Day
February 19th, 2010
Well, this certainly has been an interesting winter for all of us located on the Eastern seaboard. El Nino has taken charge of all weather patterns in the northern hemisphere, creating massive swells in the Pacific that have hammered Hawaii and the west coast, as well as making for a seriously cold and snowy couple [...]
OC Crew on MTV
December 24th, 2009
Roll out the red carpet folks! For those of you who don’t know, a couple of our local shredders have successfully finagled their way into Hollywood’s limelight after being featured on a new MTV reality show called School of Surf. The show follows around two high school surfing teams as they hunt for the championship [...]
Behind The Scenes: A Pleasant Surprise
December 22nd, 2009
The other day I stumbled upon some “outtake” footage from filmmaker Kyle Pahlow’s latest flick, A Pleasant Surprise. For those of you who aren’t aware, Kyle’s film documents the surf personalities of several of New Jersey’s finest surfers. The film was shot entirely on 16mm film and really does a solid job capturing the feeling [...]
Fall Turnaround
November 30th, 2009
I must admint, I was pretty nervous heading into this fall season. Despite a couple minor windswells, September and the first half of October was pretty lackluster in terms of swell. On top of that, the east coast saw unseasonably cold weather force its way in early and dash anyone’s hopes of an Indian Summer. [...]
East Coast Super Session
November 3rd, 2009
As of recent, we have had a decent run of little swells that seems to have kept most east coast surfers content with the fact that winter is rapidly approaching. While there hasn’t been anything overly significant in terms of epic swell, I have definitely been making the most of some really great sessions here [...]
Adam D. Charging
October 29th, 2009
Back in August, I was lucky enough to take a last minute trip over to Tahiti with the likes of Andrew Gesler, Dean Randazzo, Zack Humphreys, and Clay Pollioni. When my brother, Treovr, and I booked our tickets the night before leaving we were already in the midst of a mad-scramble to line up everything [...]
Grudge Match Pain
October 27th, 2009
This year’s Garden State Grudge Match was nothing shy of spectacular once again. We waited two and a half weeks for a storm to produce anything near the realm of contestable in terms of waves, and even the night before the actual event it was suspect as to how exactly the conditions would fare when [...]
Jamie Moran