Thursday, March 05, 2009
Monday, September 29, 2008
After a pass to the east by Hurricane Kyle as it made it's way quickly North, we awoke on Sunday morning to a foggy, glassy large ground swell. Early the Surf was still a bit unorganized with more close-outs than not. Several groups tried to hit it, but it didn't appear many waves were being ridden.
Afternoon found a lower tide and more organized cleaner conditions. It didn't take long for the masses to realize that locally Loch Arbour and the L Jetty would be the call.
At Shark River Inlet sets were breaking completely across the Inlet, making for some crazy boat action trying to get in and out. To the North at the L big peaks were breaking with bigger sets frequently catching everyone inside. A few brave souls actually paddled out the Inlet rather than risk the inside section.
Many great rides were had...... Tip O'Neill, Justin Brahn, Shaun McGrath and Terry Tagliarini were all getting some of the biggest ones
Brian Dalton and Mike Griggs showed up on a ski and got a few good tow-ins..... their first attempt ever! Brian got one of the mackers way outside and rode it for nearly two jetties!
Monday, June 04, 2007
Thanks from a quick pass-by of the remnants of TS Barry, we were treated to a clean head high swell late this afternoon as the Sun came out and the wind went offshore.
The crew at 18th Ave were pleasantly surprised by a guest appearance of world class NJ legend Dean Randazzo. Of course Dean turned everyone's head as he continually caught the best waves to roll through. Dean has been around our parts frequently lately. Hopefully he'll continue to show up when the Surf gets good!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Back in NJ!
After nearly a month in the Tropics Our lowly band of travelers has pretty much returned to cold old NJ...... The surf for our trip ranged from days of flatness to solid overhead North groundswell which lasted for days.
My good buddy and travelling partner, Admiral Stockdale had the highlight of our trip occur at Apple Bay in Tortola. After arriving in St Thomas, the Admiral was in the water within an hour, catching those thickies........ After two days we ventured over to Tortola, hoping the days of surf had quieted the crowds. We arrived at 10am to solid head high to overhead sets and light offshore winds, and only 9 guys out! Within minutes we're on it, immediately right in the pack, but getting into the set waves. After a bit two guys paddle down to Bomba's and a dinghy pulls up and picks up the remaing surfers (all on a boat from Dominica). We look around and we're suddenly alone. We don't say a word to each other but set up to trade off the set waves......... After numerous waves and still no one else out, I paddled over to Danny and said "So what do you think?" Danny replies, "This is fucking insane!!!!" as he paddles into yet another overhead wall. The frenzy continued for about two hours, when a couple other guys finally paddled out. To be honest, it was the perfect ending...... I couldn't really even paddle anymore, so we went in for lunch and Red Stripes!
Monday, October 23, 2006

Welcome to the Tropics!
The leaves on the trees are beginning to to show us those beautiful colors that we surely know will soon lead to cold & snow. That means it's time for many of us to begin our annual pilgrimmages to the lower latitudes. Crazy Michael, Santa Claus, and Big Bruce have hit the BVI and I've returned rto my usual haunt in St Thomas. There are no waves yet, but hopefully the deepening of the Cold Fronts will signal good days to come. Just prior to our arrival, the entire area was deluged with up to 8" of rain from a tropical low that just refused to move for nearly a week.
The large amount of rain has caused a mosquito feeding frenzy. No going out without some bug protection!
