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Hurricane Bertha...

Patrick Powers — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:57:10 GMT

Upper-level wind shear and drier air have taken Bertha down a few notches. This storm is now a Cat 1 with wind speeds of 85mph, moving WNW@10mph as of 5pm today. The bulk of this storm's wave making for our window is largely finished. As the storm's direction begins to go more north it significantly decreases the amount of swell sent our direction. Fear not though, our waves are on the way.

Forecast: We could begin to see groundswell filtering in before dark on Thursday and peaking early Friday. Low tide is around 9am on Friday, which stinks because it's hard to say what the wind will be doing once the tide starts coming up. We should have swell throughout the day on Friday and possibly some leftovers hanging on through the weekend. Not expecting much size, but swell period looks to be about 15sec. which is nice. I'll post swell heights and period once they start reaching operational buoys.

CNJ ESA Contest - Saturday May 10, 2008

Patrick Powers — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:20:45 GMT

My buddy Ryan White from NJ sent this video of the contest they had on Saturday. Click here for video>>

ESA Regionals Gallery on Transworldsurf.com

Patrick Powers — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:13:37 GMT

Greg sent this regionals gallery from Transworld. Actually a couple of decent pictures despite the barely contestable conditions on Saturday. The picture of that first right peeling off the pier had to be from Friday morning.
Click her for gallery>>

OBX Turns On

Patrick Powers — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:53:03 GMT

The outer banks saw absolute perfect conditions last Friday(April 18th). Below are links to two separate galleries that will surely ruin your keyboard from all the drool. Click for Matt Lusk gallery>> Click for Mickey McCarthy gallery>>

Photo: Matt Lusk

Surf Forecast - Monday PM

Patrick Powers — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:32:29 GMT

Look for NE windswell to pick up through mid-week. Nothing special, but you may find a ridable session in there somewhere.

Keenan Lineback, Cam Richards, Nick Rupp in Hawaii

Patrick Powers — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:11:10 GMT

Nice surfline gallery of the USA surf team. I'm going on record now and saying that Nick Rupp is the next phenom to come out of the east coast. Lots of kids surf great, but very few have that competitive drive and contest smarts to go with it. This kid is a contest surfing machine and he basically wins everything he enters. Also note the sweet cameo by Matt Beacham, throwing buckets of spray to inspire the groms. Click here for the gallery >>

Brett Barley charging pipe...

Patrick Powers — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:45:16 GMT

This kid has snagged some of the most ridiculous waves ever caught on film(in the OBX) this past year. Now he's apparently stepping up his game on surfing's biggest stage. Good to see guys from the Carolinas showing up big.

More Hurricane Noel Madness

Patrick Powers — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:55:19 GMT

Brett Barley gets what may be the wave of year on the east coast.
>>Click here to be blown away

Full video from the Avalon Pier session:
>>Click here for video

Story and images from the tow-in session at the lighthouse in buxton:
>>Click here for story

Here's a link to the local news story about the session in town:
>>Click here for video

Photo gallery on Surfermag.com:
>>Click here for gallery

Surfline.com feature on Hurricane Noel:
>>Click here to view

TS Noel - Outer Banks Go XXL...

Patrick Powers — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:06:27 GMT

When things began to clean up in Kill Devil Hills over the weekend, a handful of the area's pros were on hand to show the rest of us how it's done when the swell jumps up. Jesse Hines, Noah Snyder and Jesse Fernandez just to name a few. We should see a lot more images and video of this swell all over the internet this week. I'll post links as I see them. Check the second shot: I'm not entirely sure I would be comfortable standing on the pier with 25-30ft faces detonating outside. >>Click here for image gallery

Blowing UP, at the Rip Curl Grom Search

Patrick Powers — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:02:05 GMT

Garden City was representing at the Rip Curl Grom Search over the weekend in Nags Head. Check out the link for the results and slideshow.
>>Click here for results and slideshow

Sell, Trade, Buy, Donate...

Patrick Powers — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:23:23 GMT

Starting now, I will post free ads for people wishing to sell, donate, or buy surfboards or related gear. I think this is a good way to connect with people on a local level. If you have a (board,wetsuit, etc.) that you don't use, this is a good opportunity to get it to someone that will use it.

Just email me the following info:

1) Product description - exactly how you want it to read
2) Picture of the product if you have one
3) Your Name and some form of contact info (email or phone)

July 1st, 2007 Session - Surfside

Patrick Powers — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:48:31 GMT

>>Click here to see all the images in this gallery

>> Featured Surfer - Brandon Todd

Patrick Powers — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:32:35 GMT

Name: Brandon Todd
Age: 15
Hometown: North Myrtle Beach

Sponsors: Reef, Perfection surfboards, Village Surf Shoppe

Main Board: 5' 10'' Perfection

Local Break: WindyHill

Favorite East Coast spot: Hatteras

Best Surfer ever: Taj Burrow

Your Best maneuver: frontside fins out

Your Best Barrel ever: S-turns

Best trip you've been on: Southern California

Favorite sport other than surfing: Skateboarding

First thing I eat each day: Cereal

Other interests: Playing music, Skateboarding, GIRLS

Goals: Win Easterns, Do well in Pro contest, Make the WCT

>>Click here for more pictures

Editor's Note: I met Brandon in the water last year in C.B. on a particularly heavy day. So I can personally attest, not only does he charge it, but this kid rips hard.

Garden City contest - May 5, 2007

Patrick Powers — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:08:49 GMT

They actually had a little something to work with earlier in the morning. Pictures aren't the best, but I don't see you sending me yours. If you have any pictures of the event you'd like to see here, click on the "Contact Us" link to left and send them over!
Click here for image gallery>>

Cape Hatteras - October 15, 2005

Patrick Powers — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:53:09 GMT

Video from Hatteras October 2005 as a massive Northeast swell descended. I was standing on the beach right beside Ben from Abstract Video as he filmed the latter part of this session. 98% of the people wanted nothing to do with these waves. There were about 50 people on the beach watching and about 7 guys in the water. Plenty of big talkers but not many takers. Features - Jesse Hines, Will Skudin, Jason Andre, Brett Barley and a few other chargers. The first wave in the video(Will Skudin) is a friggin macker.
>>Click here for the video

New Jersey - April 16, Nor'easter

Patrick Powers — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:39:40 GMT

Thanks to Ryan White up in Jersey, who always documents and sends me these clips when the swell hits. From the video, it looks like they actually got a little break from the super hard offshores later in the day.
>>Click here for the video

410 Media Promo Trailer

Patrick Powers — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:28:31 GMT

This video isn't new, but it's one the best edited little clips you'll see. Great timing. Great transitions. Great music. Be sure your volume is up.
>>Click here for the video

Indonesia Trip Gallery

Patrick Powers — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:01:28 GMT

Thanks to Jordan Pate for sending over some pics from his trip to Indo last year. By the looks of that macker in the second picture they definitely caught it good and had a great time. >>Click here for image gallery

Costa Rica Trip Gallery - Feb. 9-16

Patrick Powers — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:03:00 GMT

Thanks to Phil for sending some shots from their recent stint in Costa Rica. Apparently, the surf left much to be desired, but they had some fun sessions in spite of it. >>Click here for image gallery

Macking Jersey - Feb. 14, Valentines Day

Patrick Powers — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:03:25 GMT

The image below is a northern jersey bomb in the double overhead range. Air temps in the teens, frigid water and big mean barrells. Check the first picture in the gallery, to get a perspective on the size. There's a person going left on that wave. These are probably just the first round of pictures we'll see from this swell. I'm sure many haven't even hit the web yet.
>>Click here for image gallery