Unless you’re stranded on a tropical island sawing
the tops off of coconuts, you’ve probably heard about the historic Blizzard Of
2009, which dropped upwards of two feet of snow everywhere from North Carolina
to Maine last weekend. We’ll save you from the usual weather intricacies, but
basically a large low pressure system formed in the Gulf Of Mexico, tracked
over the Sunshine State bringing 20+ inches of rain to South Florida, and
merged with a cold air mass off the coast of the Carolinas. That kicked the
snow machine in gear, and as the mega-storm slowly rode up the coast, whiteout
conditions ensued. Like any good East Coast storm, the hellacious weather also
produced head-high peaks for Mid-Atlantic and Northeast surfers —
provided they could dig out their cars and traverse the dangerous, ice and
snow-covered roads. So while the rest of us were bundled up in warm blankets sipping
hot chocolate and wrapping Christmas presents in front of the fireplace, a
select group of Rightsiders braved air temps in the 20s and water temps in the 40s,
just for the satisfaction of a few empty barrels.
ABOVE AND BEYOND In Between World Tour Heats, Best Of The Best From East, West, And Everywhere Else Light Up Middles FreesurfBy Nick McGregor READ MORE…
HIGH ACTION DEFINED Final Six Rounds Of Rip Curl Pro Search Puerto Rico Go Down In History — And Not Just Because Of Kelly’s 10th World Title by Nick McGregor READ MORE…
MODEL BEHAVIOR Women’s World Tour Gives East Coast Wahines A Little Ripping Feminine Inspiration By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
MIDDLES EARTH Raw, Remote North Coast Outpost In Puerto Rico Turns Into Center Of The Surfing Universe For Rip Curl Pro Search By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
BORINQUEN BROUHAHA By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT Surfing America Prime East Kicks Off
2010-2011 Season With Sizzling Performances In Small But Fun Ditch Plains
Windswell By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
CRITICAL MASS Cream Of Surfing’s Underground Crop Flocks To Montauk To Give Competitive Longboarding A Fresh Push By Nick McGregor; Photos by Tom Dugan READ MORE…
DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAROLINA? A More Wise-Ass Than Wise Preview Of The 2010 Wave Riding Vehicles Battle Of The Banks Audio Commentary by Jeff Myers (Outer Banks Team) and Brendan Petticrew (Virginia Beach Team) READ MORE…
VINNIE, QUIT SULKING! Volcom’s VQS Totally Crustaceous Tour
Returns To The Jersey Shore Saturday, October 9th By
Nick McGregor READ MORE…
IGOR-APHOBIA, PART III With Summer Officially Over And More
Tropo-Hybrid Systems In The Forecast, One Last Look Back At The 2010 Atlantic
Hurricane Se ason's Crown Jewel
By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
TRIMMING THE FAT
By Matt Pruett READ MORE…
CONTEST CLUSTER Phlogging The 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season With Tom Dugan And Dick “Mez” Meseroll Words and photos by Tom Dugan READ MORE...
WEEK-ENDER Cape Hatteras, NC, Is Where Swells Come To Die… And Where Adult Competition Comes To A Close At The 43rd Annual ESA Eastern Surfing Championships By Matt Pruett READ MORE...
IGOR-APHOBIA, PART II As 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Powers Through Another Stellar Swell, Anxiety Levels All But Disappear For Surfed-Out East Coasters
By Nick McGregor READ MORE...
IGOR-APHOBIA, PART I As 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season Powers Through
Another Stellar Swell, Anxiety Levels All But Disappear For Surfed-Out East Coasters By
Nick McGregor READ MORE…
WAITING FOR IGOR Phlogging The 2010 Atlantic Hurricane
Season With Tom Dugan And Dick “Mez” Meseroll Words and photos by Dick
“Mez” Meseroll READ MORE…
FAVORING THE FLAWED Neither Comp Collision Nor Igor-ophobia Can Halt The Magic Of The 43rd Annual ESA Eastern Surfing Championships By Matt Pruett READ MORE…
GAGA FOR GILGO Phlogging The 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season With Tom Dugan And Dick “Mez” Meseroll Words and photos by Tom Dugan READ MORE…
HAIRY QUERY Big Money And
Stupid Questions Prologue The 48th Annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing
Championships Presented By Vans And Monster Energy By Matt Pruett READ MORE...
NO-NAME NUGGETS With Colin Long Forgotten And All Eyes On Soon-To-Be Danielle, Off-Season Northeast Surprises And Satisfies By Nick McGregor READ MORE...
STEADY BLOGGIN’ By Balaram Stack;
Photos by Andy Ryan
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DICK’S PICS New Jersey Surf Culture As Pictured By Dick Meseroll (1976 –
1987)
Intro by Jon Coen READ MORE...
FRIGGIN’ HOT Why The 6th
Annual Reef/ Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest Is One Of The Most Sizzling Summer Contests In Or Out Of The Water By Matt Pruett READ MORE…
COLLEGIATE
CATALYSTS
Handful Of East Coast Teams Eye Success At Upcoming
NSSA National Interscholastic College Championships
By Allison Arteaga READ MORE…
OIL SPILL INFORMATION CENTER
By Nick McGregor and Allison Arteaga
BACKLIGHTING
By Matt Pruett
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LATE DROP EasternSurf.com Certainly Didn’t Forget About Last Week’s Pre-Memorial Day Surf Romp… We Just Wanted To Let You Catch Your Breath First By Matt Pruett READ MORE…
OCEAN CITY OFFENSIVE Red Raiders Win NSL
High School Cup New Jersey Regional For Fourth Consecutive Year By Nick Bricker;
Photos by Joe Reighn READ MORE…
TOP OF THE CLASS Satellite High School Scorpions Take
Top Honors At The NSL High School Cup Central Florida Regionals By Allison Arteaga; Photos by Nate Adams READ MORE…
I HEART GROMS By Matt Pruett; Photos by Raven Lundy/ Billabong READ MORE…
QUALIFYING STATEMENT ESA Southeast Regionals Overcome Small Ft. Pierce Inlet Surf, Select Solid Eastern Surfing Championships Candidates By Nick McGregor
DOO DOO DOMINATES Randazzo Staves Off Hungry Field Of Floridians To Ace Ron Jon Masters Of Surfing Pro Presented By Seven Tiki By Nick McGregor READ MORE...
STORMY START, GOLDEN FINISH Rainy
Skies Dominate Ron Jon Sebastian Inlet Pro And Skullcandy Girls Pro Junior,
Evan Geiselman Bags First ASP Pro Junior Victory By Nick McGregor; Photos by
Nate Adams READ MORE...
DOUBLE TROUBLE By Nick McGregor; Photos by Chris Wilson READ MORE...
ENDLESS WINTER By Ray Jarvis READ MORE…
SOUTHERN LIVING
Stalled Front, Quick-Moving Low Pressure Combine To Give Mid-Atlantic And All Points North An Early-Winter South Swell By Nick McGregor READ MORE…
NOR'IDA MEANS BUSINESS Coastal Low Pressure, Anonymous Nor'easter, And Remnants Of Tropical Storm Ida Combine Forces To Deliver Solid Shot Of Autumn Swell READ MORE…
OBX-TRADITED By Matt Pruett READ MORE…
MICRO MANAGEMENT All photos by Tom Dugan READ MORE…
HEART AND SOUL By Nick McGregor; Photos by Brian Nevins READ MORE…
LOW
PROFILE During The Peak Of Hurricane Season, A Monster Low Pressure System Steals The
Tropic Thunder
By Matt Pruett
THE OLD IN-OUT
By Matt Pruett
A RICH YEAR Tracking A 12-Month Global Whirlwind In The Life Of New Jersey Photographer Rich McMullin Matt Pruett
OLD SCHOOL 47th Annual
East Coast Surfing Championships Presented By Coastal Edge Something To Be
Proud Of... Whether You’re From VB Or Not
By Matt Pruett
BILL OF SALE Surf Expo Comes To Town Early With Lower-Than-Usual
Attendance Rumors And Category 4 Hurricane Bill Zooming In. Will You Blow Town To
Bro Down Or Sit Tight And Get Right?
By Matt Pruett
AL-RUDDY DONE One Florida Photographer's Take On Volcom's 2009 East Coast Summer Tour, Which Is Straight BS!
By Hans Downzerblaus; Photos by Patrick Ruddy READ MORE...
