The Battle of the Beach -- the surf contest hosted in South County that hails the end of a summer season and the beginning of the surf season in New England. This year was the 7th inaugural event, hosted in mid September out of Matunuck by Conrad Ferla. I was invited to photograph the competition from the water, and we had perhaps almost perfect weather with sun and warmth.
The remnants of...
Rhode Island isn't particularly known for summer surf. You might get the occasional 2ft day but even then it's rare to get multiple good swells during the mid summer months. This year opened with Hurricane Chris, and it wasn't long after that that I found myself out swimming in the lineup again for some gorgeous longboarding days in late July.
There's not much to say about these sessions other...
Good swell doesn't come terribly often to Rhode Island during summer months, unless you like longboarding days in 2 footers. But a couple Fridays ago we were surprised with a day or so of chest to head high sets rolling up the coast. The forecast was only for 3-4 ft, but after swimming out at Matunuck bright and early I checked the buoy report and it was still 6 ft at 9 seconds! Definitely bigger...
I can't believe the summer is already over! I tell myself every June to enjoy all the sunny days, because they'll be gone before you know it! Although, I still love autumn, so I'm not totally complaining :)
This summer I expanded my junior sailing photography. I wasn't just covering the regattas and events, but also the junior programs where kiddies 7-17 learned to sail, not just to compete. For...
The Wickford Regatta has been hosted annually by Wickford Yacht Club in the spirit of early-season one-design fun! This year's classes included Lasers, Club 420, International 420, F18 catamarans, 505s, J/22s, and new this year were 29ers. Both days were well into the 80s and low 90s, but we were blessed with beautiful breeze all weekend.
Racing kicked off on Day 1 around noon, with Alpha...
