Happy Holidays! It's the week of Christmas, and I feel like I'm still catching up from a busy season of late summer surf and fall travel. Right before I left for Ireland there were back to back swells that just seemed too perfect to pass up. It was mostly knee high or die, and I was out there swimming at golden hour with friends for two of my favorite sessions of the whole season! Plus a day of 75° and sunny in late September left us all thinking back to last year's incredible Indian Summer.
I had just gotten back from two weeks in Ireland. It was late October and Halloween was just around the corner. I had barely been home a full week when I got the call from Scott Hayward up in Portland, the forecast was shaping up again. It might be worth it to do a strike mission up north, destination: Nova Scotia. We had been planning our first Canadian adventure back in the spring, but real life had gotten in the way and we had to delay our plans as summer rolled around. Now that we were back into hurricane / winter storm season, it was shaping up nicely and on a Friday afternoon we decided to pull the trigger. Canada, here we...
This fall was a whirlwind of back to back travel! After wrapping up in Sheboygan, it wasn't too long before I was on a plane again. This time I was crossing the Atlantic for my second trip ever to Europe -- my first being to Barcelona back in college. With Norwegian Air service from TF Green here in Rhode Island direct to numerous locations for budget prices, it was about time I took another trip across the pond. The travel group would consist of myself, Rhode Island board shaper and surfer Kevin Tanner of Soundings Surf Co, fellow photographer Cody DeGroff of Cape Cod, and my little sister who was itching to return after a semester in Galway several years ago.
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...
My DJI Mavic Pro 2 arrived way earlier than expected. No sooner was it announced and I pre-ordered it on Adorama, and it was at my door within the week! I had been holding off getting a second bird for some time now, just waiting for the Mavic 2 to be announced. The potrability factor was something I desperately wanted, but I figured the second generation would have better image quality and would...
