July had Hurricane Chris. August was unbelievably quiet. Then September came in with Hurricane Florence, and suddenly surfers remembered what it was like to catch waves again!
This category 4 slammed into the Carolinas, causing massive amounts of damage particularly in flooding in the days and weeks after landfall. But up here in the northeast, we had some wind and rain that parted briefly to...
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...
The northeast is not known for having good summertime surf. Typically summer swells will only reach 2–3ft, but mid July saw the arrival of gorgeous chest high sets thanks to Hurricane Chris. The tropical storm turned hurricane as it churned offshore, while Beryl weakened and then reappeared off Bermuda. Here in Rhode Island we were met with sun and clear skies, accompanied by buoy reports of about...
I don't shoot film too often, but it's been on my to-do list of things to incorporate more into my work for the upcoming year. I keep my plastic Holga "toy" camera in the car, and sometimes I'll throw another film camera in my purse or my camera bag, although my medium format Mamiya 645 1000s is often a brick to pack. Black and white film was the go-to when I was in school, but nowadays I do...
Flooding in Scituate. Massive erosion in Nauset. Heavy winds and power outages across the region. Waves in Rhody. That's what Winter Storm Riley brought to southern New England when it came roaring through during the first days of March.
The storm hit Rhode Island on a Friday, lingered through Saturday with overcast skies, rain sprinkles, and high winds. By Monday, the skies were clear, the...
