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...
Earlier this month saw the arrival of over 300 sailors to Newport for the International 420 Class World Championships hosted by Sail Newport. Athletes from over a dozen countries across the globe descended on Rhode Island for a couple weeks in August, culminating in a week of racing for the Open, Women's, and Under 17 Championships.
After a gorgeous sunny day with a standard sou'westerly...
I've had a new project lately, bringing motion blurs and slow shutter work to the air with my drone photography. All it took was a few darker Neutral Density filters and I'm already thrilled my first few flights of this experimentation!
My drone works with a GoPro camera, so I don't really have the manual controls that other platforms might be equipped with. Understanding how to manipulate the...
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...
