I had my first trip to the midwest and Great Lakes this September for the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships, hosted in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. This international sailing event was 5 days of racing on Lake Michigan in three different classes of boat for four separate medals -- 2.4m Norlin One Design, Hansa 303 Mens, Hansa 303 Womens, and the newest addition of the RS Venture Connect. These boats...
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...
I try to cram a lot into my summer season. From the sailing and regattas, to unexpected surf sessions, to lifestyle shoots, not to mention getting out for any landscapes while the trees aren't bare, there's a lot to be done in a short period of time.
Luckily, Alyssa and I got in two yoga shoots while it was beautiful and warm out. No sooner had we wrapped our morning beach shootin July, then it...
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...
