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Winter Storm Helena

The report called for nugs… I hopped off the plane from tropical Costa Rica and was immediately greeted with snow flurries.  Depressed and cold, I checked the report for the days coming and saw a looming storm. The report changed day to day as usual, shrouding any clear indication to what the swell would actually […]

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Black Sabbath Gave Birth to Heavy Metal Music

“What is this that stands before me?” Black Sabbath and its’ members asked this question quite literally after Geezer Butler experienced a nightmare involving an apparition in his bedroom. However, the band had no idea about the future that stood before them as they took the creative track toward a new genre of music. Black […]

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Kelly Slater, George Jetson and Willy Wonka walk into a bar…

The term “perfect wave” has always been relative. Historically, surfers claim to have had perfect surf sessions after positioning themselves at the perfect surf break at the perfect time. Yet there has never been a standard when it comes to surfing. Perfection to one man could be totally different to another. However, today these long-standing […]

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Election Day Swell in New Jersey

This passed week Jersey lit up for the first time in almost a month.  Local surfers were wave-starving and the entire week pretty much lived up to the hype. From Monday night up until about yesterday afternoon, New Jersey surfers feasted on the delicacies that Mother Nature and her well-placed low pressure system had to […]

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Hurricane Nicole

We FUCKING scored. Hurricane Nicole was well-predicted for a week’s time.  We stared at the forecast for days and it barely changed–hell, it got better!  We tried to calm down; we ran a heavy risk of over-frothing ourselves and did not want to be too disappointed when SwellInfo fucked us over yet again. However, we […]

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Skating With Dubs

Last week we had a chance to go to a local skatepark with team member and good friend Kyle Walsh.  When Kyle “Dubs” isn’t shredding–well he’s always shredding.  During the summer you’ll most likely find him bouncing around from couch to couch up and down the Jersey Shore. Winter he’s a local at mountains across the tri-state area […]

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