Bolted over to Buffalo from NH to train for wipeouts haha

HOW TO HYPE A SWELL!!!

As you could guess some east coasters get a bit excited when there is swell on the horizon. And reasonably so, because it can be long, hard gaps between opportunities to surf.
I often get a good laugh at some posts I see on FB etc…but when I asked my buddy Joel Feid if he would do a piece on overhyping swell for my blog I had no idea how hard I would actually be laughing. I’m still not fully convinced he didn’t already have it typed up ready to go because he had it to me in 30 minutes flat! Haha.
If you’ve never been to New England a Quebec license plate is as good as an Arizona plate with a touch of Front B.C. added in the mix!
Poor Joel is locked in an office like most 5 days a week but shreds harder than most people around town, so enjoy his lovingly jaded piece like I did!!

Here’s a picture of Joel. Obviously from a Saturday or Sunday swell lol.

Photo: Brian Sullivan

When Ryan asked me to do a forecast piece, I said “what the schnell”?!! Our Facebook friends were so accurate for Leslie, where could my insight possibly be useful?! Here are some fool proof steps to ensure you’ll score the best waves with the least amount of people:

– Accept all Facebook friend requests (whether you know them or not)
– Then take all their forecasts/predictions seriously (especially beginners, weekend diehards and SUPers)
– Don’t check Surfline, Wunderground, NOAA or any forecasting sites. Why waste your time? FB people have swells predicted before dust is even leaving the African coast.
– Weather patterns never change so that big blob you see on the 180 hour forecast is bound to happen! Plan your spot weeks in advance (“Man, did you see the 180 hour? Spot X is going to be so sick in two Tuesdays at 10:47”.)
– Be prepared. It might be flat today but make sure you keep that 9’0” BIC strapped to your roof at all times. Chicks dig surfers and that big stick is screaming local pro.
– Don’t go to the beach to check the surf. Webcams give an accurate depiction of all spots.
– If you must go to the beach to see for yourself – find the Quebec plates. They’re the best around and have been scoring the secret spots for years. The boardshorts over the wetsuit should have already given that away.
– Also – believe every story you hear. No one ever exaggerates!
– Finally – update FB, Instagram and Twitter with your location. A photo would be even more helpful. That’s the best crowd control around.
– Repeat for all hurricanes, nor’easters, windswells and random farts in the bathtub…

Joel checking in with one of his close Facebook friends

Photo: Matt Berkowitz

Photo: Matt Berkowitz

Saturday morning I hit the road with Joel hoping that the predicted one day drop in swell wouldn’t be too significant. Since the storm had been stationary for so long it caused upwelling which caused the storm to lose energy before moving into warmer water again and re-intensifying. It was the smallest day for sure but was still super fun. Lucky for me Matt Berkowitz just hooked me up with these photos of our trip. Thanks for shooting bud!

It’s been so good and I’ve been surfing so much that I haven’t had time to edit and post stuff, so apologies. Here is some of what’s been going on. Yesterday I headed up north with Ty and we had two super fun sessions. Today I rolled up with the other half of the brotherhood Ryan and we scored two more amazing sessions, one of which we bumped into the infamous Natty Graham and did some water displacing and board jumping. Everyone in the water was stoked and having a blast!…
Except for the one donkey realtor who was the only person wasting his breath mumbling about crowds. You should have zipped it and focused more on taking the extra paddle so that you wouldn’t have blown the drop on the perfect right I gave you. And when you got in my way today paddling out for your 30 minute session you didn’t here me complain at all did you? You may want to follow the lead of Ashley, ANY of the guys from liquid dreams, the old dude on the longboard and especially the Chiller that was shredding his inflatable SUP(no joke, the dude was shredding this thing), and BE COOL! Like I said to you today, if four people paddling out on a 1000 yard long stretch of beach affects your surfing and is a “buzz kill”, it’s probably an issue with your talent level and mindset.
So next time don’t worry about my 20 yards of “trespassing” as much as the fact that not only could I be labeling “your spot” all over the Internet, I could EASILY load that “bus of thirty”, or hell, even thousands of people that are reading this blog just like you and bring them right on down, factory direct. I would also assume that since you were towel changing at your truck in the driveway of that house, that you clearly don’t own it and were trespassing as well?….
See you tomorrow buddy. Be cool and i won’t come back in a bus! And don’t worry, I’ll use the beach access that’s “RIGHT F$#CK!N THERE!”
Now back to the regularly scheduled stoke spreading! Enjoy these photos of the last couple days. I hope everyone has been scoring! And if you haven’t, don’t worry, we may be in need of some people to fill a bus….I’LL DRIVE!!!

I headed up to Maine(ME) yesterday with Joel Feid and Señor Berko yesterday to hunt down some waves. It didn’t have the size we expected as Leslie lost some steam for a bit but we still scored two fun sessions before coming back down to NH for a very fun evening session. Thanks for filming Matt!

Well if you haven’t noticed the swell charts on the east coast I don’t know what you’ve been doing with yourself…
I hopped a flight like many others and have already had some super fun surf. Stay tuned for action from the next few days.

Come take a ride with me using my Z-Gear vest.

So I’ve had a magic 5’8″ that Pedro Battaglin made me a little bit ago and I’ve really wanted the same board but with a round tail for when it’s a bit better conditions. And this is it…the 5’9″ x18.38″x2.38″ round tail. I put some alien writing and bright colors so that I’ll be an Identified Flying Object when I’m using it. It worked great this last swell and I’m thinking of taking it back east if Leslie stays strong.

My buddy Oscar Moncada just dipped by San Diego and we had a beach day with our ladies and small wave sleds. If you haven’t seen any of Oscars “wave of the summer” entries check them out on Surfline! This day was the opposite of heavy however, neither of us picked any off anything over waist high and my roommate Sheri from Chicago was dominating on her first time ever surfing.