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Boogies & Beaters & Missiles, OH MY!

https://vimeo.com/72067617 Words & video by John Streit. In our corner of the Atlantic Ocean, ridable waves are usually accompanied by grey skies, raindrops and brown water. But East Coast surfers aren't ...

Duel in Duisburg: Q&A with Nik Miller

Team River Runner Virginia Beach's Nik Miller leading the field at a recent race in Lake Placid, N.Y. Courtesy photo. Foreword & questions by John Streit. Answers by Nik Miller. The last time we featured...

Dreamy Midsummer Surf Camps!

Our S&A x Billabong campers jumping for joy with their instructors! Photo: Devine. Photos by Shaun Devine. Words by John Streit. If you want to learn how to surf, the dream scenario would read like a des...

False Cape: Over the Rainbow

Photo: Eddie Compo, thewildlyfe.com, eddiecompo.com Photos by Eddie Compo. Words by John Streit. It's been said that if you want to see a rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain. That's just what the cr...
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Summer of SUPSquatch!

The boys cruise in on our SUPSquatch Monster Inflatable from C4 Waterman. Streit photo. Words by John Streit. Photos by Streit and Shaun Devine. Like most cryptic creatures, only a few souls have been in the...

Our Back Bay Backyard

Photos courtesy of Bushka Vidal. Words by John Streit. After its original date was rained out the week before, our first Community Paddle couldn't have run under better conditions. Blue skies dotted with fa...

Tight Lines & Good Times: July 9.

Face-to-face with a small Puppy Drum, which is also known as the Channel Bass or Red Drum. Photo: McKechnie Words and photos by Matt McKechnie.  Fishing is a time-honored tradition in the Tidewater region o...

Escape to False Cape: Bike & Surf Trip

On the way toward adventure in False Cape State Park. Photo: Streit. Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine & Streit. For however cool, windy and rainy this spring had been, the morning of our firs...

SUP Surfing Sandbridge: Winter Wrap-up

S&A owner Rob Lindauer digging in on his Walden Mini Mega CD. Photo: Calhoun. Words by John Streit. Photos by Calhoun & Thomas The surfing media world made no secrets about the amazingly consistant r...

False Cape Bike & Surf Trip: May 11

https://vimeo.com/42227369 Last year around this time; we loaded up a park ranger vehicle with our boards, jumped on bikes, cruised seven miles south of Sandbridge and scored an awesome day of waves set in the...