Midweek Peaks

Words by John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter & Jennifer Phan. As we look forward to a week of solid Nor'easter swell, we don't have to look too far into the past to see the last time the m...

Balak’s NorCal Adventure

Words by Tyler Balak. Photos by Jennifer Phan. Captions by John Streit. "Trying to figure out what that fishy smell is." These are the first words spoken to me following a sketchy cliff descent to a notorious...

Against the Grain

Words by John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Daniel Brittain, Colin Breland, Allen Harcourt & Billy Ficke. This time of year, I love these kind of days. A steady southerly wind flow pushed up warmer...

Carter’s Sundown Session

Words by John Streit. Photos by Jon Carter. As if we needed any further photographic evidence, but this set of captures by Jon Carter shows the swell-drawing power of the Outer Banks in classic fall form. In...

Afternoon Delight

Words by John Streit. Photos by Colin Breland. "Should we go for it? It looks like it could be pretty good, but man that's a long haul." And so began the conversation that so often accompanies the prospe...

Hollow Gonzalo: Part Two

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Riley Shelton, Justin Rienerth, Allen Harcourt, Billy Ficke & Ethan Smith. Gonzalo, our seventh named storm of the 2014 Atlantic...

An Ode to Virginia Beach

Words by John Streit. Photos by Heather Bautista, Colin Breland & Ethan Micele. I humbly submit to you, the reader, "An Ode to Virginia Beach." Time and time again, our hometown is listed online as "O...

An Enigma Afternoon

Words by John Streit. Photos by Jill Thomas. If you're a regular follower of our site, then you already know we've been banging the drum on the Walden Surfboards "Enigma" model now for years. Formerly known ...

Nicaragua Trippin’ with Brian Bassett

Words by John Streit. Photos: Wesley Neill. Having people like Brian Bassett on the Surf & Adventure Co. crew  is what makes this such a special place to work. Alongside Brian being a genuinely good per...

A Sneaky Week

Words by John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Shaun Devine, Jon Carter, Colin Breland & Streit. A random as nature may sometimes seem, my awe has always been inspired when symmetry appears in weather ...