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...

October’s Opening: Part Two

Words by John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Briar Nelson & Billy Ficke. The instant I began to run through the photos coming from last weekend's swell, it was obvious one photo feature w...

October’s Opening: Part One

Words by John Streit. Photos by Justin Rienerth, Jon Carter, Harrison Whittater, Angela Kirkland & Carter Gamble The swell train keeps on rolling down the Mid-Atlantic track! As soon as our last swell re...

Surfer Snapshots: Coeltryn Kirkland

Foreword & questions by John Streit. Answers by Coeltryn Kirkland. Photos by Angela Kirkland. The first thing that stood out about Coeltryn Kirkland when he arrived as a rental associate at Surf & Adven...

September Ends, Fall Begins

Words by John Streit. Photos by Jonathan Breedlove, Jon Carter, Shaun Devine & Billy Ficke. Almost on cue, the winds of fall began blowing just ahead of the autumnal equinox; signaling the official end ...

Balak’s Back!

Words by John Streit. Photos by Jennifer Phan. Tyler Balak's back and on the attack! It's been exhilarating to see one of our longest-tenured team riders return to form coming off of a knee injury that saw h...

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 ...
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Devine Connections

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine & Katie Slater.  His new SPL Waterhousing and Shaun Devine are a match made in surf photography heaven. From the first swim with the new rig, Shaun came back...
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A Swim with Billy Ficke

Words by John Streit. Photos by Billy Ficke. It's always rad to see creativity arise and expand rapidly in an individual; especially when that talent applies to surf photography. That's certainly the case fo...

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...