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 ...

Labor Daze

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine & Streit. It's been said that expectation is the root of all heartache. In surfing, that's most definitely the case. You check the forecast or a camera, and i...
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Full Circle: Cristobal, Part 2.

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Justin Rienerth, Harrison Whitaker, Heather Bautista, Jill Thomas & Streit. The passing of Hurricane Cristobal mirrored that of Hurricane Bertha almost ident...

Full Circle: Cristobal, Part 1.

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Gene Kesler & Jill Thomas. The original edition of the "Full Circle" series chronicled the epic surf journey Surf & Adventure Co. team rider Shaun Devine...

No Hype. Just Right

Photos by Matt Vaughan, Mickey McCarthy, Shaun Devine & Karis Reventas. If anything, hurricane swells remind us that so much in surfing centers around the almighty hype machine. This website is guilty as c...

Summertime Pura Vida

Photos by Daniel Brittian. Words by John Streit. There's no way around it: summer is the flattest time of year for the East Coast and the Mid-Atlantic in particular. Knowing this predictable pattern, Sur...

2M + Hurricane Bertha

Rodanthe, N.C. doing its best righthand pointbreak impression. Photo: McCarthy. Photos by Mickey McCarthy. Words by John Streit. Before I ever saw a single photo the Outer Banks' Mickey McCarthy snapped,...

Birthed by Bertha: August 6

Photos by Shaun Devine, Forrest Roberts, Mickey McCarthy & Ethan Micele. Words by John Streit. For however flawed the rapidly-rising Hurricane Bertha swell was the day before, it was as groomed and b...

Birthed by Bertha: August 5

Photos by John Streit, Jon Carter, Allen Harcourt & Colin Breland. Words by Streit. As always happens, a mid-summer hurricane doesn't just radiate swell, it also radiates hype. From Florida to Maine, s...

Q&A: Jon Carter Photography

Jon Carter, in his element. Foreword & questions by John Streit. Photos & answers by Jon Carter. I always love shooting with Jeff Myers and all his colorful boards. On this day we chose Jennette...