For Love of Surf

By John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Eddie Compo, Shaun Devine, Karis Reventas, Billy Ficke, Vinnie Abijaoudi, Briar Nelson, Lisa Milspaugh & Streit. Tough Love. As cold, cruel winte...

In Depth: Ficke’s Lighthouse Set

Foreword & questions by John Streit. Answers & photos by Billy Ficke. Welcome to In Depth, our new photo session profile series! In Depth's goal is to gather more insight into a particular session or...

Weekday Warriors, Part 2

By John Streit. Photos by Jon Carter, Colin Breland, Allen Harcourt & Streit. Last week's swell was one of many moods. Appropriate for the stretch of coast we call home. There's a saying aroud these part...

Weekday Warriors, Part 1

By John Streit. Photos by Jon Carter, Eric Murrill, Colin Breland, Allen Harcourt, Vinnie Abijaoudi & Streit. It took a couple of weeks, but the mighty wintertime Atlantic finally flexed its muscle for ...

The Best Performances of 2014

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Colin Breland, Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Justin Rienerth, Jill Thomas, Allen Harcourt, Jennifer Phan, Briar Nelson & Streit. This next feature in our Best...

The Best Barrels of 2014

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Daniel Brittain, Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Billy Ficke, Colin Breland, Matt Vaughan, Jennifer Phan, Harrison Whittaker, Justin Rienerth, Jordan Bartholomew &...

December Drainers, Part 2

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Mickey McCarthy, Jon Carter, Jeanine Montgomery, Jennifer Phan, Jessiah Rudolph & Billy Ficke. All good things must come to an end. East Coast surfers are un...

December Drainers, Part 1

Words by John Streit. Photos by Mickey McCarthy, Eddie Compo, Billy Ficke, Jessiah Rudolph, David Drewry, Brian Bassett, John Coulson & Jordan Bartholomew.  Lack of sunshine and cold temperatures aside,...

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...