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...

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...
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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...

Full Circle: Cristobal, Part 3.

Words by John Streit. Photos by Shaun Devine, Jon Carter & Streit. All good things must come to an end. So is true for cross-global travels and hurricane swells. The afternoon of Thursday, August 28 saw ...
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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...

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...