Goodbye February: March Pulse Arrives

What to do when you haven’t seen the crest of a ride-able wave since the New Year? Take full advantage of the long-board-able waves in the February sunshine, that’s what. Empty and offshore, their session was worth the facial hair-freezing temps. A big hello greeted such small surf on an uncharacteristically sunny day.

Here's some footage from last week.

- Theo

Good Morning

Woke up this morning and we were greeted with solid swell that pulsed all day. We went out in the am and got a solid surf in and then went home to warm up expecting the waves to fade quickly. But we decided to go back and check in the afternoon and the swell was still in the overhead range on sets and seemed to be more consistent then the morning. Wow we have been waiting along time for some waves and finally there's hope.

Teaser

Mother Natch helping out.

"I live on the ocean becaaaause i... ski?"

Its been flat on the southern coasts since 2010. This has allowed us the time to get up and out into some deep and steep. During this thaw i would like to give thaaaanks. Thank you Mother Nature for a particularly sweet first half of the winter ( - swell). We've enjoyed a few really interesting hikes, scoping out some pristine powder. These hikes included- Camels Hump, Ascutney, Big Jay, and some unnamed back-country.

More to come

Featured Riders

Emily Babbitt

Peter i nap when i want Bermudez

AK

Nicholas Alden Shreddengill

Kelly S. Wilbur

Rider of the week was Peter Bermudez for being the best skier on the mountain...

NxNe

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Over 3ft of freshy.

Its ok, we enjoyed it for you.

NAP

Spent 4 hours in traffic and was greeted with a locked door and a note.

AK

KJW

Emily Babbitt

Get it

The lineup

WINTER SPECIAL

A good day.......sequence says it all

Snow, Sunlight, Treck into the Barrel

Trudging through 35 inches of snow base to the north was quite the battle. From angry Salem locals, aggressively plowing the Kren Van in from both sides to make a statement about their towny status and seniority, made digging out the van and arguing with this guy frustrating and lacking reason on his behalf. He told me the public road in front of his house was his driveway. Mind you, it is really for anyone to claim if they have a resident sticker.

Result: plow me in, argument breaks out.

Blasted up to The Wall for some nuggets after failing on Cape Ann, to change the mood of the day. Heres a few. I was the only one there!

STOKED and COLD and sort of broke at the same time!

Look for some shots of the swell tomorrow from the North Shore. Swell has really jumped up out of the east. Reports support the idea of it being head to 1ft overhead out of the ene. STOKED and COLD!

So much for the waist high forecast an hour ago.

Small, Cold, Raining

 -Couple shots I found on a lingering hurricane swell this summer, oh how I miss those days-


 Well today's swell was quite disappointing to say the least. The wind was offshore all day and we paddled out this afternoon to 3 foot surf with a small period. The waves were very disorganized and were very weak. Hopefully this swell grows tonight and the am will be better. A bunch of us are headed to Vermont to get a shot of the deep powder that fell this week. But we will update you soon with the surf tomorrow.

looks like this will be an itunes hit!

Matunuck crew, might see you down there for thursday and definitely for sunday, looks good.