The gulf coast was going off today like it was wintertime. Large surf was exploding on the sandbars. Sand Key, aka the zoo, was packed as usual. It was hard to find a bit of shoulder room. Collisions were common and near brushes with death were frequent. The sandbar was shallow, the surf large, and the crowd maxing out.
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I got a decent little wave before my fisheye handheld camera ran out of juice. It was a decent little right. As this wave was starting to break Continue reading Knee High Surf: C.F.1
As the rain was pouring down, Austin and I managed to get a quick clip of the shorebreak surf. Off in the background loomed a nasty squall storm. There was a bolt of lightning or two, but not enough to chase many people out of the water. As the tide dropped, and the swell increased, the outside sandbar began to break. The rain from tropical storm Hermine poured for the whole day.
Brandon Fraley. Enough said.
Hurricane Hermine is out there churning away. This morning, when this video was shot, Hermine was still a tropical storm. This is tropical storm grade surf. Hermine was upgraded to a hurricane just before 4pm. The gnarly rain and wind that lasted for the rest of the day kicked in around noon. Not bad for a measly little tropical storm.
This is a rad photo gallery from Hunter Kimbel, shot during an epic session in Venice. This was when Hurricane Hermine was bringing swell lines stacked up across the horizon. Photography by Bayleigh
