They would be collecting my body parts all over the beach

What kind of shape do you have to be in to not be smashed, crushed and torn to shreds after riding these waves?

Thanks Charlie for submitting this

Thanksgiving Morning Surf

 

Thanksgiving morning I took an early morning walk to relax before all the craziness started. It reminded me to be extra thankful for the wonderful place I live.

The light we have on Cape Ann is amazing and everyday it’s a little bit different. It was nice to  have the Thanksgiving break, where I had time to enjoy the mornings a little more, rather than my usual rush to work and sitting in 128 traffic.

~Alicia

 

Colin Connor and Justin Sander catch some waves between afternoon meetings

Colin Connor and Justin Sander catch some waves between afternoon meetings. Their compost business BLACK EARTH HAULER, is a food waste recycling service for creators of organic waste on Cape Ann.

Photographs © Kathy Chapman 2011
http://www.kathychapman.com

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Surf’s Up! 11/03/2011

 

Surf’s Up! 11/03/2011 Good Harbor Beach

Surfers at Good Harbor Beach – Interview Video

A quick video of Mike and Pete – Gloucester Surfers  and a great photo by Charlie Carroll

Photo by Charlie Carroll

Surfing at Good Harbor

I’ve been taking a break from posting recently because I was on my Gloucester vacation and totally took advantage of it by disconnecting myself from the world. It was wonderful!

Here are some surf pics. I still need a lot of practice but getting the hang of it. Look how beautiful that water is!

Chickity Check It! John Hintlian’s Surfing Set

John Writes-

Warm enough to ditch the boots & gloves, allowing for the 1st water shots of the season. Nothing epic, but 80 degrees and little waves.

His blog is no nonsense surferific check it out here- Hye Tyde

Click The Pic For John’s Surfing Set Slide Show

John Hintlian From Hye Tyde Captures The Swell

John Hintlian The Creator Of Hye Tyde Captures The Swell and Some Video of the Nautilus Road Fire in this Flickr Slide Show-

Click the picture for the slide show and subscribe to his killer blog Hye Tyde

John has a great eye and unique style and flavor to his art.  It’s always fresh to me.

IMG_5848.JPG, originally uploaded by hye tyde.

John Hintlian The Creator Of Hye Tyde Captures The Swell and Some Video of the Nautilus Road Fire in this Flickr Slide Show-

Surf’s Up Part II

Much more hospitable day on Monday and one of those surfers showed up off Andrews Point again:

He is the tiny dot about to porpoise under the oncoming wave as he makes his way out of the cove to go for another run. I’m off island the next couple days so I do not know if he is out there today. Isle of Shoals says the wind is over 50 mph from the WNW so he would really be nutty in my book. The water temp has dipped to a nice nippy 46 F.  I had a windsurfer once with wooden booms and did stuff that what today I would call nutty.  Then I had kids and self preservation became more important.

Thom Falzorano’s Magnolia Surfing Slide Show

click picture to view slide show

Chickity Check It- Hye Tyde

Hye Tyde is the blog from  John Hintlian which mostly chronicles his surfing journal but if you look below the surface of all the surfing pictures and surf pictures, his photography is spectacular and he bring a fresh new perspective to your standard photo/journal blog.

John is very creative with his photography and I enjoy perusing his flickr album as much if not more than Hye Tyde.  Check out his flickr album and see for yourself.

Surfing Among The Bass Rocks

Surfing Among The Bass Rocks, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

For the love of surfing.

My lobstermen tell me the water temp is 43 degrees. There must be a serious rush that gets these guys out there in 43 degree water.

Hanging Ten On The Back Shore

Hanging Ten On The Back Shore, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Frogmen On The Back Shore

Frogmen On The Back Shore, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Yesterday afternoon these crazy bastards were surfing the Back Shore. Sure seemed dangerous to me, but they must know what they are doing. They caught some decent waves.