GOPRO"N AROUND JUNO I decided to take a break from shooting other surfers and focus on myself this week. Over the past two weeks I've been having some issues with my gear. My still camera broke, was sent out, fixed and returned broke, thanks guys!. The wires on my housing yanked out again and missing this swell sitting on the beach taking photos for a few bucks was not an option, I was on it with my Gopro! lol!. Continue Story.
#2 THE REFRACTION CHRONICLES It wasn't big and it wasn't perfect but when a hard NW wind blows in South Florida for 24 hours you can count your pennies that there will be a swell in the morning. The problem most of us face is when and where to surf. It’s a freakish event that takes place during the winter that most surfers know about but don’t use the words to loosely. It’s the reason why I love surfing in South Florida during the winter, it’s the Refraction Swell. Continue Story.
GALLERY PRINTS BY PAUL DIMARCO
Let's just call this a shameless plug or a call fro some extra cash but I am excited about finally launching a store to sell some of my art from the past Hurricane Seasons. Check out the gallery for photos, sizes and prices. I am also excepting custom prints so hit me up with an e-mail with any idea that hits you nugget. Click here to view available prints.
ATLANTIC SURF GIRL #3 CHRISTINA PHILLIPS
Atlantic Surf Life recently met up with Chirstina Phillips down at South Pointe Park in South Beach, Florida. Christina and her Mom spent 3 hours on the beach with me shooting all different styles and locations. They put together a beautiful collection of bikinis and outfits for an awesome sunset photo shoot on the beach. Continue story and photos.
2012 WINTER OR JUST A TEASE, THE REFRACTION CHRONICLES
Is this the start of a cold winter with plenty of swell for South Florida or a tease during a warming La Nina event? What I do know is that over the past 3 days the timeline of events planned out perfectly for South Florida! Let's hope it's not a tease and the cold weather continues to push south so we can continue this journey into the Refraction Chronicles. Click here to continue.
SURF LEGEND TOM CURREN TOURS SUNNY FLORIDA Three Time ASP World Champion Tom Curren recently completed a one-month, South Florida tour sharing with us his music, stoked factor and grace. A portion of proceeds from the events went towards the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Jupiter Beach Florida. For more on the tour and to check out a few photos from his performance at The Speakeasy with William Kimball and the HitShow in L-Dub click Continue.
KOP ROUND-UP (KING OF THE PEAK 2011 SEBASTAIN INLET, FL.)
Between the 30mph winds, misty salty rain, heavy squalls, nasty drift, clumps of seaweed, floating buckets, a few nose bleeds, tweaked backs and double overhead-disorganized monster size surf, everything seemed perfect to hold the 17th Annual Quiksilver King Of The Peak at Sebastain Inlet on Sunday and Moday. Continue News.
"BE A PART OF IT, NEW YORK- NEW YORK" PART III Long Beach, Long Island/New York
One of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs is New York-New York! After a week like that you just want to go back for more. New York was and might be the best stage for an ASP event in the world. It was total perfection and held up to everything it could be. PHOTOS AND STORY CONTINUE CLICK HERE
THE WRIGHT COAST PART II Long Beach, Long Island/New York
When I woke up Friday morning I couldn't believe my eyes. The waves looked perfect and I couldn't get my soggy wetsuit on fast enough. I headed 3 Jetty's east from the contest area and found a nice little peak to share with a few Long Beach locals. PHOTOS AND STORY CONTINUE CLICK HERE
Long Beach, Long Island/ New York The ASP Quiksilver Pro New York.
PART 1 (Thursday, Sept 12, 2011) – The first half of the Quiksilver Pro in New York was sunny and rainy. The surf conditions started off small but clean then became big and blown out, then back to perfection for the finals days. PHOTOS AND STORY CLICK HERE
HURRICANE IRENE, OBSTACLES OF A SWELL
(Tuesday, August 30, 2011) – My heart and soul goes out to everyone affected by Hurricane Irene. She was a beast that ripped through the North East causing serous damage. I am not going to go into details about the storm’s damage and information. You can find all the data on the web, but I will share with you my experience during Irene and post some photos from around South Florida. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
HURRICANE IRENE, OBSTACLES OF A SWELL
(Tuesday, August 30, 2011) – My heart and soul goes out to everyone affected by Hurricane Irene. She was a beast that ripped through the North East causing serous damage. I am not going to go into details about the storm’s damage and information. You can find all the data on the web, but I will share with you my experience during Irene and post some photos from around South Florida. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
HURRICANE IRENE VIDEO
(Monday, August 29, 2011) – On the morning of August 26, 2011 South Florida finally had it's day after a long flat spell. Macking head high swell from Hurricane Irene rolled into Palm Beach Island. While most people shot photos Atlantic Surf Life had the video camera rolling! Vimeo Video or YouTube Video.
5 FREE WALLPAPERS FROM ATLANTIC SURF LIFE
The tropics are heating up and there is a tropical system headed towards Florida. Atlantic Surf Life would like to share with you these 5 wallpapers from the 2010 Hurricane Season to get you ready for the start of 2011! Wax them up guys, it's coming and enjoy the wallpapers! Click Here to view the wallpapers.
Between two lows
(August 16 2011) As August ticks away and September is in our sights Atlantic Surf Life would like to share with you a few days in Florida in what I am are calling " Between Two Lows. It wasn't big and it wasn't epic but we did get a few days of some decent surf. Click here to continue.
"IN THE SHACK" WITH TOM BUNGER
With all the East Coast hype, I felt like the next “In The Shack” should focus on New York Board Shaper, Tom Bunger. Tommy is a busy guy between raising his kids and running the Bunger Surf Board Factory. Continue.
Meet ASL Surfer Girl of the Month Kels.
She's a student studying Sports Medicine. Kels is a very active young lady playing Basketball, Softball, Wake Boarding and Surfing. She is in amazing shape and her measurements are, Bust: 32 D, Hips: 0, Height: 5'4'', Weight: 120. Continue.
Keeping active and healthy when it's "FLA"t
Surfing is a part of our lives and sometimes traveling isn't an option during the summer. When you have a family or a job getting away to those summer spots that produce swell can be a little tricky and expensive in this economy. Continue.
2010 Hurricane flash back #2
With predictions of the world ending in 2012, giant Midwest tornados destroying towns and earthquakes releasing life sweeping walls of water, I think we might be in for some heavy shit this season Take a look back at the 2010 Hurricane Season with ATSL. Continue.
ARTIST AND SURFER: TODD HALE
Atlantic Surf Life would like to introduce Artist, Photographer and Surfer
Todd Hale from Richmond, VA. Todd also spends his summers in Nags
Head, NC running his Photography Company, Sun Portraits and surfing. During the winter, Todd returns to Richmond to work on his
painting and planning his shows at Studio 6 that he hosts once a month. I first met Todd back in 2004 in Nags Head. Continue.
ATLANTIC SURF GIRL VICTORIA
This is Victoria, Atlantic Surf Girl of the Month for June 2011. Victoria grew up in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States when she was younger. She's Dominican, Italian and Polish. She's been surfing for about 10 years and is studying at her local state college in Palm Beach. Her measurements Continue Story
MAY IN SOUTH FLORIDA
My face is fried, my gas tank is empty, my camera is covered with salt crystals and sand. What does that mean? Yep, we finally got a decent run of waves, but I think South Florida just had it's last swell until hurricane season... I hope I am wrong. So book your tickets to Central America and check out this feature from the first half of May. Continue News
"IN THE SHACK" WITH GORKIN
Atlantic Surf Life recently had the chance to interview New Smyrna Beach local and Atlantic Coast Lost Pilot, Aaron Cormican, aka Gorkin. I know what your thinking.... another Florida surfer? Well why not? Continue interview.
Florida Refraction Swell... Where When and How?
It's seems like your talking about the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot when you mention a Refraction Swell in the forecast. Many surfers really don’t get it or understand how it works. Continue interview.
FREE SURFING AT THE 2011 Southeast Surfing Championships Recently Paul DiMarco from ASL spent a few days in St. Augustine, Florida at the 2011 ESA Southeast Surfing Championships. "Our plan was to cover the contest but we spent more time down the road from the contest shooting and surfing. It seemed the surf next to the pier was better then the break at the contest." Continue interview.
"In the Shack" with Rick Mellen
Our first ASL Profile of the Year is Rick Mellen from New Smyrna Beach , Florida. ASL's Senior Photographer Paul DiMarco caught up with Rick Mellen at the NSSA East Coast Championships to grab a short interview and see how his new sponsorship with Jet Pilot is going. Continue interview.
Grom Sunday at new smyrna inlet florida Stevie Pittman, Michael Vanaman, Noah Schweizer, Noah Dovin, Giorgio Gomez, Christopher Daniels, Corey Howel, Knox Harris and Keto Burns plus so many other up coming surfers that landed on the podium at the .... Continue story.
Atlantic Surf Artist: Tom Veiga
Our first Artist spotlight is on Brazilian Artist Tom Veiga. I came across Tom’s work a few months ago online and was blown away. His art is rather simple, calm and colorful. He chooses to create images Continue story.
WINTER ON THE EAST COAST, NY, NJ and SOFLA March 8, 2011
The winter on the East Coast of North America was one of the a coldest on record. From South Florida to the Great North East. It was cold and it was a good winter for most of the Eastern States. Continue story.
ASL Girl of the Month: Crystal Perez
We found Crystal hanging out on the beach during the last swell that hit Miami. She lives in Miami Beach and spends most of her time working as a dancer in some of the hottest night clubs in South Beach. Continue story.
Heading West To Winter X-GAMES 15
Over 2000 miles from the nearest East Coast beach break and 8000 feet above sea level, stands a giant 22ft wave of ice, 567-foot long, 75 feet from lip to lip with a pitch of 18 degrees. A monster carved out of snow and Ice. They call it the SuperPipe and it is slapped in the middle of Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Colorado for the Winter X-Games 15 Mens SuperPipe. Continue story.
Twice In Two Weeks South Beach only breaks a couple of days a year, right? Well how about twice in two weeks! Crazy! The night before the madness in Palm Beach County the winds were blowing out of the west or north west pretty heavy all night long. And you know what that means. "lets go sailing Buffy... I don't think so!" Continue story.
Volcom's SeaCOW SURF SERIES
Volcom's SeaCow Surf Series took place at Sebastian Inlet Florida on December 4th 2010. Aaron Cormican took first place in Pro/Am taking home $2000.00 in cash! Tanner Someone also took first in the Juniors, Tristan Thompson took first in Groms, Amy Nicholl clamed first in Girls and Jaric Fink too first in Squids. Nathan Colbum won a $100 in the Electric Volt Thrower Award. Thanks to Volcom and all the sponsors for a great time. Continue story.
OVER Head IN SOUTH FLORIDA 2nd Swell nOVembeR has been dame good so for on the east coast. With websites like Surfline and ESM running multiple features to keep up with the waves and photos coming in. On Monday ASL headed down to South Florida where conditions were perfect after Sunday which was well over head to some double overhead sets. Continue story.
November Juice IN SOUTH FLORIDA 1st Swell Florida is know for it's yummy orange juice, sunny sky's and blue ocean, but in November a different type of juice started flowing. The blue started flowing! With waves reaching 4-5 feet and off shore winds for 3 days South Florida Surfers had their first real taste of a real Fall swell. Here is small photo gallery from Photo Paul Di Marco in South Palm Beach. Continue story.
IGOR IN RODANTHE "It's time to get shacked!" One of the strongest swells of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season was from Hurricane Igor, reaching a cat 5 while setting up to slam Barbados. For over a week the east coast was going off and we focused on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Continue story.
LONG BOARDING THE LEFT OVERS After 2 days of Earl perfection it was time to break out the long boards for some leftovers. We sent our photographer down to South Florida to focused on a little beach break in Lake Worth. With perfect 2 to 3ft waves and no wind we caught some early birds having some fun on their logs. Continue story.
3 DAYS WITH HURRICANE EARL Hurricane Earl stands out as the best swell of the season. It delivered pure perfection along the east coast. With perfect conditions from South Florida to Nova Scotia topping in at head high plus with off shores wind surfer and photographer were ready. Continue story.
FLASH BACK 2003, ISABEL'S CHANNEL SWELL On September 1st 2003 a strong tropical wave moved of the coast of Africa. By September 6th it was declared a Tropical depression and strengthening. The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, FL, reported on September 14 2003 that the center of major Hurricane Isabel was located near latitude 23.7 north, longitude 66.3 west or about 370 miles east-northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Continue story.
HURRICANE DANIELLE SEBASTAIN INLET FL 8/29/10 We finally have a decent Hurricane off the Atlantic and She show's up with some heavy baggage, and lots of windy weather for the south east. Danielle's swell arrived on Saturday and Sunday in Florida along with strong winds and crazy rips. Continue story.
IN THE SHACK WITH SHAPE STEVEN "FIRO'GENIS I had the pleasure to spend some time at the Firo Surfboard Factory in West Palm Beach, Florida. Steve "Firo" Firogenis has been building boards for over 30 years. The Firo Surfboard name is starting to take charge in South Florida with surfers Like Channing Miller, Baron Knowtlin, David Rodman, Jeremiah Graves, Adam McPherson and Jeremiah Wyche riding Firo’s Boards. Continue story.
