Today we had the best waves yet!

Watch out, they spit.

Zack attacking this wave!

Holden in the tube!

Chris going down the line perfectly.

Tom Crowbar on a pretty little peeler.

Sarah W. going backside.

Sarah B. had some great rides today.

Tuna is flying!

Morgan charged big time today.

John the shredder.

Jarno!

Janie is one tough cookie.

Nice one J Lo!

Hannah Sassafras practicing her stance.

Rachel rocked this surf session!

Eliza gets the longest rides.

Party wave!

Coleman’s crew.

Holden.

Hannah!

There were tons of dolphins out today!

It has been an incredible week and we are so proud of all our campers!

Everyone is improving immensely, catching lots of waves, and sharing lots of laughs…

The waves were good by the pier today. Here’s Zack enjoying a nice, long ride.

Jarno from Germany had some fun rides today and we finally caught them on camera!

Julia (Tuna) showing some style.

Sarah W. with perfect form.

Tom is cruising down the line!

Sarah is full of smiles.

Rachel performed a few dance moves on her surfboard today!

Morgan could go pro at the rate she is improving!

Janie always has a great attitude and is ready to surf.

The water was a bit cold for this Florida boy today, so he spent a little time on the sandbar.

Woah J Lo, that is a nice wave.

Peter gives this session two thumbs up.

Baino playing a trick on the girls.

Bocce ball champions!

Holden with some nice speed!

Hannah had some great waves today.

Eliza is a natural.

Chris, right before his victory dance.

To the beach!

Everyone had a blast on our Jockey’s Ridge outing!

Tuna is looking a little sandy.

I think Jarno has enough sand to play with.

Running up the hill . . .

Then sliding down it!

Big smile.

Sand surfing.

Hooray!!

It was a wonderful day. Only one more full day left!

It has been a beautiful day and everyone is having a blast!

Hannah is really catching on!

Holden onto a nice ride!

Eliza going down the line.

Sarah B. did really well today.

We love Fro Fro’s hair!

Julia S. charging.

Jarno and Zack heading into shore.

Tom on a nice one!

Sarah from Cville, showing us how it’s done.

John goes for all the bigger ones.

Jarno!

Janie always catches a ton of waves.

Julia L. gets better every day.

Chris going down the face of a wave.

A beautiful morning.

Buddies.

Bocce ball!

Zack attack!

The Julias.

We had a fun-filled day and everyone did really well surfing too!

Janie cruising into the shore.

Rachel, having a blast.

“Coppertone” is well protected from the sun!

And there he goes!

Julia “Tuna” really caught on well again this year.

Eliza with a big smile.

Sarah and Hannah

Morgan also did really well today.

Morgan on a fun wave.

“J-Lo” (Julia L) having a good ole’ time.

Rachel is all smiles.

John is shredding as usual.

Sarah W is a natural surfer.

Taking a break.

Holden with a good stance.

Chris had a ton of rides today!

Tom (“Crowbar”) is always having a good time!

Jarno is a trooper!

Hannah on a nice one!

Sarah!

Rachel!

Jane hopping off her board after a long ride.

Love the face.

Coppertone!

Sarah W on a fun little wave.

Eliza after a fun session.

Eliza showing off her skills.

Everyone is all settled in and doing well. We had a lovely beach session before dinner and will start surfing tomorrow! Check back tomorrow night for pics!

Bryan in the tuuuuuuube!

Austin Aoki getting a few more rides before his trip back to Hawaii.

Skyler, our neighbor, in a nice thick barrel.

That was a good one.

Tom, our shredster, on a more friendly wave.

We miss you Tom! Sorry we wouldn’t let you take Ila back to Florida.

Kristin charged big time.

After a big drop!

Ross the Ripper.

We were visited by some solid ground swell which brought some very big waves for our advanced crew, and for the rest… well, they traveled to find some easier waves but they were still pretty big! Everyone charged and had a great time though. . .

Austin from Hawaii said the waves were better than Hawaii today.

Woah there!

Dima had a big smile on his face after this one!

Showing some style.

Sarah has no fear!

Woah Kainan!

Nicky crusing down the line.

Morgan has real talent!

Look at Maddie go.

John on a very big wave.

Some smiles, goofballs, and . . . frowns?? Must be the sun in their eyes.

Tom tom tom tom.

Morgan and Kristen.

Nicky!

Ryan the surfer dude.

Brian shreds.

Yes, Brit made this!

Will is always having a good time.

Dima really challenged himself today and got some great rides.

Seth keeping his balance for the drop.

Peter! His face says it all.

Kainan will need a nap after this one!

Nicky is focused.

Maddie charges harder than anyone.

Austin had soooo many rides today, I could do an entire post on him.

Tom the shredster.

John going for a snap.

Hawaii boy again.

Megan is a beautiful mermaid!

Here are a few from our trip to Jockey’s Ridge. . .

Dima shredding some sand.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s MORGAN!

Right before a mouthful of sand.

Hold on girls!

Double back flips. Don’t worry, these two are very experienced.

Sarah!

Nicky gives this a thumbs up.

It’s the sandman!

The scenery in Hatteras in incredible.

These guys are serious about putt putt . . . Except Kristen.

What’s that boy doing in the picture?!

Ryan wins!

This crew is jumping for joy because they had an awesome week!!

It was a beeeautiful morning with perfect-sized glassy waves…

Austin ripping as usual.

Nicky catches his own waves with ease.

Seth dropping into a pretty little wave.

Look at Sarah’s perfect form!

Morgan can go down the line every time!

Maddie always charges.

Meg also charges with grace.

Yeah Ryan!

Peter always makes the drop.

Brian caught some really nice rides today.

And he started going backside perfectly.

Will really shredded today.

Brit is always going for waves.

Seth on a clear, glassy wave.

Sarah!

Nicky showing us his moves.

Look at Morgan go!

Kainan gets better and better.

Dima pulling into a fun wave.

John pulling an air.

Austin just had to be in the picture too.

Austin getting some nice speed.

Dima is all smiles.

Tom found a crab!

. . . and ate it for lunch. JUST KIDDING!!

Nice turn John!

Everyone is doing awesome and catching lots of waves!

We are so proud of all our campers for shredding some BIG waves today! One group traveled to find some smaller, more manageable waves and the more advanced group stayed here to shred some sicky gnar gnar.

(Sicky gnar gnar)

Tom getting under the lip.

John paddling into a sick wave.

John shredding it up.

Dima pulling into a sweet one.

Austin enjoying a fun, glassy wave.

Nice cut back Tom!

Peter, one of our surf instructors, showing the kids how it’s done.

Seth had some fun rides today!

Sarah is focused.

Ryan is also doing great.

Peter paddles in on his own and catches lots of sweet rides.

Nicky (Nazgul) with perfect form.

Morgan is a natural.

The boys, chilling on the beach after a bodysurfing session.

Will, about to drop in on a big one.

Meg Deg charges the biggest waves and makes it!

Maddie is tough as they come and always ready to surf.

Kainan had the best surf session of his life.

He was the star of today’s footage!

Here’s just one more.

Surfer girls checking out the waves.

We are so impressed by Brit’s surfing ability!

See what we mean?!

Big smiles.

This was Bryan’s wave of the day that he rode all the way to beach! He went so far he didn’t know where he was when he finished!

Seth again, making the drop.

Meg deg shredding some more.

And here’s Maddie again!

Surfer girl.

Peter heading to the beach.

Seth is all smiles.

We have a very talented group of chargers this week AND some nice Hatteras swell! Here is a peek at some of today’s morning and afternoon waves…

Here is one of Tom’s many afternoon waves.

And Austin, showing his style.

Morgan has no fear! Here is a pic from this morning’s session.

Peter caught a ton of waves this morning!

Seth also had some really nice rides.

Ryan showing us his talent.

Nick is doing awesome!

Megan charging the drop in.

Ross heading out with the girls.

Brit is a natural surfer.

Madison didn’t want to get out of the water!

Sarah charged hard today and made a lot of progress!

Will is always having a good time!

Kainan never thought he could run over a dog with a surf board!

Bryan is a little shredder.

Bryan again, showing us his skills.

Everyone caught some great waves this morning.

Here are some shots of the advanced guys from this afternoon:

Dima on a nice one.

Austin pulling into a classic Hatteras wave.

Hawaii boy with a big grin on his face.

Goodness gracious Tom! This boy gets better every day!

John also caught some big waves today.

Everyone had an awesome first day and is looking forward to catching some more waves tomorrow.