November 23rd, 2025 The RUN is 11 out of 11 Weeks.
CRITERIA: Waist high or better at least once a week.
There were waist high on 11-11-25
THE RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN A ROW FOR WAIST HIGH OR BETTER. January 13th, 2025 was 59 WEEKS! |
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NEXT BLOG December 7th, 2025.
All future Blogs will be posted on the 1st and 3rd week of every month (give or take a day or two). *Also in the event of any significant swell I will post the week of that swell. Although the blog is now bi-weekly, I'm certainly not gonna pass up a decent swell. So while it's basically going to be every other week, I left it open for some wiggle room.
THE 250th USMC BIRTHDAY. VETERANS DAY. REST IN PEACE
VINNY BAND DRUMMER PETE GOUTZOS. STEPHEN WILSON JR HAS ARRIVED. THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE. RIP CLAUDIA HACKETT.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE. BE KIND. BE THANKFUL.
THE G-MEN at The MARSTON SCHOOL 11-10-25
I had the distinct pleasure of playing with these talented young musicians on Monday November 10th, 2025 at the Marston Elementary School Veterans Day Assembly. Music teacher Gus Carlson (who's a great guitarist) had these two youngsters play with Gus and I on two selections.
The first song BETTER THAN GOLD is a song that some of the kids wrote about veterans some 15-20 years ago. And the second song was LITTLE WING by Jimi Hendrix, that I sang and played guitar on. I dedicated this song to my late friend Joe Somogyi. I was joined by Auggie on guitar and Eddie on bass. It was great. The teachers, the students, and the veterans all appreciated the two songs. And we were all overwhelmed by the applause and accolades.
But I'm afraid this was our farewell tour. Say what? Yup.
The boys are leaving Marston for Junior High next year. Damn, I was just getting back into playing in a band again too. All kidding aside, both of these boys can play their instruments and play them well. Still it was so much fun playing with them.
Later that night Cory and I attended the 250th Marine Corps Birthday celebration. As always, I read the RIFLEMAN'S CREED, And like I do every year, I read it like a drill instructor at Parris Island. In other words, I belted it out. If you can't hear me? You have a serious hearing problem.
This is the photo of me reading the Rifleman's Creed that night.
Photo by Cory Fatello
And this is Cory and I at the Governor's Inn in Rochester, NH. She's been to more than a few of these gatherings. Imagine a room full of Marines with alcohol. We have a part of the ceremony where the oldest Marine and the youngest Marine share a piece of the birthday cake. It won't be long before I'm the oldest Marine. Ugh.
YESTERDAY NOVEMBER 22nd, 2025 WAS THE 15th ANNIVERSARY OF ME BRINGING OUR PUPPY PATCH HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Yup. I brought little Patchy home on November 22nd, 2010. And this was the first photo of me holding Patch in our home. It seems like yesterday that this all happened. I remember driving home from Maryland at 6:00AM and needing to get home before it got too dark because I needed to catch my wave for my then CATCH A WAVE FOR MOLLY Surf Campaign. I had caught my wave the day before in the morning and drove to Maryland and spent the night. I got up at the crack of dawn and met the breeder of FIELDMASTER'S SHORTHAIRS, Robert Grove.
He couldn't believe I was doing what I was doing. Not buying the puppy, but surfing every day for a year. And when I told this was the second time in my life that I did this he was really blown away. Any way, looking at little Patchy in this photo warms my heart. My next book is going to be about Patch and my other German Shorthairs.
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Ed O'Connell was one of the most loved surf photographers in New England. A US ARMY Vietnam Veteran who saved the lives of so many ARMY Grunts in Nam in 68-69 as a Medic on board those Dust Off Hueys.
He was a close and dear friend of mine.
When he passed on July 1st, 2014 I swore I'd keep his memory and legacy alive by giving him this weekly corner. He loved surfing and he loved taking photos of all the surfers.
Not just those who could really stand out. He shot every one. As long as I shall live and breathe the salt air, there will be a corner dedicated to Ed.
ED'S CORNER November 23rd, 2025
This is Dan Leahy on Veterans Day 11-11-11. This is the Wall. And as you can plainly see, the waves were pretty damn good this day. And this wave in particular was exceptionally good.
Photo c/o Ed O'Connell
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COMING THE LATE FALL OF 2025
UPDATE: Fingers crossed. This is the NEW COVER and Back cover. CLICK ON THIS IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE THE full cover. The book will be done by November 2025 and available in December.
Click on the image above to see the full cover and back cover endorsements.
And this book will be available in both hard cover and soft cover on AMAZON, BARNES & NOBLE, INGRAM, GOOGLE BOOKS, and KOBO PUBLISHING.
SID ABRUZZI'S AMAZING DOCUMENTARY IS NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON, APPLE TV, and iTUNES.
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO SEE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE MOVIE.
New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers the definitive story of The Cars, one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave—with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
*As soon as my book is finished I plan on doing a review on both Sam George's book and Bill's book. I can't wait to do both of them. They are both super talented writers.
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REST IN PEACE PETER GOUTZOS DRUMMER FOR THE VINNY BAND.
VINNY's LAST SHOW AT THE RAT VETERAN'S DAY 11-11-84.
Left to right front row: Me, Peter, and Johnny. Back row: Javier and Danny. It's sad that we (the surviving members of VINNY) have to deal with yet another loss. We lost bass player Lester Eldridge a few years ago. We lost percussionist Ziv Gidron about 10 years ago, and now we lost our last drummer, Peter Goutzos. Pete was our drummer for the two singles on EAT Records, and the album OLAS DE SEXO. He was also the drummer on our South American Tour. He also appears in three videos on our Facebook page.
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This is VINNY playing live in Bogota Colombia in May of 1983. Ironically the man to Peter's left is Neil Buckley. He was our percussionist on that tour and he passed away years ago. Pete was a good friend, and our hearts go out to his family and longtime girlfriend Lorie. And to all his friends and fellow musicians who knew him and played with him.
REST IN PEACE PETE. DO THE BALL DANCE.
STEPHEN WILSON JR HAS ARRIVED.
As most of you readers already know. I have been a fan of Stephen Wilson Jr for over a year now. I found him on the live broadcast on the The PRINT SHOP. That's where he did this killer version of STAND BY ME. And the moment I heard and saw him, I knew I was seeing and hearing someone very special I immediately turned all my friends and family onto him. And last Wednesday he performed on the CMA awards and he played STAND BY ME solo and the place went crazy.
These are video frame grabs from what I shot that night.
This man is the most genuine and important musician/singer/songwriter since I don't know when. Please do yourselves a favor and google him singing STAND BY ME and then go out an purchase his album MY FATHER'S SON. Seriously do that. Just google him. Check out his music. You will not be disappointed.
And when they all stood up at the CMA night? Well you could just feel the energy. Yes my friends, STEPHEN WILSON Jr has arrived and I say THANK GOD for that.
"JUST AS LONG AS YOU STAND BY ME."
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THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE
Look, I have always been a believer of UFO's (now called UAPs) and after watching this documentary I am even more convinced that they are real and they exist. I bought the documentary from Amazon Prime. It's an incredible documentary with some very credible witnesses and individuals who have some hard to dispute information that the entire planet needs to know about.
Here are a couple of reviews that I grabbed off the Internet.
Christian Zilko of IndieWire stated, "As someone who has never been persuaded by anything I had ever heard about aliens before watching the film, I feel qualified to tell you that The Age of Disclosure is really, really convincing...The amount of military officials who share detailed, corroborating stories of alien encounters, and congresspeople who vouch for the credibility of their claims, make this feel like a documentary with front-page news potential...
Of course, there’s still the problem of never being able to see this classified evidence, and each viewer will have to decide how many generals swearing that they’ve seen aliens with their own eyes is enough to convince them."
Bryan Abrams of the Motion Picture Association wrote that the film "should start a real, sustained conversation about what seems now an obvious fact—we are not alone"
PATRIOTS BEAT THE BENGALS 26-20. ARE NOW
10-2.
The Patriots are back, but today's victory was a costly one. So many injuries that I'm not sure they can fully recover from them. But one thing's for sure, the league is taking notice.
PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING FOR SKY ROSA
By now most of you have seen the photo of the President with the newly elected NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. And by now you were all aware of the awful name calling that Trump was saying about Mamdani not to mention all of his cult followers saying the most vile and unwarranted things about Mamdani. I've heard it all. He's a communist, he's a Terrorist, he's gonna destroy NYC.
Well, when the two of them met it was a regular love fest.
Typical Trump's complete reversal of everything he says and doesn't say. And this meeting was days after he said to an ABC reporter "QUIET. QUIET PIGGY!" When she simply asked a question about the Epstein files. And by the way, how can any man be OK with the POTUS calling a woman Piggy? All you men with daughters, wives, sisters, and granddaughters. How can you be OK with that kind of crude and ignorant behavior? My friends, we all need to wake up and smell the coffee. This man is unhinged.
And just today he tried to shove a surrender deal down the throat of Zelensky. POTUS is trying to stop the war in Ukraine that he promised us all he would stop in 24 hours. But his plans are not his. They are Putin's plans. Give up land. Can't join NATO. I'm with Zelensky. DON'T GIVE UP. F**K Putin.
Oh and yes, our boy Khaliddy was there. Of course he was. He doesn't miss a thing. The Sheik is there for all the big stories.
And so my friends, please take advantage of this weekly photo shop of the mastermind who planned 9-11 and resulted in the deaths of 3,000 innocent civilians by KSM (Khalid Sheik Mohammed). *Note to self -must pick up a case of The KORAN at Home Depot this week.
PLEASE KEEP SKY ROSA in your Thoughts and Prayers.
REST IN PEACE Claudia Hackett.
GET WELL SOON Kim Grondin!
GET WELL SOON Jon Gozzo!
GET WELL SOON GABBY LaBRECK!
HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY USMC November 10th, 2025!
KEEP FIGHTING Robert Gerard! You Got This Brother!
Please keep LOCAL SURF LEGEND Norm Murphy in your thoughts and prayers.
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45 YEARS AGO. THE VINNY BAND ON EAT RECORDS.
That's Pete with the glasses on. Pete played on both EAT singles and the EAT LP OLAS DE SEXO. He also toured through South America in 1983 with the band. Rest in Peace Pete. Click on the image above to see more pics and VINNY promo.
Photos c/o RALPH
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I kept a daily Blog on my CATCH A WAVE FOR MOLLY surf campaign, when I surfed every single day for 365 consecutive days. Click on the Banner above to read entries of my daily journey. There's some really interesting and true experiences
that happened during that year. Some of which are to this day, unexplainable. Some are just mind blowing. But all true.
I started on July 26th, 2010 and ended on July 26th, 2011.
Some rainy Sunday, pour yourself a cup or two and go through this year long journal.
Pay close attention to the month of May in 2011. Read that month and let me know what you think of that.
Be forewarned, it will change you forever.
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All photos taken this week unless otherwise noted.
Today- THE HOLLOWEEN SWELL MOVIE
OCTOBER 31st, 2025
Video Frame Grabs by RALPH
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(Above) BMO making the drop.
October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) That's Kody Grondin punching off the bottom.
Holloween
October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) BMO setting up for closure.
October 31st, 2025.
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(Above) Kody jamming a deep cutback.
October 31st, 2025.
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(Above) Oh when the sets come marching in. October 31st, 2025.
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(Above) This is Matt Colby. October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) Big BMO Carve.
October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) Crowley Gentile in a perfect, clean, stand up barrel.
October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) Jon Kiskinis finding his way through the stiff offshores.
Friday October 31st, 2025. VFG by RALPH
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(Above) Mikel Evans
Friday October 31st, 2025.
Photo by Brayden Rudert
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(Above) Crowley Gentile
Friday October 31st, 2025.
Photo by Brayden Rudert
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The VINNY Band was around from 1976 to 1984
July 30th, 1979 headlining the Paradise Club
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(Above) I loved all of Brayden's water shots from this swell. And so did Matt Colby.
Friday October 31st, 2025. Photo by Brayden Rudert
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(Above) I especially loved this one. Why? Come on, that's my son Mackey V.
Friday October 31st, 2025. Photo by Brayden Rudert
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Today- MEANWHILE OUT WEST. November 20st, 2025
Photos by Tony Berardini
(Above) The swells are always bigger in your west coast neighbors beaches.
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) And cleaner.
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) Oh and hollower.
November 20th, 2025.
Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) And scarier.
That guy in the lip is gonna remember this wave for a very long time. November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) Though there were some fun sections to play with.
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) This looks like fun. November 20th, 2025.
Photo by Tony Berardini
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Hannah Vokey is one of my favorite surf artists.
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(Above) I would imagine that surfing this spot on your backhand might present a few obstacles.
November 20th, 2025.
Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) The blue green textures might be tempting to the unknowing. November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) Now that's a sweet turn.
November 20th, 2025.
Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) This almost appears friendly. Almost. November 20th, 2025.
Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) Check the pelican out the back. Now that's smooth.
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) That's a legit lip smack.
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) The grass is always greener. Or is it the "glass" is always greener?
November 20th, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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I love Erica's whimsical Gull art. So cool and unique.
SECRET SPOT IS NOW OPEN IN HAMPTON.
SECRET SPOT is back in operation on the seacoast.
Thank you.
Jon Gozzo and family.
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Today- THE NORTHERN LIGHTS COME TO HAMPTON
November 2025, Photos by Brian Nevins
(Above) I've said this many times in the last 20 plus years. Brian Nevins is the best photographer to ever come out of these parts. November, 2025
Photo by Brian Nevins
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(Above) The Northern lights never looked so surreal.
November, 2025 Photo Brian Nevins
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(Above) For us local surfers, 10th Street is Mecca. Add the Northern lights and it becomes Nirvana
November, 2025 Photo Brian Nevins
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Today- The VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCES
November 11th , 2025.
Photos by RALPH
(Above) The local HPD and HFD present the colors.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) So many of the Police and Firefighters are also veterans.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) Maura Sullivan is a Marine Corps Veteran who served in Fallujah Iraq in 2005. She's got my Vote.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) Chris Nevins USAF Vietnam Veteran gave an excellent speech.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) The WHS USMC ROTC are a key element to pour post on every Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and GWOT/9-11 Observance.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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Today- The Other Happenings On Veterans Day
November 11th, 2025 Photos by RALPH
(Above) There were waist high waves on this day too.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) There were good close friends to say hello to on Veterans Day.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) And great Blue Herons in our backyard.
November 11th, 2025 Photo by RALPH
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(Above) My friend Dan Leahy shot this Northern Light beauty in Maine. Photo by Dan Leahy
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(Above) This is Joe Reardon from Nova Scotia. I met Joe in the early 70's up there. I'm happy to hear he's still surfing. Photo Kevin Cantin
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He's more than just a good photographer
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(Above) All Rise: The 10th Street District Court Of Surf is Now in Session. The Honorable Judge RALPH presiding. Case # 808 BLATANT DROP IN OF THE WEEK. Click the image above to see the outcome of this Surf Crime and the verdict that was rendered.
Photo by RALPH
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This is what happens if you are found GUILTY. You become invisible.
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I don't see much....
I'm picking Tuesday December 2nd, 2025 as the best day of the
next two weeks.
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November 23rd, 2025
"Don't be a turkey out there. Be thankful instead."
(ABOVE) This is AI generated. But it fits the theme of Thanksgiving.
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