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August 21, 22, 23, and 24th, 2025. Hurricane Erin lit up the entire East Coast and gave all the surfers from Florida to Nova Scotia
something to sing about. Depending on who you spoke with, the different states offered everything from triple overhead
grinding barrels, to long glassy fun shaped lines. Suffice it to say, we all scored during ERIN.
This 17 minute edit is all New Hampshire.
I admit, I messed up by not going south during the peak of the storm. And I honestly have no one to blame but myself.
I knew, it would be bigger and better down south, but I neglected to act on my gut instincts. Instead, I waited on
"eyes on" witnesses. And well, I blew it. We never got the really big surf in NH, but we did get some consistent
head high to overhead waves that lasted for days. So, nobody is complaining. Even me.

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The 17th annual HIT THE BEACH at 18th Street on North Beach in Hampton, NH. August 29th, 2025.

We welcomed The WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, The Manchester VA, NEDS (New England Disabled Sports), and 110 Fitness.
Sponsored by American Legion POST 35, Cinnamon Rainbows, Summer Sessions, Zapstix, Sheila and Bobby Nudd,
Tony and Shelly Berardini, Fresh Valley Foods, Rockingham County Law Enforcement Officers Association with Steve Henderson,
Hampton Fire Department and the large Garrison Flag, the Hampton Police Department, the town of Hampton,
NH Parks and Recreation, Sarah Stewart and the staff of the Commissioner of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The NH Lifeguards and Chief Patrick Murphy.

HTB Beach Captains: Kevin Grondin, Lenny Nichols, and Tony Berardini.

And finally, a BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers.
You volunteers are the heart and soul of HIT THE BEACH.

Video and edit by Ralph G. Fatello

Drone footage by Martha Lardent

Still photography by Brian Nevins @nevinsphoto

Additional video by Max Fatello

Music by Stephen Wilson Jr www.stephenwilsonjr.com

August 31st, 2025 The RUN is 3 out of 3 Weeks.
CRITERIA: Waist high or better at least once a week.

There were head high to overhead waves for 4-5 days from
HURRICANE ERIN and a low pressure off the coast.


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 September 14th, 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.



SEEING STEPHEN WILSON Jr LIVE AT BERNIE'S BEACH BAR.
4 DAYS OF HURRICANE ERIN. THE 17th ANNUAL HIT THE BEACH.
33rd ANNUAL SURF FAMILY ROBINSON. PADDLE FOR DUGG.



I suppose I owe you regular readers of this Blog an apology. I was supposed to post the Blog on Sunday August 31st, 2025. But life got in the way. I had to deal with first hand several major events that ran from Thursday's STEPHEN WILSON Jr's playing Bernies, to HIT THE BEACH on Friday, to SURF FAMILY ROBINSON on Saturday, to the PADDLE For DUGG on Sunday. And by saying I had to run them all. I mean just that.

Starting with seeing STEPHEN WILSON Jr at Bernie's Beach Bar on Hampton Beach. Some of you already know how much I love this guy. I mean, he's the real deal. And even though he was playing the night before the 17th Annual HIT THE BEACH, there was no way on earth that I was going to miss his show. So me, Cory, Tony, Shelly, Dave, and Shawna went and saw him. And let me just say that he was every bit as good live as he is on his records.

He played all his hits including: FATHER'S SON, HOMETOWN, HOLLER FROM THE HOLLER, BILLY, YEAR TO BE YOUNG 1994, and my fave STAND BY ME. The latter which could very well be a newer rawer version of that old classic. Seeing Stephen Wilson Jr at BERNIE'S in Hampton was like seeing The Police at the Rat.

Suffice it to say, he won't be playing at Bernie's next year. He is destined for bigger and greater things, But having said that, I wanted to give a BIG shout of thanks to Al Fluery for getting SWJ to play here on the beach. And he sounded great.

I used three of his songs in the HIT THE BEACH video. The video is posted at the top of the page next to the HURRICANE ERIN video.


photo by Martha Lardent


Speaking of HIT THE BEACH. The very next morning we held our 17th Annual HTB surfing Day. I have said many times in the past, I can't control the weather or the waves. I can however, control the people who have my back every year. But this year we had to deal with seaweed the likes of which none of us had ever experienced. Seaweed was everywhere at 18th street. Piled 3-4' high in some places. There was no way to run this event with that amount of seaweed. So what did we do? We had people of all ages grabbing rakes and pitchforks digging trenches down to the water.



This photo above is from 7:00AM. It was amazing watching men, women, and youngsters pitching in to clear trenches to the beach. Watch the video that's posted at the beginning of the Blog. You will see the amount of seaweed that we had to deal with. I'm hoping that we can reach some sort of compromise with the state to clear the beach at 18th Street next year.



The photo above by David Manzi shows the trenches we had to dig.



Deb Cram from seacoastonline snapped this pic of me snapping off a salute in the seaweed trenches. When the tide came up it brought all the seaweed back. But those volunteers did one hell of a job clearing the beach for those wounded and disabled individuals. We could not have done it without them.

HAND SALUTE! READY TWO!

 



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 August 31st, 2025



This is the photo of of the HIT THE BEACH gathering from 2010. At this stage, just two years into the event we had started to grow bigger. Remember we started in 2008 and I believe we only had 6 vets show up. Compare that with the 80 participants we had this year. Granted we invite the family members of the Vets and disabled surfers.



We want them to enjoy as day at the beach with their families. And that's what we do each year. I thought of Ed this year and wonder what he would have thought of the bigger gathering we have at HTB these days. I'm sure he would be thrilled. The photo of Jerry above is classic. He has been coming to HTB every year since 2008. Photo by Ed O'Connell

*Click the photo above to see a larger version of Ed's Pic.

COMING LATE SUMMER 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 late Summer. By late I mean late September or early October 2025. 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.

SAM GEORGE'S NEW BOOK IS OUT! I'LL BE WRITING A REVIEW SOON. MEANWHILE CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO GET YOUR COPY.

Most of you reading this Blog already know who Sam George is. But for those of you who do not. Sam is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former editor of SURFER Magazine and SURFING Magazine.
He's also a dear friend that I have known since 1979. He along with Jeff Chamberlain are two of the most prolific writers of our Surfing lifestyle.



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*As soon as my book is finished I plan on doing a big piece on Sam. Complete with an interview. Like I have said many times before, I don't know a single surfer who has been more stoked on surfing for as long as Sam has. He is that never ending grom who eats sleeps and drinks surfing. And that is true no matter where he is on this planet. Sam knows Surfing better than anyone else I know.




SURF FAMILY ROBINSON 33rd Anniversary Saturday 8-30-25



These are the volunteers from this year. Like HIT THE BEACH I could NOT do this without their help. Burying treasure and fighting Pirates is not a one man job.



Battling the dreaded Pirate Jonas again. The most dispiciable and hated Pirate known to mankind. For some damn reason he thinks I look like Cap'n Vince. I have no idea who that is, but I know it ain't me.
Photo by Martha Lardent.


And then on the 3rd Consecutive Day...


photo by Brian Nevins

SURFER'S PADDLE FOR DUGG
Sunday August 31st, 2025.

The Rocks, Rye, NH

I did my first SURFER'S PADDLE in 1978. My then best friend Joe Somogyi had passed away. It's funny to look back on this all now and think of all the other paddles I had run. There's got to be dozens of them. From the East Coast to the West Coast. I've run dozens of them. And this particular paddle for Dugg Desjardins was one of the nicer ones. With his wife Ana present and a handful of his childhood friends, along with the surfers and friends that knew Dugg through surfing and his art. The setting was perfect.

A nice warm summer night. Not a cloud in the sky, and there were little waves popping up and over the reef. You couldn't have designed a better setting. We all took turns talking about Dugg on the beach. And when everyone had a chance to talk on the shoreline we made our way out to the line-up and created a circle. Before we paddled out, I mentioned to everyone that we should look and listen for signs.

Little did we know, that a sign would appear before we left the water.



Out in the lineup we once again took turns talking about him. Then we all held hands and cheered. Under the direction of Ana, we all laughed like Dugg and then we made a pact that we would all try to be more like Dugg. And I suggested letting a wave go by the next time we were out surfing to let Dugg take it .

Then on the count of three we all threw our flowers into the circle and hooted as loud as we could could. And because most of the paddlers were surfers, they paddled over to the reef an caught a few waves including Ana herself. It was a beautiful night.

Later when Brian Nevins was going through his drone pics he saw it. The circle of Surfers had inadvertently turned into the shape of a heart. Clearly a sign from Dugg himself. Look at the photo above. Keep looking and listening for signs.

"SURFING HEALS ALL WOUNDS."



SEPTEMBER 11th, 2025.



Like this poster says. We still remember them. We still honor them. And that's what we plan on doing at American legion POST 35 this coming September 11th, 2025. The Good news is we are not adding any new names to our monument. The bad news is there are still those in this world who wish us harm.
The GWOT (Global War On Terrorism) is forever. FOREVER.



PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING FOR SKY ROSA





This parade in China is what our esteemed leader was hoping for on his birthday back in June. I'm sorry Your Lowness King that your parade failed miserably. But you better be taking notice of this trio Mr "NO MORE Wars." This show of strength is directed straight at you. They do not tremble when you speak,. They do not cower at your presence. They know the truth about you. Like so many Americans who are slowly coming around to that truth. Including the wicked with herself MTG. The Epstein Files and the victims of that abuse are not going away. They will not let it go. Meanwhile, you can keep making billions (Google how much money the King has made since being re-elected) while the rest of us struggle. Ask Uncle Google. He will tell you the truth. But this meme is is noteworthy. That's why our boy KSM is there covering this story. He knows a scoop when he sees one. The question is, When will you notice?
KSM and the GITMO GAZETTE all know the truth.



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 HOW TO HAVE A REAL BIG PARADE Books at Home Depot this week.

PLEASE KEEP SKY ROSA in your Thoughts and Prayers.
REST IN PEACE Scott Bean 1960-2025.
REMEMBER 9-11.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Betsy Appel 9-11-25.
REST IN PEACE "DUGG" SURFER/ARTIST
REST IN PEACE Judge Caprio 1936-2025
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Max Fatello September 14th, 2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Veda Day Cropper! August 23-2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Terence Kirby August 23-2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BMO August 23rd, 2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kainaulu Nichols August 24th, 2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hannah Vokey August 24-2025!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Johnny Fatello August 25th, 2025!
KEEP FIGHTING Robert Gerard! You Got This Brother!
Please keep
LOCAL SURF LEGEND Norm Murphy in your thoughts and prayers.
"SURFING HEALS ALL WOUNDS."

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Ralph

 



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SHANE SMITH HURRICANE ERIN SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001
Not many people made that connection when Hurricane Erin came to town two weeks ago. But I remembered. How could any of us forget that day? 24 years ago. Hurricane Erin was sending perfect surf up and down the East Coast. Much like what happened two weeks ago. Though we didn't get attacked like we did on 9-11, we are clearly not out of the woods. With that big parade in China, the war in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip...we are closer to day to war than we have been since 9-11. Pay attention my friends.
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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.

 



All photos taken this week unless otherwise noted.

Today-
HURRICANE ERIN DAY I August 22nd, 2025.

Photos by RALPH





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(Above) Erik Zak still surfing as effortlessly and smooth as he did 20 years ago. Hurricane ERIN August 22, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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Today- HURRICANE ERIN DAY II August 23rd, 2025.
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August 23, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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Today- HURRICANE ERIN DAY III August 24th, 2025.
Photos by RALPH




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Today- HURRICANE ERIN DAY I & II August 21-22, 2025.
Photos by Ed Moran



(Above) Big wave. Big bottom turn. ERIN August 21-22-2025
Photo by Ed Moran

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(Above)
Warm water makes for fast turns with less rubber.
ERIN August 21-22-2025 Photo by Ed Moran
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Today- HURRICANE ERIN DAY I August 22nd, 2025.
Photos by Bob Costanzo





(Above) Kody Grondin lip smack. Hurricane Erin August 22, 2025
Photo by Bob Costanzo
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(Above) Brian BMO Morse hyper drive. Hurricane Erin August 22, 2025
Photo by Bob Costanzo
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Today- HURRICANE ERIN DAY I August 22nd, 2025.
Photos by Tony Berardini




(Above) Ryan Reed in tight Hurricane Erin August 22, 2025
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(Above) "Fins out" for Kody Grondin's "wicked" lip smack. Damn Kody.
Hurricane Erin August 22, 2025
Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) Kody's father Kevin doing his trademark cutback.
Hurricane Erin August 22, 2025
Photo by Tony Berardini
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Today- SUMMER SURFING August 26th, 2025.
Photos by RALPH




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August 26th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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(Above) One of my favorite selfies of the summer. Me, Kody, Kevin, Kim, Cory, and Max. August 26th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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(Above) Just wanted to see how many of you are paying attention. Summer Season August 26th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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Today- HIT THE BEACH August 29th, 2025.
Photos by RALPH




(Above) HFD's large "Garrison" flag hanging over the Wall. The HIT THE BEACH Icon. HTB August 29th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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(Above) I love this man. Jerry Miserandino has been to all 17 years
of our HIT THE BEACH.
August 29th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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Today- HIT THE BEACH 8-29-25. Photos by Brian Nevins



(Above) Love this photo. My son Max guiding Jerry's board. Jerry got the longest ride of the day that morning. HTB Friday August 29th, 2025.
Photo by Brian Nevins

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(Above) We've had a few characters over the years, but nobody is as stoked and funny as Oscar. He makes everyone smile and laugh.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by Brian Nevins
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(Above) I forget his name but not his style and look.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by Brian Nevins
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Today- HIT THE BEACH 8-29-25. Photos by Ed Moran



(Above) Christian is all smiles from the WOUNDED WARRIOR Project.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by Ed Moran
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(Above) I can't say enough about the volunteers. They are the best.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by Ed Moran
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Today- HIT THE BEACH August 29th, 2025.
Photos by David Manzi



(Above) And this man? Gold. Pure Gold. Dave "Crop" Cropper.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by David Manzi
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(Above) Jerry taking one of the first waves with Max hooting him on.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by David Manzi
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(Above) Dave knows how to anchor a board and rider. With 17 years of HTB and 16 years of Surfing with Smiles, I'd say he has it down.
HTB Friday August 29th, 2025. Photo by David Manzi
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Today- SURF FAMILY ROBINSON August 30th, 2025.
Photos by RALPH




(Above)
Hard to believe I've been doing this for 33 years. Since 1992.
SFR
August 30th, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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(Above) It's all about the kids. Our kids now have kids of their own and they come back every year. Since 1992.
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Today-
SURF FAMILY ROBINSON August 30th, 2025.

Photos by Martha Lardent


(Above) It's almost like herding cats. The families all gather for the group photo. SFR August 30th, 2025. Photo by Martha Lardent
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Today- THE SURFER'S PADDLE FOR DUGG
August 31st, 2025.
Photos by RALPH




(Above) Ana was hooting the loudest. Her love and compassion for Dugg was evident in every move, gesture, and written word. "BE LIKE DUGG."
Sunday August 31st, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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(Above) The hooting and splashing could be heard all across the bay.
Sunday August 31st, 2025. Photo by RALPH
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Today- THE SURFER'S PADDLE FOR DUGG
August 31st, 2025.
Photos by Tony Berardini




(Above) The holding of hands. Paddle for Dugg
Sunday August 31st, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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(Above) The tossing of flowers with hooting and splashing.
Sunday August 31st, 2025. Photo by Tony Berardini
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Today- THE CHAMBO FILES August 23rd, 2025.
Photos by Cap'n Chambo




(Above) The pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow Run.
August 23rd, 2025. Photo c/o Cap'n Chambo
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(Above) The Captain has a GoPro and he loves getting new angles on these covert missions. August 23rd, 2025. Photo c/o Cap'n Chambo
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(Above) Hurricane Erin's sunrise August 24th, 2025.
Photo by Stephen Avola
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(Above) Waist or waste high? Thursday August 28th,
Photo by
Stephen Avola
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He's more than just a good photographer

 



(Above) All Rise: The 10th Street District Court Of Surf is Now in Session. The Honorable Judge RALPH presiding. Case # 802 BLATANT DROP IN OF THE WEEK. Click the image above to see the outcome of this Surf Crime and the verdict that was rendered.
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August 31st, 2025

"I suppose there is some humor with ai. But for the most part? Eh."



(ABOVE) I have friends who live and surf here. Who knows what the future will bring. I mean none of us can rule this out.
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