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The Clif Bar Cold Shot Challenge is back and we could not be more stoked.  Celebrating its 4th year, Clif Bar has increased the prize purse to 10k! Running from Mid-December to March 31st, photographers and surfers from North Carolina to Maine and the Great lakes have their shot to take home some big bucks.  [...] Continue Reading

The awards ceremony, held at Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY, gathered top photographers and members of the East Coast surf community for a night of cheers and beers, and – of course – the presentation of this year’s champions.

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As the phrase goes, In like a lion, out like a lamb, March has lived up to its reputation.  Cold and bitter to start off the month with mild and more welcoming temps as we head into April.  Hard to believe the winter is over.  It is bittersweet to see her go. The month started [...] Continue Reading

Although this winter has been less than stellar, February still offered a handful of fun-sized swells up and down the east coast.  Some really amazing photos have been entered from each region; a solid set of great lineup shots peppered with a good mix of action and water shots.  Scroll down the check out a [...] Continue Reading

First off, we would like to thank everyone for their continued support and interest in cold water surf photography.  ClifBar really stepped it up this year with an increased prize purse and we are stoked to see the cold water community coming together and supporting one another.  There have been some amazing entries and we [...] Continue Reading

We’re Back Winter is in full force and that only means one thing.  The Clif Bar Cold Shot Challenge 3.0 presented by NySea is Back!  For the past 3 years, the Cold Shot Challenge had been the premiere East Coast cold water surf photography contest, with its jurisdiction ranging from Maine to North Carolina and [...] Continue Reading

The awards ceremony, held at Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY, gathered top photographers and members of the East Coast surf community for a night of cheers and beers, and – of course – the presentation of this year’s champions.

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Recently a few of the creative minds behind the ClifBar Cold Shot Challenge 2.0 sat down with Tyler Bruer and Ben Pomeroy of Swell Season Radio.  JR Jensen, Etan Blatt, and Michael Silverstein went on the show to chat about the history of Cold Shot Challenge, some of this winters more memorable moments, and where [...] Continue Reading

The Storm There is plenty of old lore about the weather in March, that if it comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. Well, the lion otherwise known as Winter Storm Riley became an intense nor'easter after undergoing bombogenesis off the coast of New England. Bombogenesis happens when the pressure [...] Continue Reading

This year the ClifBar Cold Shot Challenge 2.0 is offering prize packages for each named winter storm.  We'd like to congratulate Ryan Moore (Insta: @ryanmooreart) of Long Island, NY for being the recipient of the Unsound Surf Kalani Swell package.  Among the numerous exceptional submissions, Ryan's dramatic sunset shot of an empty, perfect January peak [...] Continue Reading

The CLIF Bar Cold Shot Challenge 2.0 is off to a great start thanks to Winter Storm Grayson, and now -- courtesy of Winter Storm Hunter  --  the entries have been flooding in.  Along with sub-freezing temperatures, Winter Storm Hunter brought some solid surf to the majority of the east coast.  The storms have shown us [...] Continue Reading

The CLIF Bar Cold Shot Challenge 2.0 has started off with a bang thanks to Winter Storm Grayson!  With one of the craziest blizzards in recent history, we have had plenty of awesome entries.  Remember we will be picking one of the submitted photos from each named swell events and sending that person an epic package [...] Continue Reading

  The second annual Clifbar Cold Shot Challenge hosted by NYSEA starts today. This year we’re expanding the playing field, adding new categories and increasing the purse. Open to the public, photographers can now submit entries as far north as Maine, all the way down to North Carolina. Who’s going to claim their portion of [...] Continue Reading

Upon the conclusion of New York Surf Week, for the hosts, NYSEA, it felt a bit incomplete.  That emptiness in our stomachs was because one event in particular was unfortunately cancelled without an official reschedule date in sight.  With not much notice, the City of Long Beach granted the permit to hold the Bowl & Street […]

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The Volcom Unsound Pro went down with a bang last week.  The stars aligned with a super competitive international field, great waves and a solid purse from Volcom. It’s safe to say the Unsound Pro went off ! Check out the highlight video below from Volcom. Also over 300 shot photo gallery below of #volcomunsoundpro. Special […]

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A Super Surf Week in New York By: Chris Hamlet This year the NYSea Open Pro event was held Wednesday July 16 and kicked off the 5th annual New York Surf Week, which has grown to be one of the most momentous events of summer in New York. Beginning the day with rainy and mushy […]

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Great event ! Waves turned on, the Sun was out and the good vibes were kicking. 48 pros and 150 Kids Thank you Unsound Surf, Spy Optics, Stance Socks, Skull Candy, Soloshot, West Wetsuits, McAvoy Plumbing, Palazzo construction, Brands Deli, Skudinsurf, The Beach House and more. Congrats to all the winners; Unsound Pro winner – Ryan Briggs […]

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Alexis Engstrom wins the Womens Corona Pro in well overhead surf ! That makes it back to back Pro wins for this NY gal !  Taking home 5 thousand dollars, not a bad day at her home away from home. Looks like we will be hearing a lot more from Alexis this year as she […]

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CONGRATS to New Yorks Alexis Engstrom !! Taking out an international field of girls from all over the world and winning the  Malta India Jr pro in PR last week !

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NY’s Quincy Davis makes the Semi finals in the JR World Surfing Championships ! So amazing. Check out the Video of her road to the semi’s below. A truly amazing accomplishment. Congrats to Quincy !  

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Read the full story and results of the unsOund surf “Right Coast Cup”    HERE  at the eastern surf website !    

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Congrats Balaram Stack on the Big W at Casino Pier Seaside N.J.  Check out Full Story HERE    

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UnsOund Surf  “RIGHT COAST CUP” sponsored by Quiksilver! Sept 5th-9th, 2012 – National Beach, LB, NY! Congrats to Blake Jones Winning the UnsOund Surf “Right Coast Cup” sponsored by Quiksilver!  Congrats to Balaram Stack making the Semi-Finals(top placing New Yorker of the event) Also  Tripoli Patterson and Leif Engstrom held it down for NY as well making the final day. Epic Waves for this […]

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