Beach Sweep Tomorrow!!!!

Well gang, it's that time of year again where we start pitching in to keep our beaches clean! I'm guessing that by now you've heard that the Hookset water treatment plant released 300,000 gallons or raw sewage and between 4 and 8 million small plastic disks into the Merrimak river on March 6th. Some of the disks made it north to Hampton and N. Hampton and lots of folks are doing there part to help the clean up.

The Blue Ocean Society was at it yesterday at the main beach and tomorrow the Pioneers crew will be cleaning up North Hampton State Beach/Plaice Cove and the local Surfrider Foundation will be taking care of the Wall. The Pioneers crew will be meeting across from The Beach Plum at 8am tomorrow and the Surfrider crew will be meeting at the bath houses at the north end of the wall at 8am also.We'll have plastic gloves and trash bags for picking up all the garbage we find. If you've got a minute tomorrow we'd love to have you pitch in with us and pick up some trash. Earn your karma points and set waves for the summer tomorrow with the Pioneers Crew!

New stuff continues to pour into the shop. New shoes, shorts, trunks, sandals, skate and surf gear, it just won't stop.

This is the new Holbrook Low from es.

A HUGE order from FCS just came in. New pads, leashes, bags, fins, and more!!!

New H-3s, PCs, and ULs.

from surfer.

Tragedy struck the surfing world on Wednesday when news broke that Sion Milosky, 35 of Kaleheo, Kauai, passed away while surfing Maverick’s in Northern California. According to a report by the, Sion had caught a handful waves before he took a two-wave hold-down and apparently drowned. The report went on to state that Nathan Fletcher found Sion’s body floating about a mile from the lineup.

Sion, who began his professional surfing career as a longboarder, rose to fame in recent years when he began paddling into some of the biggest waves ever recorded. Whether it was casually slipping into Second Reef Pipe or hucking himself over the ledge on the North Shore’s outer reefs, Sion was one of the most respected individuals in the big-wave surfing scene. As friendly as he was determined, Sion’s good-natured attitude made him a friend to all. Having found a career as a professional surfer later in life, Sion spent many of his years working as a craftsman and building gates. Proud of his blue-collar background, Sion found solace knowing that he was able to provide for his wife and two daughters by working with his hands.

After gaining traction in the surf media in 2009, Sion’s career reached a crescendo this past winter when he graced the cover of three different surf magazines and was awarded $25,000 for winning Surfing Magazine’s North Shore Underground award. With the momentum behind him, Sion began setting out to realize his dream of paddling into the biggest waves possible. “I’m planning on going even harder now,” Sion said in a recent interview. “I want to catch the biggest wave ever.”

Volcom has announced a fund that they have established to help his wife and two daughters in this most difficult time. All of the money collected will go straight to the Milosky family. Click HERE to donate.