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Sunrise on Thanksgiving. Everyone worked up a proper appetite by sunset. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Hurricane Gonzalo was probably the best swell we got last fall. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sam Hammer is always fun to watch. I just happened to be in the right spot shooting fisheye when he launched this one. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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This is a fickle spot, but on the right swell, it's a long peeling left. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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We scored back-to-back swells a few days before, and on, Thanksgiving. This was a few days before. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sunny, light offshore winds, and chest- to head-hight waves. This about as good as it gets in NJ. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sam Seeland enjoying the Thanksgiving warm-up swell. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sam Seeland navigating some backwash. This spot is usually packed, but with 90 of waves closing out on this morning, there were few who made it out for dawn patrol. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Early morning on the first day of fall last year. It was firing all day long. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Jesse Helmlinger getting his fill of barrels on Thanksgiving morning. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Looking out towards one of my favorite bars in town. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sam Seeland floating into the sunset. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Andrew Gesler's board taking a trip over the falls on one of the slab-iest waves in New Jersey.
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Grinding down a shallow sandbar in New Jersey. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Garret Smith making the best out of the first day of fall last year. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Up close and personal with a beauty. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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I was coming back from a road trip and I knew there was going to be waves. Everyone was just waiting for the wind to switch offshore. I got back to my house and swam out up the street and this is what I scored. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Sam Seeland catching some shade from a beautiful sunset. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Bonfires and BBQs on the beach but without the crowds of the summer. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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This was Hurricane Gonzalo. Unfortunately, the trigger in my housing got fried, and my camera wouldn't stop shooting. This was a lucky shot captured as I was swimming back in to try to fix it. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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Shane Capone boosting. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
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A fun evening in early November. Shane Capone just having fun blasting airs. Photo: DavidNilsenPhotography.com
Summer is flying by and fall is right around the corner. For me, fall can’t come soon enough. Autumn is my favorite time of the year in New Jersey for many reasons. For one, we still get warm water until the end of October. Also, after Labor Day, all of the tourists leave, so there are less crowds in the lineups. In the summer, New Jersey charges for beach access, and for most beaches, that stops after Labor Day. We also get some of our best swells this this time of year without having to put on a 5-mil. Last year, we got a series of amazing swells starting out on the first day of fall, which continued well into winter. This gallery is some of my favorite shots from last fall. We’re all crossing our fingers for a similar situation this fall.
See more of David’s work at davenilsenphotography.com.
