pre-Earl

As the Outer Banks of North Carolina(Ability's home base) is just hours away from Category 3, Hurricane Earl making a big impact along the coast, we wanted to share some captured moments of the swell that Earl produced days before he arrived here, which is literally happening now. Please keep your fingers crossed for the Outer Banks as a whole, but especially for Hatteras Island as it begins to take a beating as I type...

Good friend and Hatteras team rider, Dallas Tolson is riding out the storm down on the island. He made sure to get some good ones before battening down the hatches though! As 3 more storms are lining up directly behind Earl, you'll be sure to see more photos of Dallas in the next couple weeks!

photo - Kurt Kessler

Barry Price Jr drove down from Virginia Beach to catch a few in Kill Devil Hills.

photos - Micky '2M' McCarthey

Sterling 'Batboy' King was at ECSC for most of the Danielle swell but made it back to the Outer Banks just as Earl started to show up. photo - Micky '2M' McCarthey