Surf
Three Reasons to Look Forward to February
Surf By Jud Bushkar PHOTO CREDIT: Justin Morris, Follyhood.blogspot.com As January draws to a close, I look back on the first month of 2012 with mixed feelings. The weather on land and ocean temperatures have been extremely mild. The near shore water temperature hovered in the mid to high 50s. Last January, you may... »
Fight Board-dom with Additions to Your Quiver
By Jud Bushkar PHOTO: Credit: Justin Morris, Follyhood.blogspot.com Surfing is a sport that is closely tied to the location of the wave. Here at Folly Beach, certain styles of equipment have long been believed to be well-suited to our locale. Longboards and stubby fish will always be popular choices due to the less-than-powerful surf... »
Winter Waves Are Upon Us
By Jud Bushkar Surf was pretty good in mid-November, with chest-high set waves for several afternoons. The days were warm and a haze hung over the ocean due to the temperature difference between the air and cooler water. The southwest wind was predominant and the waves cleaned up nicely on the falling tide. There... »
Winter Waves Are Upon Us
By Jud Bushkar Surf was pretty good in mid-November, with chest-high set waves for several afternoons. The days were warm and a haze hung over the ocean due to the temperature difference between the air and cooler water. The southwest wind was predominant and the waves cleaned up nicely on the falling tide. There... »
Surf: How Irene Changed the Washout
By Jud Bushkar Welcome to autumn on Folly Beach and shame on those of you who started celebrating before reading this article. As expected, tourism has slowed down considerably; the beach is half-empty on weekdays; and you can drive to the Piggly Wiggly in five minutes unless your car breaks down. Lately the water... »
Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right
By Jud Bushkar Nowadays, English teachers cringe when their ex-students begin sentences the way I just did. More importantly, surfboards with one, two, three, and four fins are being ridden on every beach in the Lowcountry. How did all this come to pass? In the beginning, surfboards were just that – a board upon... »
Dropping in on Irene
By Jud Bushkar, McKevlin’s Surf Shop Hurricane Irene came to town this week. With it came swarms of surfers riding boards that were brand new, boards from the Nixon administration, and everything in between. A major storm of this type will always produce swell. If the storm stays far away, the waves will have... »
Special Interest Group Seeks Ban On Alcohol
By Just Bushkar We live in the greatest place on Earth. Folly Beach is full of friendly, helpful, and conscientious folks. People say howdy and thank you. On most weekends, the daytime population swells, and half of the Lowcountry comes to the only area beach with good surf. Folly Beach also has many excellent... »
This Article is a Temporary Tattoo
By Jud Bushkar July is a time when each of us falls into our own routine. Whether you check the waves each morning (I see you), pick up trash from the beach (thank you), or roll out of bed late complaining about the tourists you partied with last night, you realize that summer brings... »
Is Jersey Shore Still on TV?
By Jud Bushkar, McKevlin’s Surf Shop If you are reading this, three things must have worked in your favor. First, someone taught you to read. Thank a teacher. Second, the Folly Current is still in print after the summer reading episode. The masses still love to read. Finally, I have not yet been replaced... »
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