New Jersey Nuking | Winter Storm Stella Produces the Best Surf NJ's Seen in Years

March 14th -- day of the year -- as seen through the lens of Alex DePhillipo.
New Jersey surfers are already starting to call the back side of Winter Storm Stella the biggest thing they've seen since the Doomsday Swell of 2012. And after seeing this edit from Dark Fall Productions' mastermind Alex DePhillipo, we might be inclined to agree. "People forget how cold and gnarly this shit is, especially paddling into waves with heavy winds," says Alex. "And to think I almost didn't even go because of the weather." The day's highlight? "Rob Kelly is my hero," Alex affirms. "Hands down, the best wave I have ever seen/filmed on the East Coast."
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[@jakecolburn8946]

last ride = perfection of wave, surfer, photography and musical timing...

[@CarlVandenberg]

Came down to the comments to post the same thing. The combination of the wave, surfer, slo mo video and music was mesmerizing.

[@unrulysimian3897]

Carl Vandenberg - one year later. Same thoughts, same awe.

[@WhiteNacho]

I don't care if it is NJ that was a sick pit!

[@TheHoaxHotel]

Last ride was magical.

[@VickyHK1]

The Hoax Hotel hoax hotel!!! Didn't expect to see you here

[@chrispyott4083]

I agree

[@guavacupcake]

That thing was like 4 seconds in real time

[@-tee--bee-3230]

YES IT IS!!!

[@-tee--bee-3230]

zzz, I think we all understand how slow motion works.... Thanks for the insight!!!

[@jakeatherly5243]

Jersey surfers are a different breed. It takes guts to paddle out in subzero weather like that. Offshore winds howling and taking off on beasts. Legends in the making.

[@JIMJAMSC]

The last barrel considering the cold, not exactly a place you get much practice with overhead barrels, is one of the best deep tube rides ever, where ever.

[@GeriDoc8]

Yea it was nice. But as far as best ever? I don't think so

[@monchales7863]

Last ride i was like: if he comes out of that barrel imma freak out, and he did, amazing

[@eastcoastsurfer1846]

them jersey boys make it look easy even with thick seal suits on..nailed it

[@clarkrobinson2789]

I wish I could like this a thousand times

[@Gmark25]

Got to give it to this Alex DePhillipo dude. Spent this entire session filming instead of getting barreled out of his mind.

[@patrickb360]

Seriously! I don't know how these photographers do it.

[@ברקאופמן-ה1נ]

cause they don't surf... and i wouldn't go out on a day like this it's huge highest i surfed is barley 7 ft

[@DarkFallProductionTv]

Yeah I surf, r u kidding haha

[@ברקאופמן-ה1נ]

DarkFallProductionTv you would have gone out on a day like this? That's massive props if you did man...

[@mcdog5149]

@@ברקאופמן-ה1נ . Darkfallproductions created this video. I'm sure they were out there, and major props for that. Great video. Sick surfing. These are some real pros. Have some respect.

[@themadscientest]

I've seen NJ when we get really pumping surf when it was like September after a storm, NJ may not get constant waves but when we get the right waves we have great breaks.

[@daveritchie1222]

That last wave!! i can hear Greg Noll saying"you just dont do that" Awesome surf clip👍👍👍👍👍

[@rich3743]

@4:45 i didn't think he'd make that barrel! good vibes, you made my jaw drop!! XD

[@rich3743]

i forgot, lbi or ac?

[@jmorra]

my jaw is scuttling around on the floor somewhere after seeing make that throaty tube --gnarl!

[@rich3743]

John Bosquet-Morra hahahah riiight

[@electricguysvcs]

I was on the edge of mt seat on that one too way cool

[@JackosCAD]

Great clip... on edge of the seat for the last spit.... champion make dude....

[@holgate1970]

paddling into double over head+ (east coast) thumping cold water surf with a 5/4/3 or 6/5 is no joke. excellent skill level on these guys!

[@dubb9020]

6/5 is a little too thick..... 5/4 is more then enough.... - bayhead bodyboarder

[@James-ip5gz]

I surf in Jersey and only need to wear a 4/3. More than enough for at least 3 hours of surfing

[@jonwilliam4548]

These conditions were the sort that can only be characterized as once in a lifetime for a NJ local!! I recall the day but I saw it from about 50 miles north up the coast line in Long Branch and I remember it not being as big as it was in this video..This is easyily double overhead with the perfect wind direction for that spot and wind speed for the ground swell that produced long 10-12 second intervals, at least here in NJ...And these are the golden boys of the NJ surfing scene, with no one else out there and they gave it a going over!!! If this doesnt get you in the mood to surf nothing will and the editing and camera work are great also...Hard perhaps impossible to find a vid of NJ that compares to the perfection and size seen here...

[@ripwednesdayadams]

Hurricane Sandy also brought once in a lifetime waves in NJ. There’s sick footage of people surfing some of the biggest waves i have ever seen here.

[@ooklamoc4411]

Can't stop watching that last sequence. Great job all around.

[@LittleRiverKingfiser]

AMAZING SURFING!!! I live in the pacific northwest surfing double + most of the year. The waves in this vid are no joke son! These guys are killing it! So refreshing to see raw hardcore cold double over head thick ass barrels and dudes going for it. One of the best vids I have ever seen! WELL DONE!

[@brittcave-hawkins1494]

Best surf edit I've seen in awhile, did such a good job capturing how raw and gnarly the weather conditions were

[@andymat7359]

Great videography and editing guys, was clawing the chair wondering if he was gonna make it out of that last watery dungeon! Yewww! 👌🏄🙏👍

[@toddsalvati5694]

I come back to this video every so often, so proud of these kids on this day, they were charging. Me? I was at work, and MUCH older than them, I would have gotten my ass handed to me out there. Not sure where Rob and Chris Kelly are these days, a really nice family and they ripped. I wish them the best.

[@Geraldinslo]

Perfect music edit on that last wave, soooo sick

[@BusStopBourbon]

3:50 I can’t remember a more perfectly shot barrel sequence. 🙌🏼🤘🏼👏🏼

[@nickbrennan3389]

Respect from Ireland...our water gets down to about 8 or 9 degrees in January and February. Those kinda waves are outta my league but we have some amazing underground chargers too !

[@michaelharris4651]

Yeah , Ireland great waves over there , bitterly cold but it goes off . I’ve seen some heavy shit footage of Mullagamore that lefty is totally insane 👍

[@chasingwaves11]

DUDE Rob Kelly fully Killed that Barrel ! #HEAVY

[@planetjazzbass]

Easily the best surfing short film that's ever been made, it encompasses all the elements of true art and communicates on a visceral level where gravity operates......totally superb!

[@JayJay-ft9zu]

The sets coming in was one after another of beauty of waves 🌊

[@geektoro]

36yr Jersey shore resident. Best waves are always during fall/winter season. So squeeze yourself into that 5ml wetsuit,booties, gloves, and head gear and embrace the ride. During an incredibly great season a 4hr session left me with the inability to move my mouth. Like a dentist needle. Next day ..., suit up and get wet again !

[@jig7saw]

Ok- that last wave WAS the Bomb!! no matter where you are- great surf will make it's way to You!!

[@stevewoodmusic1]

Amazing work on all fronts! Cinematography, Music, Editing... everything. A huge measure above what I usually sit through on You Tube.

[@JasonSmith-dd2ms]

Amazing filmmaking. Loved it.

[@Darksagan]

This motherfucking song is sick! Made me watch this shit a few times.

[@JamesFrederickstech]

That edit on the last wave was other worldly. Audio perfectly in harmony with the visual. Superb.

[@garybaxter7297]

Last guy was so far inside, never though he'd see the light of day. Those overheads stay in your dreams forever. Great vidiography too.

[@Blissmonk]

That last barrel... That's what I call a supernatural ride. I can not believe he made it out. Incredible.

[@corpuscollossus]

Outstanding post production on this.

[@samson5529]

i will always remember my" inside tube",,ride during noreaster storm,LBI NJ.,,Hail to line drive surfboards!

[@royjameson2097]

🤘LBI🤘 and it was probably before they buried the jetty's right?

[@FaithandActiondotnet]

Them some cold dark barrels! Sweet song & slow-mo!

[@Chewygsxr]

They could have held the pipeline masters there that day. 🤙🏼 Awesome Video

[@mozdickson]

awesome guys, you're getting the swell we aren't! Aloha from NZ.

[@reddiver7293]

Great waves Great surfing Great editing Mahalo!

[@wadeguidry6675]

I love the solitude of these rare winter storm surf videos.

[@chasingwaves11]

Wade Guidry dude its sick ! we get the best waves . then summer comes and swell drops and its back to riding the long board on mush balls lol

[@wadeguidry6675]

Chasingwaves sounds like fun. I work in Destin Florida in the summer. and occasionally I body board when the passing storms kick up some descent waves, 3 to 6 or 7 feet.

[@dubb9020]

i wouldnt call our nj waves the best........ they rarely get big and they are never really hollow enough........they are forsure heavy slabs tho. get the shit beat out of you no doubt

[@topherdean1024]

Oh, this looks promising. I'll be moving to NYC to help my Dad make the transition to the next realm. I live in Hawaii, so it's definitely going to be quite a shocker. I'll have to buy a 5 mil suit.

[@BenHurProductions]

Deep RH barrel about 3.07 and a deep LH barrel bout 3.51. It gets cold surfing through the winter in the South Island of New Zealand/Aotearoa, but I don't think our water temperatures drop as low as in the NE of USA. There must be pumping winter waves on the NW coast in Oregon and Washington too, but you never really see coverage of that area. Locals probably keeping it on the down low.

[@Stopthegreed]

I live in Raglan bro but spent a few years in NY and Jersey. Not very good very often and fucking freezing with snow on the beaches sometimes. One day there was human poo up and down the beach. Fucking disgusting. Dont know where it was all coming from. We get way better waves in NZ and Indo is fairly close by. I wouldn't go to Jersey for a surf trip. But these guys look like they scored some nice waves.

[@alexmadrid1562]

So good!!L The waves, the surfer's And the music. Congratulations!!!

[@rebelsystem89]

great, I've been waiting a while to see great east coast surf paired with Nicolas Jaar soundtrack, so fitting!

[@swg2002]

NJ is no joke when it gets big. Great video

[@stover954rr]

Is there a term Bitter-stoked !?!? If so, that's me right here. Wish I was there, but super pumped for you guys. Glad to see the east coast get some love. What an epic day. Hopefully we get a few more of these before summer crowds.

[@cecilyt006]

Next-level balls. Thanks for posting.

[@BrentWeldon]

Such epic editing and surfing. Wish i could have been getting water shots out there for these days.

[@steve-g-]

that final clip was ridiculous

[@roscoedolittle5975]

All the rides were great but that last one i was like,"please move the camara lens,"and u did,then I was amazed at the size of the tube,then,dude comes out of a black cave with the spit just blasting. All over,then he flys like a bird in utter rejoice of probably the deepest,best barrel of that whole shorelines existence. Congrats to that dude.For all the times he got pitched,then comes his wave of his life and on video,forever.

[@joshbarrett2212]

why didn't this make a slot at wave of the winter? not Hawaii I guess. East Coast needs some props.

[@georgerobles4976]

Josh Barrett these are everyday waves in So Cal.

[@TheScarbonis]

nah.. its heavy in nj and when the air is 10 degrees and the water is 40, and its double overhead, its a bit different

[@theoeguia3302]

I know! This sucks.

[@chasingwaves11]

Josh Barrett thanks East coast is fun most of the time we get junk waves but when good swell comes though we get stoked

[@bnleong2]

@@georgerobles4976 not even close

[@robertlapin813]

Wow. Last barrel on a quad. My old quad would never have held that. Hats off to shaper and rider.

[@1945Jill]

Some of the best surfing camera work I’ve seen

[@ctfrancia]

i miss winter surfing in New England to waves like this, what i don't miss is just HOW cold your face is after you come back up from the ocean.

[@Jackson-mp7di]

3:54 best bit of filming and edit I think I've ever seen.

[@schlepplifthasser]

Last wave is the best sequence in a surffilm i have ever seen in my life!!!!!

[@johnnykR9]

Last barrel was outrageous. Awesome footage!

[@pete3773]

Cast iron bollocks these guys. Stunning film.

[@jeremystarliper9411]

So glad I watched till the end!!!! The Gnarliest Heavy Pit I've ever seen.

[@geargeezer8049]

I love how this was filmed!!!!

[@andrewjacoblayton]

last clip was crazy i didnt think he was coming out

[@bjaminbjamin]

some sick drops right there, tunes and footage.

[@branchfields]

That last clip, tho....Wave of the Winter $$$$$

[@SavvyFuhr]

This is a beautiful edit. Thank you! This was really inspiring♥️

[@symphonyfarm2009]

Buncha' tough north east winter surfing bastards owning it on amazing waves, and no one in the line up!

[@catalinawilliams5664]

wow this is beautiful footage, music , that is one heavy wave 😍

[@doggieGZ]

The water is soooo friggin' cold.

[@James-ip5gz]

It's around 40 degrees. Don't wipe out and u'll be fine lol

[@AMRcycling]

Great editing, music, surfing... great vid.

[@tankmaster1018]

I cannot fucking believe this is NJ! I go to the beach there all the time and a 7 or so foot wave is the biggest I have ever seen. Holy shit this was insane!

[@cristobilllumberg2473]

winter, spring, and Fall get like this aafter a storm

[@amaturearcadia]

Can't stop watching this

[@johneckhart8198]

being a new england transparent from RI to HI (Waialua) i miss when the waves fire and its virtually empty what i dont miss is the cold. if this were north shore there would be hundreds of guys/girls on it. stay rad boyz....shoots

[@ikaikamaleko8370]

I grew up in Hawaii............and this was awesome haha!

[@upsidedahead]

Dope soundtrack set the mood for those frosty kegs

[@GameChanger-hj9jx]

That last wave! SOOO SICK!!! STARTING AT 3:49

[@michaelharris4651]

Yeah , that was an awesome shack , those jersey boys are hard core and to Rob Kelly well done mate 🇦🇺

[@MKB927]

Boggles my mind how he made that. So gnarly.

[@blmrgtr]

fantastic lil' film

[@jonblatz4801]

My man Randy Townsend, friends with him growing up in the summers on LBI,when we where younger Randy never surfed huge waves,but he kills them now,what's up Randy...

[@royjameson2097]

I'm from the same area🤘 I went to school with Randy's sister Joy and he was my brother's boss lifeguarding. You know where this video was shot?

[@Unwavering137]

Little did i know. I thought you surfed two foot slop. These are real waves. You guys kick A. . no wonder why kelly and matt kechelle are so f.ing good.

[@ekphotography]

Sweet video, edit and color!!

[@ottergreen8190]

Color? That's what a typical winter session looks like here.

[@davidpharo6183]

NJ pumps..........IN The winter. awsome vid keep up the good work

[@edwardbenes5015]

Snowboarding Vermont on Stella was Epic - 5 ft Powder ......

[@omarrivera8860]

The real soul surfers are the ones going out in this type of conditions.

[@lihclore]

damn right.

[@kwnortherner]

Well, that was one mind blowing edit.

[@super63strat]

Last ride on the vid is sick !

[@cowabungabonzai]

So gnarly. What a winter 🤘

[@nonow1353]

That water is menacing

[@JayJay-ft9zu]

The waves were massive that day oh my

[@martin360bb]

Yep that last wave....wow

[@jerrykellerman9725]

Brrr, very nice editing new jersy

[@angebomb]

That was amazing.

[@robertcasteel7039]

had no idea the east coast got up like that. very nice

[@alhassant9204]

East Coast Pipe

[@CarlVandenberg]

Nor'easters in the winter and hurricanes off the coast during the summer/fall can make for some pretty big swells.

[@butthole5235]

Everyone one the west coast automatically assumes east coast is always like 1ft choppy but it’s not at all. Granted, it’s not as big as west coast waves but just the other day we had 11ft swells in North Carolina.

[@Polarcupcheck]

Best waves I ever saw out of NJ.

[@McJoshMusic]

absolutely sick.

[@ronaldwietecha]

pitted, so pitted!

[@clarkewi]

Thats some great surf. And surfing.

[@wsgray]

Yeah, gorgeously dark and hollow...

[@mcdog5149]

How does this only have a few thousand likes ? You know Kelly saw it.

[@-tee--bee-3230]

4:15 is amazing!

[@eurofox2240]

I was out there it was scary and awesome best waves of my life.

[@jstacishin]

very well filmed