Spring Kicks off Big in the Outer Banks

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$Brendan Petticrew knows a thing or two about swell forecasts and sandbars. Right place, right time. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Brendan Petticrew knows a thing or two about swell forecasts and sandbars. Right place, right time. Photo: Dom Dente

$Open spaces, open faces. Andrew Meyer, drawing. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Open spaces, open faces. Andrew Meyer, drawing. Photo: Dom Dente

$Andrew leaning in on the bomb of the morning. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Andrew leaning in on the bomb of the morning. Photo: Dom Dente

$TJ Bonano stylin\' through the end section. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

TJ Bonano stylin' through the end section. Photo: Dom Dente

$It was hard to keep my composure watching this wave go down through my lens. Andrew didn\'t flinch either. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

It was hard to keep my composure watching this wave go down through my lens. Andrew didn't flinch either. Photo: Dom Dente

$Dear Outer Banks on a NE swell, I love you. Sincerely, Goofyfooters. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Dear Outer Banks on a NE swell, I love you. Sincerely, Goofyfooters. Photo: Dom Dente

$Connor Lester, perfect positioning on an inside nugget. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Connor Lester, perfect positioning on an inside nugget. Photo: Dom Dente

$Atlantic teepee. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Atlantic teepee. Photo: Dom Dente

$Andrew Meyer has been here before, and this isn\'t the first guy to get a case of the shoulder-watcher syndrome. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Andrew Meyer has been here before, and this isn't the first guy to get a case of the shoulder-watcher syndrome. Photo: Dom Dente

$Paddling out in the Outer Banks is 3/4 of the fun. Good luck to all weak-armed individuals. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Paddling out in the Outer Banks is 3/4 of the fun. Good luck to all weak-armed individuals. Photo: Dom Dente

$It took some internet searching to find out who this ripper was, but social media prevailed, and Connor Lester couldn\'t hide. Even in the tube. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

It took some internet searching to find out who this ripper was, but social media prevailed, and Connor Lester couldn't hide. Even in the tube. Photo: Dom Dente

$A few times, I thought these birds were done for sure, but just like that, they would rise up and drop right back down to feast on whatever got churned up. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

A few times, I thought these birds were done for sure, but just like that, they would rise up and drop right back down to feast on whatever got churned up. Photo: Dom Dente

$I saw a hundred identical lefts peel across this piece of sand. It was a machine! Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

I saw a hundred identical lefts peel across this piece of sand. It was a machine! Photo: Dom Dente

$The afternoon turned from tubes to turns, and Andrew didn\'t mind at all. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

The afternoon turned from tubes to turns, and Andrew didn't mind at all. Photo: Dom Dente

$Brendan Petticrew comfortably slotted on the left he was poaching all day long. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Brendan Petticrew comfortably slotted on the left he was poaching all day long. Photo: Dom Dente

$Unidentified but soon evaporated. Photo: <a href=\"http://domdentephoto.bigcartel.com/\">Dom Dente</a>$

Unidentified but soon evaporated. Photo: Dom Dente

These photos are from sandbar number 28 on the Outer Banks, on March 20th 2014. Andrew Meyer and myself drove down early and met up with some local cats who are super dialed in to the shifting sands down there. We got shacked all morning, then the wind flipped and we did turns all afternoon. Perfect way to start the spring after a lackluster winter.

Check out more of Dominick’s work at domdentephoto.bigcartel.com and on Instagram: @sb_bk.

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