Surfing Hurricane Erin's Swell On Nantucket

Chris Tran •

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Luke Johnson at Cisco Beach on Tuesday. Photo by Chris Tran

Hurricane Erin kicked up a massive swell that brought conditions island surfers live for.

While most people on Nantucket decided to play it safe and watch the surf roll in from shore, a handful of the island's best surfers went out to take advantage of overhead waves that don't come around too often.

Photographer Chris Tran was out at Cisco and Madequecham on Wednesday and Thursday to capture these images:

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