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Nick Perretta practices the Brazilian martial art Capoeira under the cloudy skies caused by Tropical Storm Alberto on Vanderbilt Beach on Tuesday morning. The storm brought little to Southwest Florida besides clouds, rainfall and some gusty winds.
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Jon Gazi, 21, of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., cuts back while skimboarding on Bonita Beach on Monday morning. Tropical storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, produced four-foot ocean swells and southeast winds -- giving local skimboarders and surfers a rare treat.
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Jon Gazi, 21, of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., sinks into a cutback while skimboarding on Bonita Beach on Monday morning. Tropical storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, produced four-foot ocean swells and southeast winds -- giving local skimboarders and surfers a rare treat of rideable surf.
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Jon Gazi, 21, of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., sinks into a cutback while skimboarding on Bonita Beach on Monday morning. Tropical storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, produced four-foot ocean swells and southeast winds -- giving local skimboarders and surfers a rare treat of rideable surf.
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Nolan Tronnier, 9, looks for his older brother to come up the pier while his sister, Faith, 5, and mother, Cary, watch the surf caused by Tropical Storm Alberto at the Naples Pier on Monday.
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Jackson Hail, 14, center, prepares to surf in the swells caused by Tropical Storm Alberto with friends Austin Gore, left, and Grant Johnson, both also 14, under the Naples Pier on Monday. Grant said they always come out when storms pass by and he "can't wait for the first hurricane."
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Jon Gazi, 21, of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, launches off his skim board on Bonita Beach early Monday. Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, produced 4-foot swells and southeast winds, giving local skimboarders and surfers a rare treat of rideable surf.
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