Winds were coming in around 55 miles per hour in southern Massachusetts, with the heaviest winds along Horseneck Beack, Newport and Westerly, RI on the Conn border.

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On Saturday in Newport, RI, surfers were out in full force as eight foot swells rolled in after noon.

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He briefly quit radio for a stint on the Channel Four breakfast show RI:SE, which he later told the Independent newspaper "scared me off TV for a long time".

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