summer
sessions crew

Ryan McGill

Co-Founder of Summer Sessions Surf Shop
Ryan began surfing when he was 10 years old in Rye. Since riding his bike in the middle of snowstorms to get some good New Hampshire winter surf, he has traveled the world searching for perfect waves. The winters have allowed him to fulfill some dreams of visiting surf destinations, enjoying new cultures and meeting great friends. Yet Ryan says, "It is hard to beat this surf community and the days when it is going off at the breaks you grew up at." Ryan graduated from Northeastern University with a BA in Finance. While interning at financial firms during college and running the surf shop in the summers, he gained good perspective on where his true interests lay. He says, "I have found where I want to be and what makes me happy ... It's a pretty good feeling. There's nothing wrong with having surfing on your mind all the time."

Ryan's surf travels include:
Fiji, Australia, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Mainland Mexico, Baja, Costa Rica, Panama, Tortola, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, South Africa.

Tyler McGill

Co-Founder of Summer Sessions Surf Shop
Tyler resides in Rye during the summer months and then escapes the cold during the winter. He has surfed through most of Central and South America in his two-plus years spent south of the border, but ends up back home each spring to spend the summer in Rye at the shop. Tyler says, "Although I love being on the road, it is hard for me to imagine not being at home for the summer at the shop." After graduating from Connecticut College, he spent a winter teaching snowboarding in Steamboat, CO, before deciding surf beats snow. You can visit www.planetranger.com/ty/ to checkout some of his recent adventures. For the past year, Tyler has been working with The CBS Early Show, where he is a special contributor. He landed the job after accepting a bet from friends that he couldn't walk from Boston to New York in a week for Celtics playoff tickets. He completed the trek, which garnered national media attention and caught the eye of producers at CBS. You can see his clips and more of his adventures by becoming a fan of the Summer Sessions Facebook page.

Tyler's surf travels include:
Mainland Mexico and Baja, Tortola, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, The Galapagos, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Java, Sumatra, Bali.