Category Archives: Interview
On the Right Coast: Surfing Rockaway
CS: How did you start surfing and where? SR: I started surfing two years ago. I had wanted to try surfing since I was a teenager but never took the initiative to make it happen. In 2003 I pulled through … Continue reading
Coastlives: Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson has paddled more miles in his 37 years than most people will walk in a lifetime. Two of his kayak trips have resulted in books. The first, Blazing Paddles, recounts his 1985 circumnavigation of the Scottish coastline. In … Continue reading
Coastlives: Kevin O'Driscoll
Kevin O’Driscoll is a scientist, father, surfer, teacher, environmental activist and Kook. It’s this last occupation that has brought O’Driscoll the most notoriety, at least among a certain segment of overeducated, underemployed surfers. As founder of Kooks Anonymous, a highly … Continue reading
NYT Article on CitySurfer
The New York Times reviewed CitySurfer, CoastalSurvey’s predecessor, in their April 15, 1999 Circuits section. Find the story at The New York Times Online in the Technology section. April 15, 1999 A Guide to Surfing (the Ocean, Not the Net) … Continue reading
Coastlives: Aimee Spector
Nobody could figure out what this chick was doing, alone, at the Rincon Surf and Board. Sometimes guys brought their girlfriends to this Puerto Rican guesthouse, but girls just didn’t show up on their own. She didn’t even have a … Continue reading
MOMA’s Got A Woody
Yes, But Is It Art? What do Hobie Alter and Pablo Picasso have in common? Both have their work exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The 1958 vintage Hobie balsa gun will be on display until the end … Continue reading
Surfer-girl
The following article appeared in Dox, the documentary film quarterly, in the Winter 1996 issue on page 20. A similar article also ran on the front page of the Entertainment section of the Stuart (Florida) News in July 1996. HEADLINE: … Continue reading