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NYC Surf FAQ

With the booming popularity of the sport, the number of surf shops has grown in the metro area. Here’s an updated listing of New York Surf Shops

CitySurfer's Journal: Summer 1997

This summer has been a bust wavewise.  Although four named storms ascended past the 35th parallel, they were all short-lived and essentially weak. Spring brought many more consistent swells and we can only hope that fall will do the same. Here’s the whole grim story, as it unfolded:
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997
From: barney Subject:
Re: Sunday [...]

CitySurfer's Journal: Fall 1996

Saturday, November 23, 1996
This was to be the last surf of the year.
Picked up the rental car at one in the afternoon and drove it back to Brooklyn. Loaded it up with gear and fit the board inside. Drove out of town over the Verrazano Bridge and south into New Jersey.
Figured I’d get as far [...]

New York Surf Beta

I hope to attend suny at stony brook starting this summer. Any help on where to surf, surf shops, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks.
From: CN
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Long Island surf
Date: 21 Nov 1995
My favorite surf spot on Long Island was Long Beach. There’s some weird surf rules during the summer as to where [...]

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