by SeaCliff, as originally published in “The Aloha Room and Stories of Stoke” on NYNJSurf.com
Golf and surfing share at least some core characteristics - The learning curve for each is endless. And in their own unique way, each sport can yield great satisfaction one moment, and be completely humbling the next.
Yet there is something mystical about our sport that defies easy explanation. Read the rest of this entry »
An Original Work by SeaCliff, as originally posted somewhere, sometime back in 2003.
On the eve of Spring, I offer this look back at winter surf experiences. As much as this is a song of lament, I find myself regretting the fact that there weren’t enough days this past winter like the one described. Who knows, one day I may even publish the accompanying music. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by SeaCliff
Stumbled on this quote when checking in on Liz Clark and the Voyage of the Swell on Westsand.com. (Much thanks to skSURF for the heads up on this!) While not directly surf related, this captures, for me, much of the essence of what drives us to pursue the surf, near and far. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the second in the series on Technique and Etiquette, and originates from a question originally posed by Kurt in the forums on NYNJSurf.com
Kurt: I’m beginning to get my Chris Birch quad figured out. It’s faster and shorter (at 6′2″) than anything else I’ve ridden in a long time. I’m stoked.
Anyway, yesterday and today’s waves were giving me an oppurtunity to drop into a section that was pretty walled up with a shoulder a little ways down. As I was dropping in the lip was pitching over.
I tried multiple times to drop into a frontside tube. I was feeling like I was making headway. Here’s some of the things that occurred to me. Read the rest of this entry »
by The Waterboys, also on the soundtrack to Riding Giants
These things you keep
you’d better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
on your soulless days
Once you were tethered
and now you are free
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by MikeM, as originally published in “Stories of Stoke” on NYNJSurf.com, September 30, 2006
The catch started off slow in the early morning. Muscling through when the wind blows the boat against the tide can be real frustrating, especially when its howling steady 25 knots and the waves start to stand up. Read the rest of this entry »
by Old_Rock_Guy_in_NH, as originally published in “Stories of Stoke” on NYNJSurf.com, April 24, 2006
OK, here is the deal. It is actually so well etched in my mind I only needed to think about (and feel) the day and it all started filling in pretty well. So sit back brothers and sisters we are going surf tripping to SoCal…
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By Skye McFarlane, as originally published in The Columbia Journalist, December 12, 2005
It is a week before Thanksgiving, and a winter wind is crashing hard onto the shores of Rockaway, Queens, dropping temperatures into the 30s. Yet the water at Rockaway Beach is still alive with surfers.
Clad in head-to-toe black neoprene, five sleek bodies appear like silhouettes, bobbing in the glare of the late-afternoon sun. As the swells roll in, each takes his turn to paddle and stand, perching atop the waves for a few brief, exhilarating seconds before plunging back down into the frothy 50-degree surf.
by SeaCliff as originally published in The Reading Room on NYNJSurf.com
Time.
Time to contemplate.
A few moments, a handful of seconds. Time to think.
by little_nasty, as published on NYNJSurf.com September 26, 2006
Using a ranking scale of 1 to 6+, where 1 is flat or marginal surf and anything 6+ is epic, here’s a composite look at how the months compare by looking at the percentage of days in each ranking. Data is compiled from retrospective analysis, 1996-2005.
For a full size view, click here.