The one thing that makes New Jersey surfing so incredible is the change of seasons. Well, that and we’re the only place in the world that requires beach badges (more on that a little farther down in the column.) We romanticize the hardiness of surfing in the snow. We groan about the long stretch between March and June. We generally rejoice in the warmth of summer and then look forward to the fall.

Oh, do we look forward to September! The whole East Coast likes September, from the maple syrupy sweetness and leaf…