This week, Long Beach Island lost an integral member of the surf community – its very first. Richard Lisiewski, who founded and shaped Matador Surfboards, owned Brant Beach and Brighton Beach Surf Shops and was a member of both the East Coast and New Jersey Surfing Halls of Fame, passed away last Thursday at the age of 90. He was best known as the first to build a surfboard and surf north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Lisiewski’s stories are larger than life. The son of Polish immigrants, he hustled in their tavern as a kid, and is…
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