Not long after his high school graduation in the mid-1990s, Long Beach Island native Jeff Santoloci fused his love of surfing with a knack for teaching and established New Jersey’s first surf school. Now, 25-plus years later, LBI Surfing offers surfing, standup paddleboard and skimboard lessons and camps in various locations on the Island that Santoloci has long called home.

“Growing up in Loveladies, on the quiet north end of LBI, I started surfing at a young age with friends – on very narrow…