There are times that we, myself very much included, are convinced that the world revolves around our little sandbar. Sometimes it may seem it does, especially if we share a photo of some simple aspect of Island life and our summertime friends get all doe eyed at a winter sunset or the opening of the Chegg (just about a month away, by the by). But for the most part we carry on and the world goes about its way.

Well, that was until this week, when the whole surfing world had a laser focus on LBI.