“Local Summer” is here with beautiful weather, warm water and waves – a gift of nature we enjoy each year. It doesn’t get any better than September into October on LBI. As a lifelong surfer on LBI, I reflected back on summer highlights with gratitude for this treasured time I have enjoyed all these years.

On Aug. 29 I volunteered and participated in the Waves of Strength event created to assist kids with disabilities by getting them in the water on a board to experience the joy of the ocean and…