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•November 13, 2019
How Many Pairs of Boots Do You Need to Live in the LBI Region?
Being this is November and you’re reading a surf column, common sense would suggest we’re talking about wetsuit boots. And yes, it is time for those. It might be time for gloves, too, the way fall…
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•October 30, 2019
A Guide to How ‘Not’ to Start Your Winter in the LBI Region
We do a lot of comparing of winter to summer around here. It seems local conversations always come back to the extremes of these two seasons- the desolation of winter vs. the madhouse of summer.
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•October 23, 2019
Mutated Mosquitoes on the Horizon and Breaking Down Skunk Swells
Not sure if you caught the news this week, but National Public Radio did a really interesting piece on a controversial project of mutating mosquitoes.
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•October 16, 2019
Our New Unofficial Slogan, ‘Never a Dull Moment,’ as Week Presents Highs and Lows
There are several slogans that LBI has used over the years.
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•October 9, 2019
Halloween Hassles and a Spooky Nor’easter For LBI
So is Chowderfest the new Labor Day or what? Seems like we had an extra month of summer and now things are finally slowing down. Who’s hosting the blinking lights party? I don’t expect to see my…
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•October 2, 2019
The ‘Serf’ Column: LBI’s Move to Medieval Feudalism; Plus Good Swell, Bad Winds
Don’t you wish there was just a giant pause button you could put on the seasons? As some of the leaves are just starting to lose their pigment, we’re still enjoying an almost second summer as we…
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•September 25, 2019
A Tale of Two Swells and Skate Park Talk (Again)
Every few years we have this talk and frankly I can’t believe we’re still having it. It seems a new generation of kids has become the latest to take up the fight for a local skatepark.
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•September 18, 2019
Why the Sharpie Was So Silly and Could Have Been Serious
There was a time that things like hurricanes didn’t split up the American people. If you recall, we all get along pretty well after storms wallop us. But that’s not the case these days.
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•September 11, 2019
Tired of Hearing About How Great Local Summer Is? Neither Are We.
“It’s better in September”… Local Summer … The second season. Oh, how we love to glorify this time of year. Year-rounders, part-time residents, and especially surfers. All year we talk about how…
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•September 3, 2019
Annual Easing of the Pressure; All Eyes on Dorian
I’m selling all of my beach badges. I hear there’s still another month of beach weather, so if you want them, hit me up. I’ll give you a deal.
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•August 28, 2019
Surfing in 2019 Is The Age of Silly and The Atlantic Comes to Life
Question: Do you think Ray Romano and Jon Stewart have countless photos of themselves with random strangers around LBI? Do you think they ever just flip through their phones, going: “Here’s me with…
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•August 21, 2019
Why Hurricanes Are So Special to Surfers and Looking Back on Hurricane Bob
It’s been 35 years since my first true hurricane experience. And even though most of those swells were overhyped, even though our uniform shoreline does terrible on long-period tropical swells, and…
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•August 14, 2019
Loss of a Beach Haven Legend, Surfline Sessions and a Lot of a Little
Surf mags are kinda dead, and that’s a bummer.
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•August 7, 2019
The Story of the Night Surf Mishap, Southern Hemi Swells and Longboard Classic This Weekend
“Summer’s almost over. Let’s get radical.” –Matt Johnson, “Big Wednesday,” 1974.
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•July 31, 2019
An Epic Coquina Jam, Inspiring Paddlers, and Are You Living Summer to the Fullest?
Did you have a soft shell sandwich this week? Did you swim or surf in 78-degree water?
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•July 24, 2019
‘Man, It Was Hot Out There’: Musings on Summer Heat Waves and the Other Kind of Waves
A man walks into a bar and says, “Man, it’s hot out there.”
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•July 17, 2019
Every Season Has Its Song and This Is Summer’s Mix Tape
There’s something about driving over the bridge in the summer. For many of us, it’s a feeling of anticipation, that wondering what the surf is going to be like, what the beach day will bring or even…
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•July 10, 2019
Missing Waves and Missing Friends; Plus A Potential Tropical Storm and the Meat of Summer Events
I’ve decided that I miss my friends. Yes, even on a 4th of July with the humanity at 100 percent on this skinny Island, I felt a bit lonely.
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•July 3, 2019
Great Wave Pool Supposedly Coming to Jersey; Harvey Cedars Gives Surfing Outside the Flags the Green Light
You have to imagine the lack of surf is getting to people. We’ve now gone three weeks without seeing anything more than a 2-foot wave.
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•June 26, 2019
License Plates from All Fifty States, Very Few Waves But Many Things to Do
My son has become very interested in license plates this year.
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•June 19, 2019
From Corn on the Cob Injuries to Skee-Ball Elbow, Be Safe This Summer
Any surfers ever wonder what happened to the old Nose Guard that used to be advertised in surf magazines?
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•June 12, 2019
‘Dudes, Brahs, Strobers and Koko,’ Six Decades of LBI Surf Conversations
First light will be before 5 a.m. this week. It won’t be completely dark until 9 p.m. That’s a lot of daylight for doing all the Island-y summer things we love to do.
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•June 5, 2019
Lost in the Woods, or Lack Thereof, Plus Wave Rundown, or Lack Thereof Also
If there are two general places where we enjoy “the outdoors,” you might say they are the beach and the woods.
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•May 29, 2019
Why Memorial Day Weekend Is Awkward for Local Surfers
Man, Memorial Day is such a weird time to be a local surfer.
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•May 22, 2019
Guidelines for Getting Along, the Surf Rundown, Water Temp Plateau … and Goat Yoga
I know it’s been a long winter. Hey, they all are. But we’re here at the precipice of another LBI summer and everyone is understandably excited. Plus they just dropped the speed limit, so, like…
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•May 15, 2019
Fantastically Wet Weather and a Fantasy Forecast for Hurricane Season
Hey, you found us over here in Section II. Awesome. Can you please take off your jacket and boots? You’re dripping all over the place.
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•May 1, 2019
Cinco de Mayo Reappropriated, Spring Surf Roundup, and Wildwood-Sized Beaches
In 1866, Napoleon III started to draw down his troops in what has become known as the Second French Intervention in Mexico.
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•April 17, 2019
If Wind Turbine Noise Causes Cancer, Imagine What You’ll Get from Reusable Bags and Solar Panels; Plus a Banger of a Swell
This week, I stand behind my country with a type of wonder I’ve never had before. Because it says a lot about our people that we are simply still standing. Or maybe that’s just the euphoria of having…
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•April 3, 2019
Is It Spring We Yearn for or Actually the Season Beyond?
Overall I like to surround myself with positive people. I prefer those who see the glass as half full of lemonade.
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•March 20, 2019
Winter Waves Either Great or Terrible – We Can’t Decide
Not sure if you’ve heard this, but this has been the worst winter for waves.
