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Surfing And Sharks
All surfers have some kind of relationship or stigma with sharks. They are the mysteriously fascinating predators that swim beneath your feet when you’re waiting for a set, the creatures that can smell the blood from your reef rash from…
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“Fire And Water”: More Than a NY Surf Documentary
Rarely, there comes a time when I fall in love with a story—when I discover a story that is about more than surfing, more than news, more than money and more than just plain inspiration. Instead, it’s a story about…
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“By The Way” Sheds Light On Unsung Surfers
Southampton, N.Y. native and 27-year-old filmmaker Hayley Gordon never expected her women’s surf film “By The Way” to reach over 31,000 views and be featured on Surfer Magazine’s website, but after a few weeks, her first real surf project turned…
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Sound Off: ASP Pay-Per-View Webcasts
The buzz around the online surf community is that the ASP is discussing a pay-per-view model for the live webcasts of tour events. Times are still tough these days, and if industry leaders like Quiksilver and Billabong are having trouble…
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A Distinct Junction Between New York and California Surf Style
Concocted with the edginess of the urban surf scene in New York combined with the laid back southern California beach scene, break out online clothing retailer Distinct Junction seeks to provide quality surf and skate-style clothing to creative individuals.
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Carissa Moore Talks Triple Crown and Hopes For Future
This year was full of major controversies, complications, and scandal in the sport of surfing. Aside from the truth about Andy Irons’ death, the implementation of big-ticket tour events, and Kelly Slater’s premature crowning tritely referred to as “Title-gate,” surfing…
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Summer 2011 As Seen Through My iPhone
Fall is in full effect here in New York and winter is just around the corner. It’s too bad because summer is my favorite season and it always seems to go by to fast. Luckily for me, and now you,…
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Quiksilver Pro New York Final Day Photos
One of SURFBANG’s good friend, Tom LaGrassa was down in Long Beach for the final day of the Quiksilver Pro New York. Tom wasn’t just hanging out, he was also taking a ton of great photos of all the action….
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Quiksilver Pro New York Pre-Event Photos
The wait for the world’s largest surf contest is almost over. Tomorrow is the trials and the day after is the first day of an 11 day waiting period for the Quiksilver Pro New York. Long Beach is already buzzing…
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Handplane Goodness
I’ve been bodysurfing since before I could even surf and since then it’s stayed one of my favorite things to do in the ocean. In all my years of bodysurfing I’ve never used any sort of handplane so it’s about…
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Hey Bra! Junior Pro Keanu Asing Talks US Open
Keanu Asing from Ewa Beach, Hawaii is one of the top junior surfers in the world at 18 years old. In April, he dominated the ASP 1-Star Unsound Pro here on Long Island, defeating local Long Beach poster-boy Balaram Stack….
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A Chat with Sally Fitzgibbons
Last month Sally Fitzgibbons won the Swatch Girls Pro France and is quickly closing the gap between her and, the current number 1 in the Women’s ranking, Carissa Moore. Shortly after the contest we were able to ask Sally a…
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Artist Profile: David Macomber of Shark Sugar
When I think of surf art, I usually think of surfboard murals, spray paint, canvases cascading with wave scenes, barreling photos and some puka shells thrown in. I’ve rarely seen everything rolled into one style. David Macomber of Shark Sugar…
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Artist Interview: Drew Brophy
When you think of surf artists, Drew Brophy should be one of the artists to immediately pop in your mind. The guy went from living, surfing and painting his own boards in South Carolina to living in Hawaii and airbrushing…
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Spring Fling on the Jersey Shore
The last Friday in April was a perfect example of how fun the waves can be on the East Coast in the Spring. A moderately sized Southeast swell arrived and with the mostly West winds, the Jersey Shore was once again the…
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Photographer Profile: Greg Heine of Northeast Sessions
In the second edition of our Photographer Profile series I had a chat with a friend of mine, Greg Heine. Greg started taking photos as a hobby after graduating high school while attending college in Boston and has since honed…
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April Showers Brings…WAVES!
Chilly days of heavy winds, thunderstorms, and torrential downpours followed by a day of sunny skies and 60 degree air temps means it’s officially spring time in the Northeast. With all that squally weather usually comes some excellent waves and depending on what…
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5 Days in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has become a second home for me over the past couple years. My family has a house down in Rincon so it makes it easy for me to make the trip whenever I have the free time. I…
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KS10 Double Take
I was watching the Quiksilver Moments video, when right around the 18:26 mark, they show Kelly Slater acknowledging the crowd in Puerto Rico right after he won number 10 and guess who’s in frame taking pictures? Me.
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Intervew with Zoltan Torkos
Over the past couple of days, the internet has been buzzing with the news of Zoltan Torkos landing surfing’s first official kickflip. His video on YouTube has gone viral, gaining over 250,000 views in only a few days. I thought I’d…
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