The Reading Room

A Collection of Charts, Graphs, Original and Reprinted Works on Surf and Surfing in New York and New Jersey

 
 
Last Man Out

Last Man Out 

an original work by Ray G, as first published on NYNJSurf.com in 2007.

crisp afternoon sunshine

lemon yellow sparkles

in a blue sky dream day

sun setting on golden waves

last man out...

 
Generating Speed

This is the first in a series that taps into the collective knowledge base of the members of the NYNJSurf.com community, and are the result of questions and answers as originally posted in the forums.

Pumping
by Happy (now Jammycast), as published in the NYNJSurf.com forums September 16, 2005

I'm definitely ready to start pumping my board so i can actually make it around sections and i've tried it a little but it doesn't feel right. i've been watching other people and i can't quite figure out what they're doing. do you weight and unweight your front foot? how? or i've also been told its a kind of side to side thing. Help!

 

 
A Brush with Death and a God

A Brush with Death and a God

by Old_Rock_Guy_in_NH, as originally published on NYNJSurf.com, April 24, 2006

OK, here is the deal. It is actually so well etched in my mind I only needed to think about (and feel) the day and it all started filling in pretty well. So sit back brothers and sisters we are going surf tripping to SoCal…

 

 
The Hold Down

The Hold Down 

an original work by SeaCliff as first published on NYNJSurf.com in 2006.

Time.

Time to contemplate.

A few moments, a handful of seconds. Time to think.

 
Full Moon Fever

by jonathan, as originally published on NYNJSurf.com, September 7, 2006

Under cover of night I moved quickly out my front door and away from the street lights. I wait for the cars to clear, cross the road, up over the boardwalk and quickly down the steps into the welcoming sand. A perfect orb of silver shone down and reflected on the thigh high peelers that the oncoming low tide was revealing.

 
Stouthearted Men

by Joe McGowan - Originally published on The Surf Info Page at joemac.net, May 18, 2003

Yesterday I looked at boys and saw men. Before I get started on that, let me first apologize to all of the competitors in the ESA Northeast Regional Championships just concluding at Long Beach Island, New Jersey-I only watched 3 heats of the whole thing. Although it's a local event for me, I couldn't be there on Friday (work), 3 heats time was all we could stand in that fearsome wind and cold on the beach on Saturday, and here I sit on the Sunday of the event.

 
Pre-Dawn Stoke

By blueberry, as originally published on NYNJSurf.com, May 19, 2006

As I was putting on my wetsuit in the dark this morning, I could hear the driving rain outside. I didn't even want to look at the ocean. I needed to go. I needed to get wet at any sleepless cost.

I walked out the door and noticed the flooded sidewalks. I still can't see the full ocean from the board walk because its so dark. It doesn't matter I'm gonna get wet, I'm gonna ride a few, I'm gonna paddle.

 
Another Worst Wipeout Tale..

Worst Wipeout
by little_nasty, as
published on NYNJSurf.com August 10, 2006

It was around thanksgiving prolly about 7-8 yrs ago and I flew out to visit my old man in central cali. He was tied up at work this one day and i had brought a board. It was a 6'8" byrne supa narrow rounded pin, very fast, not a lotta float tho. anyways, the trip coincided with a real big NW winter type swell that was hitting real big further up the coast (ie. mavs, etal.), but i figured that down where i was it would be rideable. Packed up and headed to the regular spots, but they were totally closed out with nobody making it out. I don't know what possessed me, but i was on a mission and determined to surf this swell. I had an idea that i'd hatched many years ago, and this was the time to try it.

 

 
Young Sea

Young Sea, by Carl Sandburg, 1916
The sea is never still.
It pounds on the shore
Restless as a young heart,
Hunting. 

The sea speaks
And only the stormy hearts
Know what it says:
It is the face of a rough mother speaking.

 
Sunday Service

by ez_ed, as originally published on NYNJSurf.com, January 29, 2006

Pulled into a near empty lot at daybreak. The earliest glimmer of sunlight reflected off the glassy darkness of the bay. A lone figure with dog surveys the scene over a mug of coffee. I peel off my sweatshirt, grab the vipers and jog across the lawn past the Eddie Aikau memorial and across the cool deep sand to warm up my body.

 

 
Pray for Surf

by little_nasty, as passed on to him, and to all of us by the people of Hawai'i

Hawaiian Surf Chant

Ina`a `ohe nalu, a laila aku i kai, penei e hea ai:
(If there is no surf, invoke seaward in the following manner:)
More...
Kumai! Kumai! Ka nalu nui mai Kahiki mai,
Arise! Arise, you great surfs from Kahiki, The powerful curling waves.

Alo po`i pu! Ku mai ka pohuehue,
Arise with pohuehue.

Hu! Kai ko`o loa.
Well up, long raging surf.

 

 
The AfterDark Grom Sessions

by onefinookas, as originally published on NYNJSurf.com, July 18, 2006

    Surfed last night with my buddy while his kids played on the beach. I tried to get them to come tandem but they weren't feeling it, so we surf while they build sand castles made of sand. Its about pitch black when my buddies oldest starts screaming Justin I want to go surfing, I comment to my buddy, grom should have thought about that an hour ago now its pitch black. My buddy says," I can't leave hime jonesing for more surftime all night." We all know that feeling, so shoreward bound I head.

 

 
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