Join Sundown Fantasy Surf Club House and Win a Surfboard

After a Successful year of Fantasy Surf Competition, The Sundown Fantasy Surfer Group returns. Join The Sundown Fantasy Surfer Group by the beginning of the Billabong Pro Tahiti and you will be eligible to win a Free Surfboard if you are ranked #1 by the end of the ASP World Tour 2009. Winners of each Events will win $25 Gift Certificates to Sundown Surf Shop. To Join, just go to Surfermag.com or follow the link http://fantasysurfer.com/ and join the Fantasy Surfer League and look for the Sundown Fantasy Surfer Group and then Join. Please read the rules of Fantasy Surfer and start picking from the Top 44 who you think will dominate this years season opener. Any inquiries please contact breuertj@hotmail.com

2008 Winner Doug Milstein

Thanks and Mahalo, 
Tyler Breuer 
Sundown Ski and Surf 
516-796-1565 
www.sundownsurf.com

Balaram Stack Named to USA Surf Team

Congratulations to New York’s Balaram Stack, who was named to the Pacsun USA Surf Team for the ISA World Games. Balaram battled Chase Wilson for the final berth. Although he lost to Wilson, Stack will travel to Ecuador as an alternate along side Nat Young, Evan Thompson, Fisher Heverly and Wilson.

See the Surfline article for full coverage.

Special Sauce Storewide Sale – 2/13 through 2/16

Special Sauce is having a storewide clearance sale from Feb 13-16th. Get up to 70% off select items. All skateboards, clothing, shoes, wetsuits,, surfboards, snowboards and outerware on sale. Visit specialsauce.com for more information.

Surf Photography Exhibit at Mollusk NY – 2/21

Mollusk Surf Shop will host a Photography Exhibit featuring the work of Matt Clark, Snapwater and Jack Brull on Saturday, February 21.

Mollusk Surf Shop
210 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

7182187456
mollusknyc@gmail.com
http://www.shipwormandgribble.blogspot.com 

Matt Clark:
See the NYS March 2007 feature on Matt Clark, and visit his new website at Clarkography.com

Snapwater:
His notes from the Underground can be seen and read online at Snapwater.com and on the new

A Clock with No Hands blog.

 

Jack Brull:
Jack’s “Crappy Snaps” have had quite an impact on the local surf community. His photos are an exploration of the surfing experience through the use of lo-fi and analog photographic mediums. Visit his blog “Salt Stained Eyes” for more.

“Cooperfish Cryonetics”

Inthazone – Sam Hammer and Clay Pollioni

November in New Jersey from Interzone To Atlantis on Vimeo.

Sometime around early fall, we went down to the Shore on a day when most, if not all of New York did the same thing. Northern NJ was doing it’s best Kirra impression. I don’t any of the footage is from that swell, but with guys like Sam Hammer and Clay Pollioni on some of the rights, you kind of get the picture.

This is one of Surfline’s featured videos and, what the hell, we’ll use it for our video of the week too.

Check out more from Interzone to Atlantis on Vimeo.

Shave Ice

Last week’s arctic blast groomed a nice south swell recession session for those free to go. Those hanging on to their jobs probably weren’t very productive. Designated driver Mike Rovnyak stood behind the lens and dealt with the wind chill while familiar faces got covered up on what was arguably the coldest day of the winter. Scroll through Michael’s photo gallery for more mid-winter gems, including a bunch of the The Artist Formally Known as Snapwater who was finally on the right (or wrong) side of the lens.

Speaking of TAFKAS, Tommy Buckets launched a new blog, “A Clock with No Hands“, which features some of his inspiration along with a really nice write-up of TJ Gumiella (Violence with Grace) who was recently photographed charging some thick NW Slabs along with Will Skudin.

Office shredders got a rare look at some of the World’s best snowboarders wrecking more havoc on the FDR than the monster potholes left by the snowplows. Thousands came out on thursday evening to check out the Red Bull Snowscrapers, featuring Shaun White, Terje, ‘Squan’s Shayne Pospisil and more.

We only stuck around for the first jam session and it seemed as if some of the riders were having a hard time maintaining speed. Some went big, others looked like they were going into the net. Next time they’ll have to make it ten stories. Kudos to RB for putting on a free event for the masses on the LES. Bring it back bigger and louder (and a touch warmer) in 2010.

It seems that lately all NYC events end at Katz’s Deli, which is becoming a problem for my waistline. Any remote chance I had to sport my sister’s jeans was squashed by pastrami on rye and a knish along with some split pea soup and a few pints. Hey, by the time I was done I could feel my feet.

“I’ll have the corned beef, I’m Irish.”

“What, did I break a window?”

Surfrider NYC February Meeting – 2/11

Surfrider NYC is having their February meeting on Wednesday, February 11 at Rodeo Bar. This will be a social gathering in celebration of the small victories we’ve already made in our ongoing anti-LNG campaign. 

FEBRUARY CHAPTER MEETING 

* Note our new meeting location * 

Wednesday, February 11th 
6:45pm – 8:00pm 
RODEO BAR 
375 3rd Avenue (at 27th Street) 
Manhattan, NY 

Visit Surfrider NYC for more information.

Waves of Health Fundraiser – 2/21

The Mission of Waves of Health is to provide modern medical care to underserved communities and to educate healthcare professionals about the medcal problems of the developing world.

On February 28th – March 8th, 2009, we will be making our third medical mission to the underserved frontier town of Dajabon, Dominican Republic which borders Haiti. In conjunction with local doctors, we will provide medical care and supplies to residents from the most impoverished sections within the town and surrounding communities.

Come party with friends and meet new ones as we help raise funds for a great cause!

TRINITY PLACE
115 Broadway (entrance on Cedar St.)
New York, NY US

When: Saturday, February 21, 10:00PM
Phone: 973-220-2010
PARTY FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

Please come out and enjoy the festivies:

MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, RAFFLES(giftbaskets, concert tix & more)
Leave knowing you made a difference!!!
$10.00 cover charge all night long.
All Proceeds will go towards the 2009 Medical Mission.

 

Surf, Snow and Cinema by the Slice

Reports of the best day in months (today, photo left) was not at all comforting while downing candy coffee in between fire drills this afternoon. It may be time to find a new job that is a little more surf friendly, though in this economy they say beggars can’t be chooses.

Still, as good as it may have been, a 19 degree surf session may need to be more of the alpine variety, which if things pan out right, should occur on Saturday. In the meantime, the Red Bull Snowscrapers event will have to do. I’m not much into these types of events, but for some reason I was pretty stoked to see it being built while sitting in traffic on the Williamsburg Bridge. Dust off the old Terje videos if you haven’t already.

On the subject of surf and snow events, Christian Driggs sent word that his Philly Surf and Snow film festival is happening in March. I first met the Driggs brothers (and “June” filmmakers) at the New York Film Festival when they stopped me and asked where to get a good slice of Pizza. Stumped for a moment, I suggested they walk up to Carmine St. (about 20 minutes). Instead, they found a spot around the corner from the Theater and came back stoked on the slice. You got to like a guy who is internally wired to find a good slice of pizza in Manhattan – especially with all the lousy pizza around town.

Speaking of good pizza, if you can’t get a table at Keens, Pronto Pizza on 36th and 6th is real good.

Surfy Surfy posted Thomas Campbell’s Tour Dates for his new movie. The dates showed only West Coast venues, but rumor has it there’ll be a screening this summer at Mollusk in Brooklyn. I’ve been watching this trailer for what feels like a year now and really looking forward to “The Present”. Check TC’s website for more information, photos, etc..

  

*photo from today lifted from “Wavehog666″

LNG Island on Surfline

Check out Jon Coen’s (from ESPN Surfing) “Insanity Island” piece on the proposed Liquified Natural Gas Island (of Dr. Moreau), accompanied by photos from Mike Nelson. At the bottom of the article is a link to sign a petition against the project.

(Photo lifted from Surfline for extra-dramatic effect)

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