New York Ether

Australian film-maker, photo journalist and musician Andrew Kidman has been lurking in the New York area since late September enjoying the unusually good waves and hopefully not writing any more pieces about the Island. He’s had tacos at the Tiki Bar, escarole soup and Grandma slices in a booth at Gino’s, eaten the Laurel’s bacon and slept in Island Park. Andrew has even been caught spreading local NY gossip so watch what you say to him. Read more

The Art of Hanging Five

Born and raised in Southern California, Chris Cutri has always been drawn to both surfing and the arts. Formally trained with a penchant for Italian films and garage sale thrusters, Chris brings his passion passion to life in “Hanging Five”, following the lives of five artists all connected through the Sea. “Hanging Five” has its East Coast Premiere at the New York Surf Film Festival on Sunday, September 27th at at 6:00PM. Read more

This Mysterious Character and Incredible Surfer

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”  - Jack Kerouac

“Searching for Michael Peterson” which opens its US Tour at the NY Surf Film Festival on Friday, September 25th at 8:20pm takes off the rose colored glasses and offers a deeply personal and honest film which explores something of the darker side of the early ’70s Australian surf and social revolutions. Arguably the greatest surfer of his time, MP won virtually every pro surfing contest in Australia from 1972 to 1977 before his mind and body succumbed to heroin and undiagnosed schizophrenia. Read more

You Can’t Get Barreled in Florida

Mark Petrocelli shreds. He’s been traversing the South Shore beaches for the past twenty years, honing his skills at various Central mysto pointy walls and high tide ledges with occasional pit stops in Florida and Indo. He’s a quiet and at times shy dude who is easily found by trouble, like ladies breaking into his apartment and texting lingerie-clad pictures of themselves with white wine while he’s in the city eating pizza or having part of a board bitten off after dropping in on the wrong Long Beach local. Still, you won’t hear him claiming his surfing nor the boards he shapes that others shred. He’ll mention it in passing and will only elaborate if you ask. Read more

A Fresh(water) Perspective

So, you think you’re hardcore because you surf in New York in the winter? Well, think again. Try it in Cleveland, where by mid-December — just as the waves are really getting good — you have to start worrying about pack ice forming in the shorebreak. Where your view from the lineup might include a giant smelter, a pile of coal slag or the crumbling facade of an abandoned factory. And you think we suffer bad flat spells here in New York? A Cleveland surfer might go months (months!) without rideable surf, either because the Lake is frozen or just because it’s a lake. What about short swells? We East Coast types complain about the one tide swell. In Cleveland, they get blink-and-you’ll-miss-it swells. Not “you should have been here yesterday” swells, but “you should have been here ten minutes ago” swells. Read more

Coopers and Cones

Australian shaper Dain Thomas was in town and connected with Mike Machemer for Coopers, ice cream cones and some cold watery discourse.

Surfers Heal: Interview with Israel Paskowitz

Eleven years ago Izzy Paskowitz took a chance and paddled out with his five year old autistic son, setting in motion a mission to provide families living with Autism with a unique surfing experience.

Like Sculpture

John Belik has flown below the radar for much of the last thirty years, experimenting with just about every conceivable board design, as discussed in this Newyorksurf.com interview.

Grown in the USA

With the surfboard industry “going offshore” at a steady clip, local shaper Jeff Anderson’s roots remain firmly planted on terra firma. Michael Machemer explores just how deep those roots go.

Newyorksurf.com Profile: Matt Clark

Fresh out of college and already in print, Matt Clark makes the most of a short lens, with a little help from a lot of ambition.

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