Tonigt at 8:00 p.m, THE BASTARDS OF BOOM, NANCY ATLAS and RED ROCK RETURN join forces at The Stephen Talkhouse, 161 Main Street, Amagansett, to FREE THE MONTAUK 8. Admission is $15 and the proceeds from this great night of music will be earmarked for use in the Surfrider Foundation, Eastern Long Island Chapter’s court battle to defend eight surfers who were ticketed for surfing at Montauk Point State Park.

“That’s an advantage of experimenting, you’re going to put out a few turkeys on your own to see how far you can go in one direction. These aren’t boards you sell to the public, but if you don’t put out any turkeys and don’t push the limits you don’t know how far you can go or what does what. The extremes really tell you what does what and then you can refine it back to where it’s all around. You should always ask the question any time you do something more complicated “Is this actually better than something that’s simpler?” Quite often you go back to what’s simple because it works just as good. It has to be an improvement.” - John Belik; “Like Sculpture, But Functional“; Newyorksurf.com; July 2007

It feels good to be home.

Sophie + Josh Tracy at Surfers Healing / Belmar, NJ 2007

I’ll be at Johns Hopkins Kennedy Krieger Center until Wednesday November 28, while my daughter goes through a series of tests that will determine the severity of her condition (Rett Syndrome). What goes up must come down.

Have a drink, say a prayer, or even better get a tube for her. See you Thursday ~

The way I surfed yesterday morning you’d think I already had too much turkey. Still, it was fun to be out with a few friends for a pre-feast surf session on a November morning that felt more like Southern California than the North East.

Fast forward to the afternoon with the in-laws, feeling ever-thankful that my sister-in-law found a Marine Man, and that my other sister-in-law was able to duplicate that miracle of a Christmas Turkey from 2003. In my house epic turkeys are about as common as epic swells.

Probably the only thing I wasn’t thankful for, on an otherwise beautiful day, was the mysterious tar or oil balls that were washing up on shore in Long Beach. But thanks to the surfers who were on it and, unfortunately for them, in it.

Found while message boarding on the Unsound shop site.

Overheard on the S & G Line:

“Rumor has it Rich ‘Toby’ Pavel will be in haus tomorrow (11/19) after 7pm but you know how these things go… “

Mike Walker from thewalkerproject.com is having a holiday sale. Send in your deposit via their website before December 1st. and get $50 off your custom.

I don’t think this island is what Double-O Joe Dolan had in mind when he was singing this song.

For more information about the proposed LNG Artificial Island that Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) wants to put 15 miles off of LI, please visit Clean Ocean Action.org

Nellie is all over the place these days: reno’s, west coast trips, more reno’s, surfing up and down the coast, and always with a finger on the trigger. Click here for highlights from the Red Bull Triad NY Surf Series, won by Balaram Stack.