•Wicked
cool! Cape Cod, MA, finally has a surf photographer.
Good thing, too, because the Cape has always been
a talent-dense area--with top rippers like 2005
Red Bull Ice Break Main Event competitors Josh
Clements and Dillon Murphy leading a
volatile pack including Eric Anderson and
Matt Richards. And the digital lensman in
question, Luke Simpson, is already holding
some pretty solid images, like this heck-of-a-huck
shot of Josh. Keep 'em coming, Luke!
Hmmm... if he keeps bagging such good photos, we
might even be forced to resurrect our Kingpin department,
which has been in a temporary coma since 2003.
•By the time this issue's in print, it might be too late to catch the Squan Salt Water Splash, a two-day film festival that fell in the middle of the Endless Fun Summer Tour (an East Coast promotional tour put on by Robert August Surf Co. and SurfNRG's Kevin Welsh), but you can still catch the latter, which began in the Southeast and ends at Nantucket Island on July 8th. For more info, dates and times, check with your local Robert August dealer or visit www.manasquannj.com. •Utopia Optics International gets the "Harvard Smart Award" this issue for signing double-jointed aerial freakazoid and Long Beach, NY, adoptee Ryan Carlson to a two-year contract. For a glimpse at "Rarlson's" futuristic flair, visit the website of his longtime clothing sponsor, ...Lost, at www.lostenterprises.com. Or better yet, pick up a copy of Eastern Surf Magazine and NON Productions' upcoming video release, Always Right, where Ryan will blow your tiny little mind in a plethora of locales ranging from Ireland and Nova Scotia to the Northeast and California. •Sherri Fournier with the Surfrider Rhode Island Chapter is calling all waveriders to check out a news alert on www.nesurf.com. It concerns a bill put forward by Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum. The bill proposes that buoy information, which we already pay for through our taxes, would only be made available to corporations that would then resell the information back to you--for a fee, of course! Give it a look and voice your opinion--or e-mail Sherri at Sherripf@aol.com.
•$12,000 was raised in April at the Fight 2 Walk fundraiser for New York rider Kevin Kroushinsky's spinal cord injury. Over 250 heads attended the happening at Salty Dog Tavern, hosted by Salty owners Tim Finnegan and Tom Moore. Bunger Surf Shop's Charlie Bunger even took his web cam from Gilgo Beach and set it up for the night at the bar for the fundraiser--so Kevin could watch the event online. Kev was no doubt stoked and touched by the many signs people held up in front of the cam for him to view, including one by local surf star Jesse Fawess: "I learned my cutback from watching you." You can still donate money, so call Teresa Bunger at 800-698-7873 to learn how. •In more Salty news, those looking for a solid surf flick and an ice-cold one in Babylon, NY, should hit the Salty Dog Tavern every Thirsty Thursday--where there's plenty of drink specials and surf stars in attendance every week. Not to mention, the choice watering hole houses 15 TV's. The Salty Dog is located across the street from the Babylon Train Station. Visit www.saltydogbabylon.com for more information and directions. Tell them ESM sent you.
•New York stringers Ed "Zippy" Arikian and Barb "Babs" Baker made their annual Easter pilgrimage for food, drinks and accommodation--all provided gratis by ESM Publisher Tom Dugan (what a guy!). Along with the many exciting attractions and activities at Doogieland, Zippy and Babs also found time to pop by the Ron Jon's Easter Surfing Festival--where they mingled with the likes of Stephen Slater, Kassia Meador and fellow Long Islander "Pistol" Pete Armata, not to mention New York native and eventual Pro Longboard division winner Mike DeTemple. See you'se next year--same place, same time. •Joe Humenik is the new Northeast sales rep for LX Polarized Optics. Send inquiries to Joe at nejetpilot@aol.com. •Out of Cape Cod, MA, Erino Clothing's Chris Gillis let us know the company recently launched a fresh 2005 clothing and surfboard bag line, as well as a new website, www.erinoclothing.com. Erino is a two-year-old, water-based brand, creating clothing and accessories for surfers, bodysurfers, mat surfers, bodyboarders, paddlers, skimboarders, windsurfers and beachgoers. The Erino philosophy is to produce the highest quality goods in non-sweatshop manufacturing facilities, paying careful attention to every aspect of production and delivery--while reflecting the company's belief in living a simple surfing lifestyle. Check out www.erinoclothing.com. And Erino is now in many Northeast shops including Cinnamon Rainbows in Hampton, NH, and Liquid Dreams in Ogunquit, ME. •NYC's Alex Karinsky has been keeping us updated with the Gotham Surf Club's surf film showings in the Big Apple. Along with topnotch cinema, each event--open to all ages--offers heaps of giveaways and live music. Call Alex at 917-596-5011 or e-mail nycwipeout@hotmail.com to find out more about where the city meets the surf.
•April's Rhode Island Surfrider Chapter Earth Day Computer Recycling Drive and Beach Cleanup at Narragansett Town Beach collected over 37,000 pounds of computers and picked up over eight tons (16,000 lbs) of trash from the beach. Note: eight tons is the largest trash collection since they began the event three years ago. Thataway to set an example, Ocean Staters--keep up the solid work. •The Jack McCoy Film Festival stoked out six stops in the Northeast this May--from Exeter, NH, to New York, NY--premiering Taj Burrow's Fair Bits. For more on Jack's full blown East Coast tour, visit www.jackmccoy.com. •Narragansett, RI's, favorite son Peter Pan was stoked to announce his shop Gansett Juice reopened on April 16th with more gear and space--boasting a revamped women's section, not to mention almost twice the boards. Check it all out at www.gansettjuice.com. •The New York City Department of Parks recently designated a section of Rockaway Beach, NY, as a surf access zone. A Surfrider press release recently stated, "The Surf Area Designation comes as a relief to many--prior to 2005 surfers and other beachgoers received tickets for surfing, bathing and simply walking on the beach in the Rockaways." Now, diehard waveriders and visitors alike can enjoy the alluring NYC stretch of beach--without violating the law. Bout freakin' time. •Attention: Kevin "Doc" Grondin sighting! And he was out of his hood and booties! The New Hampshire legend made a surprise appearance on the Outer Banks in late April to the delight of many Bankers, including WRV shaper Jesse Fernandez and Steve and Julia Magliano. When it's firing, you never really know what lineup Grondin will grace. We wouldn't want it any other way--and we hope to see the "Good Doc" down South sooner rather than later. Compiled by Mike Fish |
