•Great
Lakes informer Magilla Schaus let us
know the Wyldewood Surf Club, the Bridge
Crew Surf Club and the ESA conducted
a beach cleanup in Hamilton, Ontario on Saturday,
September 10th. Local surfers from Saint Catharine's
to Toronto were joined by U.S. riders from
Honolulu, HI, and Buffalo, NY, as part of
the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.
For more information, visit www.vanaqua.org/cleanup
or call toll free at 877-427-2422.
•The
ESM staff was stoked to finally
meet New Hampshire-based shooter Nick Lavecchia
in person at the September Surf Expo
in Orlando, FL. Nick's outstanding
lenswork graced the pages of the 2005 ESM
Surf Art Feature (Vol.14, #104), encompassing
a variety of contemplative action and lifestyles.
Nick recently updated his website,
including a news page--as well as transmissions
from home and on the road. Give it a browse
when you get a chance at www.nicklavecchia.com.
•Kudos
to Surfrider Executive Director and
Long Island, NY, native Chris Evans,
who received the award for "2005 Environmentalist
of the Year" at the 2005 Waterman's Ball,
held in Dana Point, CA.
•Joe
Humenik is now the New York/ New England
rep for West Surfing. Those with inquiries
can contact Joe at 732-600-4673 or
j_humenik@yahoo.com. Also, congrats to Joe
and Suzanne Schureman, who got married
on June 2nd in Fiji. On the way to the South
Pacific, Humenik enjoyed the opportunity
to meet Laird Hamilton, who was on
the same flight from LAX to Nadi. Joe
and Suzanne toasted a few early-morning
pints in the airport bar with Hamilton,
who was chasing a big swell, solo (go figure).
•Long
Island shooter Tommy Colla of Snapwater
Surf Intelligence recently pointed us
toward his freshly updated website, www.snapwater.com.
Give it a click for some stellar snaps of
the inviting Northeastern waters.
•OK,
we recently received the following scrambled
e-mail from Newport, RI's, legendary Sid
Abruzzi: "Broke a rib doing a peewee dance
on a bar--actually it was an Italian Godzilla
dance. Back on feet now... skate bowl + roadwork
+ no surf + hurt for Irene + Warped
Tour = a real jackass. Good job, mate."
Any questions?
•Recently,
Long Island artist Colette Schiavone
shared some of her lucid and engaging artwork
with us. Schiavone works mostly with
acrylic and creates realistic waveriding scenes.
Go to http://homepage.mac.com/cschiavone/PhotoAlbum2.html
and have a look.
•The
Rip Curl Novia Scotia Cup hosted Canada's
top riders on September 3rd-4th at Lawrencetown
Beach in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia. The
competition included riders of all ages and
divisions for men, women and grommets. And
this year's Grand Prize winner walked away
with an adventure vacation package courtesy
of GAP Adventures, one of the event's
premier sponsors. However, the prizes didn't
stop there because other sponsorship partners
including Spy Optic, DaKine,
Molson, Universal Music, Otherworld
Surfboards and, of course, Rip Curl
made sure every contestant walked away with
tons of gear. Visit www.ripcurl.com for event
highlights and final results.
•The
Eastern Surfing Association ran two consecutive
contests on Labor Day weekend in New England.
The ESA Labor Day Beach Games Championships
took place at the Narragansett Town Beach
on Saturday, and the Cape Cod Surfing Championships
were run on Sunday. Both events scored solid
helpings of fun fall peaks, and standouts
included Carly Bennett, Matt Richards,
Katie Imswiler, Shaye Cavanaugh,
Luke Ryan, Nora Vasconcellos,
Pete Pan and the Gansett Juice Surf
Team.
•Northeastern
scribe Kaitlyn Cronin let us know that
over 25 members of Big Brothers of Massachusetts
Bay from Boston, Somerville, Lynn, Salem
and other surrounding communities learned
to ride the waves courtesy of the STOKE
Project, Brickhouse Surf, Skate and
Snow and the Surfrider Foundation
this August. Owners Mark Driscoll and
Jamie Hosker were on hand to provide
surfboards and instruction. "I can't think
of a quicker connection between a young child
and the environment than surfing," Hosker
said. For more information, visit www.brickhouseboards.com.
•The
Girl Scouts of Rhode Island 3rd Annual Adventure
Surf Camp took place towards the end of
the summer over a three week period--at Narragansett
Town Beach and Scarborough State Beach.
A few of the participating scouts were Norma
Ross, Rachel Beshansky, Aubrey
Gauthier and Rachel Bethinks.
•Congrats
to Ohio University Surf Club's former
president Jay Hill and vice prez Kyle
Stock who graduated and are now both living
on the wave-rich Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Hill and Stock are stoked that
the club was passed down to a crew of enthusiastic
riders who'll no doubt keep the scene thriving
in the Midwest. And the boys are even more
excited by the prospect of having the good
ol' Atlantic as a full-time neighbor. "I will
FOREVER have the sea as a neighbor!" Kyle
wrote in an e-mail. •Looking for a few
tantalizing New England hurricane pics online?
Check out Rhode Island photog Alexander
Nesbitt's shots of macking tow-in's off
Little Compton and Tuckerman's
at www.nesbittphoto.com/ri_bigwaves.
•In
September, West Wareham, MA's, BIC Surf
announced that they'd be handling their own
distribution, with the goal of bringing all
the BIC Sport products under a single,
effective distribution. Pete Pan, who's
been involved in the sales and promotions
of BIC Surf for more than eight years,
was named the East Coast Territory Manager.
Chris Decerbo was also promoted to
North American Director of Sales and will
work closely with Pan. To find out
more about the transition and BIC Surf,
e-mail info@bicsportna.com.
•Matt
Rivers, owner of Pump House Surf Shop
in Cape Cod, received a visit from musician
Jack Johnson this fall. ESM
Assignment Writer Tim Donnelly dialed
Jack into Pump House while in
the Cape area. Rivers said he expected
Johnson to show up in a flashy car
or to have a rock star vibe. "So when he showed
up with his wife, kid, and parents in a Dodge
minivan--he caught me off guard," Rivers
said. "He's such a nice, mellow guy. No hang-ups."
The surf was small, but Johnson and
his fam borrowed a few longboards and headed
to Coast Guard Beach for a soul session.
Johnson also took Rivers and
his girlfriend Jamie out to dinner
at Cook's Seafood. "They bought a ton
of our gear and wouldn't take any discounts
at all," Rivers added. "So they'll
be representing Pump House in Hawaii."
•Many
thanks go out to New Yawk native and longtime
bud of ESM Publisher Tom
Dugan, Keith Davidson, for his
fine hospitality--and the amazing cuisine
Italiano he served up to Doogs and
partner Dick Meseroll at his newly
opened Newport Beach, CA, restaurant, Mama
D's. Located in downtown Newp's, near
the harbor, Keith's impeccable bistro
provides the real deal, homestyle Italian
eats that are as good as it gets. So do yourself,
and your taste buds, a favor and go mangia
at Mama's. Compiled
by Mike Fish
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