Ocean City, Maryland -- Chrisner
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Longtime Monmouth
County, NJ, surfer TR Deveney is spending a little less time on the
peak at Manasquan Inlet since opening his 3rd Avenue Surf
Shop in nearby Spring Lake on May 19th. Formerly known as The
Board Room, 3rd Avenue Surf Shop is located—easy enough
to remember—at 1206 3rd Avenue, catty corner to Spring Lake Town
Square and next door to the infamous Allen’s Butcher Block.
Look for the store’s official grand opening on June 26th, which
just happens to be TR’s 36th birthday. Call the shop at
732-449-1866 or drop by for all your surfing needs and grab a porterhouse
for the barbie while you’re at it.
•Topsail Island, NC’s, first annual Surfrider Foundation
Surf Contest went off during spring break with a one-board design
format. Epoxy vehicles were provided by NSP Surfboards and Onshore
Surf Shop. With a three-foot swell filtering in, competition was
tight throughout the event. Randy Howell placed first, PJ
Watkins took second, Kyle Sumer nabbed third, and Josh
Bradley squeaked in at fourth.
•Ocean City, MD, correspondent Art Baltrotsky wishes to
congratulate all ESA Maryland District members for their inspiring
performances at this year’s Regionals. The district’s
bodyboarders ran the table with Paul Loukas taking first in Men’s
Bodyboard—following in the tradition of local legends-turned ESA
champs-turned pro riders Jay Reale and Brian Stoehr.
Meanwhile, Taylor Ballard took top honors in Menehune Bodyboard.
•On a sadder Delmarva note, 25-year-old David Reynolds from
Rehobeth Beach, DE, drowned on April 20th while surfing alone at 11th
Street in Ocean City, MD. Several other surfers, some of them Ocean
City Beach Patrol, found him floating unconscious in the 44-degree
water. They pulled him to shore and attempted CPR but couldn’t
revive him. Reynolds was known as an experienced surfer, so what
led to his drowning remains a mystery. ESM sends our deepest
condolences to his friends and family.
•In Crystal Coast news, Morehead City, NC’s, Charles Kemp
makes sculptures of fish out of surfboard blanks called Fishy Sticks.
For more about his art, call him at 252-240-3533, or e-mail charleskemp@starfishnet.com
Modaddy -- Mez
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•Virginia Beach,
VA’s, Jason Borte will lead, along with Matt Kechele,
Quiksilver and Roxy’s 2003 surf camps this summer. The
camps stress ocean awareness, beginner and advanced surfing technique,
and water safety. For more, e-mail alessio.smith@quiksilver.com. Speaking
of Borte, he and the 17th Street Surf Shop team won the
O’Neill Surf Shop Challenge, held in Kitty Hawk, NC, on
May 17th-18th.
•In other Old
Dominion deets, ex-VBers Donaldson Miele and Andrew Meyer
of Darkhorse Media in San Clemente, CA, are proud to announce
the addition of Brandon “Chunk” Haines to the Omega
Media Distribution/ Darkhorse team. Chunk will be doing marketing
and East Coast sales for the video production and distribution company.
His first mission: to get the word out about the new video Rise Above,
which Chunk will premiere this summer during an East Coast tour.
Donaldson co-directed Rise Above with Ryan Ray and employed
fellow VB rippers Drew Todd (Production Designer) and Chris
Culpen (Music Coordinator) to keep it in the family. As an added
bonus, another Vah Beacher—former ESM Editor and
current Surfing Magazine Senior Editor Matt Walker—offers
introspective voice-over narration. Look for a review of Rise Above
in a future installment of ESM’s Peepshow.
•Manasquan, NJ, native turned Kill Devil Hills, NC, website designer
Ben Miller, one of last issue’s featured surf artists, was
recently selected to contribute to the Surf Style Art Exhibit, an
eight-week look at retroprogressive art, culture, and artifacts beginning
July 10th at the Minna Street Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
Miller’s work will be displayed alongside such industry icons
as Glen Friedman, Andrew Kidman, David Carson, Taylor Steele, Kevin
Naughton, Craig Peterson, and Jim Banks. Heavy company indeed.
And just when things were going really good for Ben... they got even
better. Apparently once the SIMA folks saw last issue’s Surf Art
feature, they decided to use some of his work on this year’s
SIMA/ Waterman’s Ball calendar! Overshadowing his artistic
creations, though, is the fact that Ben and his wife Emily
are expecting a son in late September. Meanwhile, Ben’s
brother-in-law Stan Archer became betrothed to his beloved
fiancee Trisha Roberson on June 14th in Asheville, NC. Congratulations
to the entire Archer/ Miller family.
Drew Todd -- Welsh
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•We keep hearing
about the Quiksilver Tour Bus this, the Quik Tour bus
that, blah, blah... But nobody gives any credit to the driver and all
the crazy shit he has to put up with hanging out with the likes of
Todd Kline and Adam Wickwire while trying to drive the friggin’
monster. Next time you get on or off the bus, give one of ESM’s
favorite staff photogs, Moses “MoDaddy” Sanford, a
little love for a big job well done, because he definitely deserves
it. Go MoDaddy—the Ralph Kramden of surf tour bus
drivers!
•Don Tarrant checked in from Belmar, NJ, to drop some Eastern
Lines gossip: Longtime Belmarian Barry Wann returned to Jersey
from his new home in Germany and claims to have become an avid river
surfer. Another DT tidbit found shop staffer and teamrider Bridget
Moore getting picked up by Sticky Bumps. Her photo and bio
will appear on 10,000 bars of wax this summer. And finally, summertime
surf lessons are currently in session, with a free clinic for boys and
girls 13 & under. Sign-ups are first come, first serve at the store.
•Hey you, stand
up! After a year of moping through a debilitating knee injury, Emerald
Isle, NC’s, Dylan Stone is back... well, not quite
yet. But the Action Surfboards rider maintains that he has health
insurance now and will soon receive some final rehabilitative treatments.
OK, sit back down.
•Whalebone
teamrider Mike Schirmer reported seeing fellow Vah Beacher Cam
Powell’s face emblazoned on a poster in a local shopping mall recently,
and the very next day, he watched girls lining up to get Cam’s
autograph at a Quiksilver promo. The Sperminator wondered
what all the hoopla was about until he opened a magazine and saw the
kid posing in a Pac Sun ad. When asked what Mike himself
was up to while Powell was scoring with groupies, he sighed,
“Nuthin’... just taking care of Joe Crimo. My dad let
him sleep over one night when he couldn’t find a place to stay
and he hasn’t left since.” Well, you know how it goes: Some
of us are models and some of us are motels.
Ben Bourgeois -- Struntz
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•Representatives
for boardsport retailers from across the U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
concluded their first annual strategic planning session May 10th-11th
in Sonoma, CA. The group formalized the Board Retailers Association
by electing its initial advisory board. Surf City Surf Shop (out
of Wrightsville Beach, NC) owner Roy Turner, who serves as the
body’s president, explained that the association’s purpose
is “to give independent boardsport retailers a united voice to
communicate with their manufacturers, tradeshows, and the media.”
For more information, contact Roy at 910-509-7475 ext.112, or
e-mail info@boardretailers.org.
•Look for Maryland ripper-turned Cali-based med student Max
Hoshino to make an appearance in the newest project from Eastside
Productions (yet untitled), as he worked with videographer Joe
Cheshire during Joe’s late-March stint out west.
•Randy Townsend is now the official national surf team manager
for One West Clothing. For inquiries, call Randy at 609-384-6395.
•From the department of corrections, we biffed last issue when
we referred to ESM Senior Photographer DJ Struntz as
a rep for Hot Buttered Eyewear and Aaron Chang Clothing. So
here it is: Struntz is the East Coast Team Manager for Aaron
Chang and the National Team Manager for Hot Buttered. Big
apologies to Mid-Atlantic reps Joe and Brian Sherridan
for the blunder.
•Kudos to WQS warrior Ben Bourgeois for placing equal-seventh
at the Foster’s Cup, held at Lower Trestles in April.
Additional props go out to former Myrtle Beach, SC, threat Mike Hoisington,
who placed equal-ninth in the comp.
•Anyone know a Brooke Horsheutz from Pungo, VA? Well, neither
did we, but apparently she caught the heart of and landed aerial extremist
Jeff Myers, and the two lovebirds eloped as soon as Myers
returned from a recent trip to Australia. They plan on having an official
ceremony for friends and family in Wilmington, NC, on May 7th, 2004.
And to top off Jeff’s fortune, the guy just signed a two-and-a-half
year mega contract with O’Neill wetsuits and clothing, and
a two-year deal with Legend Eyewear. Congratulations, Jeff,
and we’ll see you and your lovely wife in about 11 months. Mez’s
getting the ESM camper van stocked with all the necessary
beverages as we speak. -Compiled by Mike
Fish
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