The recent Quiksilver Pro NY 2011 garnered a lot of press attention thanks in part to the fact mainstream media couldn’t get over NYC actually having a surf scene. Surfing in New York is like waiting for that perfect hitch hike ride: You have to be daring enough to do it in the first place [...]

During my visit to Long Beach for the Quiksilver Pro New York, I found myself conversing with a man who was raising money to help families affected by September 11th. He was a fellow surfer who began to describe how the waves that day were some of the best that season and how beautiful it [...]

Shout “taxis, rats, opportunity, and fashion” continuously and you will find yourself characterizing New York City in the easiest way you know. Yet, if you choose to think outside the plastic Ziploc bag you will see that Manhattan is an island surrounded by water. It is not odd that I have to put emphasis on [...]

Twinkling frost on February lawns. Tasteless sugar seeping on the tongue or drifting in the air. Frozen eyelashes that dare to blink… I grew up in a globe of winter. Lake Effect Snow scrolled across my television screen and sat on my window seal. My upstate New York childhood taught me to endure the chill [...]

Before my first surfing lesson I did not know it was possible to go to war with an inanimate object. Then I met the surfboard. My instructor was not exaggerating when he said that most injuries to surfers come from getting hit by their own board or that of others. I had a blast getting [...]

As a New York City resident, when I think of my “backyard” I imagine the typical Star Wars enthusiasts playing with lightsabers in the park, or that now familiar guy who is always screaming on Lafayette St. in Soho. When you think you’ve seen it all, something new pops up. Like the rabbit sized rats [...]