ALO Longboard Classic Checks All the Boxes as Beyer Takes the Win; Waves and Weather Do a Switch

It’s going to take more than cold water, understaffed shifts, small waves and humidity to bum out LBI’s surf community this summer. In the past several weeks, we have seen all smiles at the Jetty Coquina Jam, Waves of Strength and, last Saturday, the Alliance for a Living Ocean Longboard Classic.

GIRL POWER: Beach Haven resident Sophie Beyer, a great role model to the younger girls, celebrates with friends after winning the Alliance for a Living Ocean Longboard Classic Women’s Division. (Photo by L. J. Hepp)

If you were to put together the perfect surf event, you’d want a few things. Of course, you’d like good-sized, clean peeling waves that break through all tides.