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•April 17, 2013
A Weekend of Northern Lights, Bowly Rights and Rocking Nights
So this was it. Our big chance to see the storied Northern Lights, the elusive aurora borealis.
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•April 3, 2013
Mixed Bag: A Run of Swell and a Rash of Burglaries
I think it’s time for some vigilante justice.
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•March 20, 2013
Snow Tubing: Getting Barreled While It’s Snowing Might Be the Coolest Part of Winter
I’ve got a new favorite phrase this winter and that would be “snow tubing.” Traditionally, snow tubing is something that people who don’t ski or snowboard do at a snow resort, usually reserved for…
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•March 6, 2013
Recapping Epic Run of Winter Surf With a Female Winter Warrior
No better way to start a column than that. It’s been firing of late – plenty of swell, some size, good winds, tons of barrels and all-around quality surf.
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•February 21, 2013
Surfers Freeze Through Some of the Best Surf of the Winter
Everyone knows that spending a winter on LBI has its hard times. The wind coming off the water makes a 30-degree day feel like 10. All the summertime parties and BBQ’s are still six months away. And…
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•February 6, 2013
Winter’s One-Day Wonders, and Friends Remember a Local Surfer
I’ll just come out and say it: I don’t watch the Super Bowl.
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•January 24, 2013
Ladies Looking for Love Could Have an Epic Season; Surfers Not So Much
Why is it that after any kind of disaster, a place gets overrun with dudes? If you’re a single lady right now, you should be hangin’ at 7-Eleven all day, and having pops at the Port Hole all night.…
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•January 9, 2013
Massive Swells to End 2012 and Bright Spots to Start 2013 for an Island That Is Tough Enough
If ever there was a period of time that defined New Jersey surfing, it has been the past few weeks. Everything about waveriding in this often-harsh corner of the world has made itself very apparent…
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•December 15, 2012
Best Holiday Special of the Year: A Very Sandy Christmas
The woodburning tool I ordered arrived last Saturday. So now I can move on with my project. For the past few weeks, I have been collecting cedar shakes from downed buildings everywhere. I found quite…
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•November 29, 2012
The Recovery: Gutting Houses, Rethinking Our Footprint, and Local Alliances
Has the surf been fickle? Are you afraid to eat the striped bass you catch? Did your duck blind wind up in the Delaware River? Basketball court underwater? No matter. There’s a new sport on LBI, and…
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•November 2, 2012
Surfers at the Forefront of Sandy and Recovery
Hurricane Sandy has been the major topic of discussion since it first set its crosshairs on New Jersey. But there is one group that talks about hurricanes six months of the year – surfers.
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•October 25, 2012
LBI Surf Returns to Its October Glory
So the debates are over. Now what are we going to do? Passionate arguments, skewed facts, zingers and binders – what more could you want?
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•October 11, 2012
Learning About Garbage Patches; Prepping for Some Clam Jam Fun
I feel like a bit of a failure this week. I don’t know if I can look my father in the eye.
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•October 3, 2012
Toothy Tales From Up North, Window Shopping on LBI and the Hurricane That Just Won't Die
This is a good week to do some window-shopping. When you get a chance, check out the south-facing windows of Wave Hog Surf Shop (toward 7-Eleven for the geographically challenged). The new Hyperflex…
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•September 27, 2012
Windswell, Groundswell, the iPhone 5 and Kelly Slater’s 50th Win
Did you hear? The iPhone 5 came out this week. The new iPhone is 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than the previous iPhone.
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•September 19, 2012
Tropical Frenzy Winds Down But Events and Windswells on the Horizon
I have to admit that some of us are really excited right now.
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•September 13, 2012
The Sweet and the Bitter: Hurricane Leslie Toys With Surfers’ Emotions
For several months before this week, the surf has not been very good. In fact, it was even pretty lame – even by summer standards. And with Hurricane Leslie lighting up the entire East Coast with…
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•September 6, 2012
Getting Ready for the Hurricane Love Affair in September
And there it sits, a sexy siren over the warm ocean, with that perfect symmetry. She’s a good-looking girl – a healthy woman with a shapely figure. Her isobars are tightly packed and she has the…
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•August 30, 2012
#Hashtagging the Week Ahead for Visitors, Locals and Surfers
Don’t be surprised if Instagram crashes this week. Summer folks are making big plans.
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•August 23, 2012
Sticky Sticker Commitments, Wrapping Up the ALO Longboard Classic and Hurricane Hoping
You know what I’m seeing a lot of in 2012? Taped stickers. And a lot of them are political campaign stickers.
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•August 9, 2012
Coquina Jam Brings Cool Vibe to Harvey Cedars; At Last, Some Relief from Muggy Mania
Did anyone else feel that? Somewhere between the oppressive humidity and the rolling thunder there was a pretty good feeling on LBI last weekend. It was up in Harvey Cedars all day Saturday: that…
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•August 2, 2012
Waiting on a Hurricane to Give Celebrity Meteorologist a Little Workout
The tropics have been so still you can hear an iguana fart. There has been little happening down in the equatorial regions of the world. But this is August. We need a good storm. Have you seen The…
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•July 26, 2012
One Wicked Storm Sends Three Days of Surf to LBI
If you’re a regular reader of Liquid Lines, you probably realize I like to have a little fun with folks. But it’s all sorts of folks: tourists, locals, politicians, SUPs, SUVs, road bikers, groms…
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•July 19, 2012
Swell Returns; Pedestrian Crosswalk Questions Answered
Let’s talk waves. Let’s talk about fun, peeling, warm, clean (enough) summertime swell. Let’s talk about offshore dawn patrols, low-tide afternoons and evening glass-offs. Let’s talk about longboard…
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•July 12, 2012
LBI’s Nomenclature Confusion, and the Rise of Stand-Up Paddlers
Is it any wonder why some folks look lost when they come to LBI?
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•July 5, 2012
The Tiniest of Waves, the Wickedest of Storms, and the Biggest of Problems
Hope you’re enjoying your summer so far. I wanted to take this opportunity to forward on a message from the medical community about a major health risk. According to the very alarming press release…
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•June 28, 2012
Run of June Surf Continues – as Does the Tradition of the Music Festival
By now you’ve likely heard someone talking about the big Orion Music and More Festival in Atlantic City last weekend. Likely, they were waving their hand around in the internationally recognized…
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•June 20, 2012
Sounding the Alarm: Northeast Blow Delivers String of Surf and Waste Wash-Up.
Let’s start this column with a little tip.
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•June 14, 2012
Keeping Gadgets Dry on the Water; News from Fiji; Surf Stewards
This may have been the first weekend in some time that we didn’t have some kind of wave to ride. I think a few of us may have gone through a bit of withdrawal.
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•June 7, 2012
A Solid, but Sad, Start to June as We Bid Farewell to a Unique Rider
Anybody will tell you that autumn isan ephemeral season on New Jersey’s coast. The water, the weather, the crowds. It’s what local business folk call a “shoulder” season. Because let’s face it –…
