Post-surf sess toes in the sand in Long Beach
On a recent trip to New York City, I did something I’d never done before. I took the LIRR to Long Beach for a morning surf session. Ever since returning from my weeklong surf camp in Costa Rica, I’ve been dying to hit the waves, but they haven’t exactly cooperated in Miami.
A bunch of my surfer friends are from the tri-state area and they helped me realize that there are indeed waves in New York. I considered the Rockaways and Ocean Grove, New Jersey, but ultimately decided on Long Beach, Long Island thanks to some solid advice from my friend Brad Wells who grew up surfing there.
It was the only morning on the trip that I sprung from bed as soon as my alarm went off at 7 a.m. By eight, I was on the train to Long Island and by nine, I had my rental board from Long Beach Surf Shop under my arm as I walked to the beach. It was a pretty cool experience and I told the whole story this week on The Points Guy.
Read the article for tips on making the trip, as well as five other bastions of surf culture in the city ranging from custom board shapers in Brooklyn to high fashion apparel and a coffee shop in SoHo.
Next time I’m up there I’m dying to check out Rockaway Beach Surf Club and the whole “hipster beach” scene. Watch this video that the New Yorker made about it:
For more, read my story How to Take the LIRR from Penn Station for a Surf Session in Long Island on The Points Guy.
