Long Beach resident Keanu Resnick, 13, popped up on his surfboard excitedly and rode a wave with his instructor while family, friends and teachers cheered him on from the beach.
His mother, Elsie, …
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By Jasmine Blennau
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7/25/14
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NYSEA’s fifth annual Surf Week, which ran from July 16-20, is known for its popular surfing competition — featuring pros like Balaram Stack and Leif Engstrom — skateboard contests, and assorted …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/20/14
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Surf Week returns to Long Beach this week, with five days full of surf, skate, music, movie, and art events.
NY Surf Week, presented by NYSEA, runs from July 16-20. The event has grown into a …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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7/16/14
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Brooklyn resident Corey Stokes, 23, had never been surfing before, and said he was a bit nervous before he went in the water to catch some waves. In fact, Stokes had never even been to Long Beach …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/26/14
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Local surf schools Skudin Surf and Surf 2 Live recently teamed up to host a fundraiser for the Long Beach High School surf team.
The event raised nearly $900 to help the surf team travel to a big …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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6/5/14
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Surf for All, a local nonprofit organization that provides surfing opportunities for people with disabilities and special needs, will be hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday, June 10, to raise money for a …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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6/5/14
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With a plan to build the two tallest structures in Long Beach — and the first mix of retail shops along the boardwalk in recent memory — a Manhattan-based developer went before the Zoning Board …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/29/14
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One day last May, the waves in Tahiti were more than 20 feet tall and just as deep, and to big-wave surfer and Long Beach resident Will Skudin, it looked as if there were giant holes in the …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/23/14
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Fresh off his Las Vegas debut, professional boxer “Irish” Seanie Monaghan will return to Madison Square Garden on Jan. 25, where he will face Matt “The Predator” Vanda.
Monaghan, the WBC …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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1/15/14
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"In the days after the storm, there was a mentality of helping one another — it was such a mess, but there was also such a feeling of community. You really felt like you were literally helping …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Alexandra Spychalsky
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12/30/13
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