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Photos by Maureen Lennon/Herald Skateboarders Iggy Mulqueen, far left, Jesse McEneaney and Shane McGrane with Cliff Skudin, Joe Rockman and City Councilman Anthony Eramo.
Long Beach opens new skate park
Long Beach officially has a new skate park, as the recently constructed facility opened for business on Sunday. The city celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony, free clinic and skate … more
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Professional surfer Leif Engstrom won the open surfing contest on July 15, part of the sixth annual Surf Week, presented by NYSEA.
Surf Week 2015 takes over Long Beach
Despite a rainy start, the sixth annual NY Surf Week took over the National Boulevard beach earlier this month for five days jam-packed with surfing, skating and art events. In fact, event organizer … more
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Cliff Skudin and Henry Viscardi School student Chris Scharrer catch a wave.
Catching waves for a good cause
Each year, NY Surf Week (see story on page 14) features two special needs outings designed to share the joy of surfing with individuals that might not otherwise have had the opportunity to learn the … more
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Woody and Ginny Davis at the dedication ceremony last year when the high school pool was renamed in his honor.
Long Beach mourns loss of 'Woody' Davis
For the members of the Long Beach High School swim team, Coach Woodward “Woody” Davis was more than an instructor. For 50 years he inspired his swimmers to believe in themselves and to enjoy … more
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Courtesy Benjamin DeCamp Professional big-wave surfer Will Skudin rode one of the biggest waves of his life in Mexico — estimated to be 60 feet high.
Long Beach surfer catches record big wave
    “I’ve been surfing big waves for about 14 years now, and in my life I’d only seen waves that big one other time,” Will Skudin recalled. “I realized I might only get a handful of sessions with waves that big in my whole lifetime." more
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Cliff skudin, left, with Justin Heilmann at the July 17 Surf for All outing.
Waves of accomplishment
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, … more
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Professional big-wave surfer Will Skudin, of Long Beach, rode the massive surf break known as Jaws off Maui on Monday, where the swells can exceed 60 feet. Skudin was recently named the 2013 Surfer of the Year by a prominent surfing magazine, the first New Yorker to earn the distinction.
Skudin is ‘Surfer of the Year’
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 … more
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Monaghan, pictured at the Freeport PAL before his fight in Las Vegas last October, will take on Matt “The Predator” Vanda on Jan. 25 at the Garden.
Monaghan returning to MSG
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 … more
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The new record board lists the all-time records for the Long Beach Aquatic Swim Team, and will be updated annually.
Record board dedicated to Joseph Farrell
The City of Long Beach recently installed a giant record board at the newly refurbished swimming pool at the Rec Center. The record board is dedicated to the memory of the late Joseph F. Farrell, a … more
Monaghan wins big in Vegas
Long Beach’s own pro boxer “Irish” Seanie Monaghan lived up to his promise of impressing the crowd in his Las Vegas debut, when he defeated opponent Anthony Caputo-Smith in the third round of a … more
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