As expected, the opening rounds of the Quiksilver Pro N.Y. competition will begin at 8 a.m. today, where as the swells from Hurricane Katia kick in over the next several days.
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Anthony Rifilato
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9/6/11
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All eyes were on Balaram Stack Tuesday morning, when he competed in his first ever ASP World Tour Event at his home break in Long Beach. As the competition's most publicized wildcard, Stack faced …
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9/6/11
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While the competition didn’t officially start on Monday, thousands of surf fans, visitors and residents gathered in Long Beach to watch the world’s best surfers take to the waves for the first …
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9/5/11
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Anthony Rifilato
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9/4/11
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As the sun shone on National Boulevard beach Sunday morning, the excitement for Quiksilver Pro New York Trials, presented by UnSound Surf, was palpable, as hundreds gathered on the boardwalk and …
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Chris Engelhardt
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9/4/11
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Amid the bustle of Quiksilver’s merchandising tent, as indie rock music reverberated throughout the store and customers crowded inside the massive structure that stretches along the boardwalk …
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Anthony Rifilato
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9/3/11
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“We were doing step-offs from my friend’s jet ski,” said pro surfer and Long Beach resident T.J. Gumiela, shortly after he took advantage of the waves brought in by Hurricane Irene last …
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Anthony Rifilato
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9/1/11
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By last Friday at 6 p.m., when I drove up to the roof of the Long Beach LIRR parking garage, almost every spot was taken — a few, maybe, by outbound travelers but most by locals like me looking to leave their cars as far above floodable ground as possible. People all over town planned to ride out the storm at home, with apologies to our voice mail buddy, County Executive Ed Mangano, who’d ordered us to evacuate.
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By Jim Harmon
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8/30/11
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Amid talks that the entire Quiksilver Pro N.Y. event was heading toward cancellation, city officials announced this morning that Quiksilver is working closely with the City of Long Beach "to …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Chris Engelhardt
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8/30/11
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After months of planning, fanfare and anticipation, the Quiksilver Pro New York — one the of the largest surfing competitions in history that would have crowned Long Beach with the title of …
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Anthony Rifilato
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8/29/11
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