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VOTE FOR LEIF   Over the past several weeks, videos have poured in from surfers touting their surfing capabilities in the hopes of attaining an exclusive wildcard into the 2014 O’Neill Coldwater Classic.  Four finalists have been selected from the hundreds submitted, to go on to the online public voting phase, Sept. 30 to Oct. […]

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The Volcom Unsound Pro went down with a bang last week.  The stars aligned with a super competitive international field, great waves and a solid purse from Volcom. It’s safe to say the Unsound Pro went off ! Check out the highlight video below from Volcom. Also over 300 shot photo gallery below of #volcomunsoundpro. Special […]

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After Tropical Storm Bertha’s instagram contest, we were blown away by all the entries and the quality of photography here in NY. We called our friends at Hurley and Wave Riding Vehicles, they were fast to help support the next storm/insta-contest, sponsoring #nyseacristobal with a WRV surfboard and custom Hurley board shorts. We also put up […]

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Last week tropical storm Bertha sent us a couple fun days of surf. We ran an instagram photo contest #nyseabertha. So many epic entries came rolling in. We pulled 3 winners out of the pack. Congrats !  @jacc_attack23 , @mattclarkphotography, and @ryanmooreart ! Winning shot below, as well as full gallery of all #nyseabertha entries, Enjoy. Full Photo Gallery […]

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A Super Surf Week in New York By: Chris Hamlet This year the NYSea Open Pro event was held Wednesday July 16 and kicked off the 5th annual New York Surf Week, which has grown to be one of the most momentous events of summer in New York. Beginning the day with rainy and mushy […]

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What a Night !! Feel free to share and post any photos. Include @nysea_surf , @grant_moneyhands #NYSURFWEEK #NYSEA      

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NYSEA & TRANSITION PRODUCTIONS PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF EMPIRE NOW  SMASH Productions is proud to host the World Premiere of Empire Now, an NYSea andTransition Production on Thursday July 17th, at the Villain Space in Williamsburg Brooklyn. NYSea and Transition Productions have teamed up to produce the first ever New York surf thriller.  Empire Now focuses on a magic treasure chest that reveals the hidden surf […]

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CONGRATS Leif Engstrom and James Parascandola ! Cover of the new Eastern Surf Magazine ! Go get one !!!! Go to your local surf shop or online here .

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Kurt Rist‘s solo trip to Puerto Escondido Mexico last week . Soaking in his last fix before Kurt’s summer 2014 surf camp gets started. These kids are blessed to be able to learn the ocean from this guy.  Footage by Andres Petroni & Tarzan. Photos by Edwin Morales and Torta.  Photo Gallery and Video ! Enjoy […]

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It takes a unique individual to want to swim in the freezing ocean. Not to mention battle fierce currents, rips, and take sets on the head all the while getting flushed with ice cold water. Why would anyone voluntarily do this? THEY do this to get a perfect shot of a surfer in the barrel […]

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NY’s Dylan Stott Wins Dublin Surf Film festival  The edits were dominated by XXL Ireland, and the winning edit by Dylan Stott barrelled from top-to-bottom, incorporating standout sessions at Mullaghmore and Prowlers whilst retaining the honesty which permeates the Irish scene. For Craig Griffin, a guest judge and director of Uncharted Waters (the excellent Wayne Lynch documentary […]

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Brian Pollak @bripo, Zack Dayton @bakezd, & Balaram Stack @_balaram attack the North Shore of Oahu this past winter. Filmed & Edited by Brian Adamkiewicz @a2zfilms Night Swim from NYsea Collective on Vimeo. Additional Filming by: Wilie Edwards, Shae Conti, Nick Tereen, & Will Skudin. Drone Operator: Will Skudin Animation: Frankie Principe Song: Frankie Rose: […]

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From Rockaway to Montauk, this past weekend saw some great clean surf. It was a great spring welcoming. Three photographers below were there to document the fun sessions that went down. Check out their collective Photo Gallery below. Follow Justin Burkle – @41degreesnorth – Facebook Brent Mhz  – @mhzpix –  Facebook James Parascandola– @parascandola james – Facebook       […]

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No matter what level of surfer you are, there will come a day where you will be fighting for your life or helping save another. Surfing is a sport that gives us the great feeling of life but at the same time can take it away from us. Accidents happen and when they do, it […]

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Lincoln City, Oregon March 12th 2014 – Long Beach, New York’s Will Skudin makes the finals at the DIVE N’ SURF Oregon Pro, Xpreshon Big Wave World Tour Event. Nelscott Reef offered up great waves in the 30ft range and allowed the World’s best big wave surfers to challenge the reef for an international audience via a Live HD Webcast […]

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Dylan Stott and Kurt Rist have been on a mission. There partnership started as two New Yorker’s with a dream and a jet ski and has grown into one of the worlds best tow teams. Kurt also paddles into a wave at prowlers thats insane. Check out the video below !

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Think Kurt and Dylan only charge big waves ? Nope, they love ripping the small stuff too ! The video below is a great edit from CMP productions of the boys between big days, enjoying their winter backyard. NYSEA caught up with Kurt about this amazing endless run of swell he has been getting this […]

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Cant wait to see the keepers but for now check out the edit below of some throw aways. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Whalebone creative productions dug up a sick minute and thirty second NY surfing clip featuring tyler maguire, jesse joeckel, zach dayton, nick joeckel, grant monahan, austin eckardt, leif engstrom, patrick havlik, travis […]

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When NYSEA called Will Skudin to get the story about Todos he quickly responded with this ” James Papaz picked us up from the airport and drove us down to Todos, went out on the boat with us and watched / shot photos 1st hand. He had the best view in the house, I think […]

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NYSEA caught up with humble freediver and NY surf photographer Justin Burkle after a trip to PR. “I have been doing some traveling lately to escape the brutal winter here in Montauk. I went to mexico then northwest puerto rico where I linked up with some Montauk boys, jesse joeckel, jason hewitt, tyler maguire, tyler […]

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The Full Nelson Family escapes the cold of NY for their first vacation in over 2 years. Knowing Nelly, he was itching to do what he loves. Spend time with his family and swim/surf in warm water and shoot photos of his friends. Nelly put together a great story and photo gallery of his trip […]

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“Montauk got pretty covered last night with this crazy snow storm. I was watching it for a while and from the looks of the charts it could have went either way today. We scored two fun sessions. Beach break in the morning and out east for the afternoon.  From the look of the photos you […]

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  NY’s Will and Cliff Skudin join Hawaii’s Kealii Mamala for a heavy session at Jaws.1-19-14,  All Shots are frame grabs of video shot by Ricardo Estevez. Footage coming to NY Surf Week Party July 2014 ! From what we gathered it looks like there were some bombs, clean up sets, wipeouts and nuts rides. […]

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