TJ Gumiela

Looking Back at NY Surf Week 2018 Celebrating its’ 9th year, New York Surf Week presented by NYSEA was one hell of a good time.  NY Surf Week hosted surf & skate contests, adaptive surf clinics, a vending village on the boardwalk, movie night, and of course the annual mid-summer bash.  This year saw both [...] Continue Reading

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“The best one yet,” claims New York’s Will Skudin. The 8th Annual NY Surf Week dedicated to George “Geeza” Gieser went off with a bang. A small groundswell all week set the tone for another jam-packed week of events. Skate contests, Vending Village, movie nights, parties and more fills the town of Long Beach, New [...] Continue Reading

NYSEA Presents | NY Bender NYsea | New York Bender from NYsea Collective on Vimeo. What’s a bender? A heavy string of nights and days that turn into a long run. A mix of good times, tired eyes, and sore bodies. A bender involves happy moments, sad moments, and angry moments but when its over […]

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Eye candy gallery by professional photographer James Parascandola. Enjoy ! “This swell was well needed here in New York after just coming out of one of the flattest septembers in history. About three weeks ago everyone began seeing a little disturbance down south and started talking about how we could possibly get waves. My fingers […]

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NY Surf Week – Open Surf Contest from NYsea Collective. FINAL RESULTS OF THE 6th ANNUAL NY SURF WEEK: NYSEA OPEN 1. Leif Engstrom, $1,000 2. TJ Gumiela, $750 3. Alex Fawess, Balaram Stack, $325 Footage Thor Larson, John Beattie Music – Anti Flag – I’d tell you but…

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As the event concluded and Leif was sprayed down with some cold beers, it was easy to say that the NYSEA Pro Open was a perfect way to kick off the 6th annual New York Surf Week. Followed by a mini ramp skate jam presented by Red Bull, beach concerts presented by Raised Fist Propaganda […]

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At some point in our lives we all come to a crossroads, the decision to choose a new path or not.  To follow your dreams or to move on. Well, Darren Muschett and Natty Graham are two guys that show us we can chose both, balancing their passions with hard work. We are all forced […]

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Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard that the Caribbean has been going off this year. NYSEA caught up with Erik Schwab / Salty Visionz after his trip down south. Check out full story and photo gallery below by Erik Schwab. Traveling to Puerto Rico never ceases to surprise me, which is probably […]

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Last week a group of NYers met up with a couple of the local boys down south for the first good swell of the year. Earth Missions travel agency specializes in score missions. Now teamed up with NYSEA, Earth Mission’s goal is to put us in the right spot at the right time, and so they […]

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NY surfers from Long Beach to Montauk surf the Bertha,Cristobal, & Edouard swells. Filmed & Edited by Brian Adamkiewicz Additional Filming – Etan Blatt (Water) & Mike Nelson Featuring: Tj Gumiela, Cliff Skudin, Ryan Carlson, Adam Dufner, Balaram Stack & Leif Engstrom. Photo: James Parascandola

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10-01-14 NYSEA Crew takes on giant Mullaghmore. Again. After a summer of teaching surfing, this small crew of NYer’s Kurt Rist, Dylan Stott, Will Skudin and TJ Gumiela were eager to refill the tank. The day went down with some highs, some lows, paddles, tows and a handful of great memories. To make a long […]

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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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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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As New York’s premiere surf photography contest, the “Yo Shot Challenge“ is proud to announce Long Beach photographer Mike Nelson as the 2013 Champion. TJ Gumiela, pictured in the winning shot, joins Nelson in the winner’s circle with Nelson taking home $1,500 of the cash prize and Gumiela $500. During the 3 month fall surf season […]

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Young up and coming New York photographer James Parascandola flies south for a quick trip . With the new world of Instagram, GoPros and camera-everything, it’s great to see the art of real photography still lives on in the next generation. It is tough to be a NY surf photographer. It takes a lot of patience […]

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10.12 was a good day of waves in Long Beach NY, but even a better day for Long Beach’s own Seanie Monaghan as he continued his 19-0 winning streak and first HBO Pay Per View fight. One to remember ! Epic Day !  check out TJ’s Blog at Dirty Water. 10.12 dirty.water from Dirty Water […]

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There is a new meaning for TBT  Thor Bag Thursdays.  Young film maker Thor Larson is taking over TJ’s new DirtyWaterNY Blog on thursdays. Last week he put together a great NYC/Surf montage. Check it ! Shot By Mike Nelson, Thor Larson, Ben Capron Thumbnail shot by Mike Nelson @fullnelson_photo #yoshotchallenge @Gumielagram   @Thor___   @Mulletvision #DirtyWaterNY ThorBag Thursday. […]

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New Dirty Water clip up now ! Shot and edited by Thor Larson TJ Gumiela‘s Quick trip to the Outer Banks. Check out Full Blog HERE ThorBag Thursday. TJ OBX session. from Dirty Water on Vimeo.

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  TJ Gumiela and Will Skudin trying to make the best out of the flattest summer in History. NYSEA asked Will about the Jet Ski session. NYSEA– Too small to surf? Needed the Skis? Will– “It’s just fun to go fast on a surfboard, sometimes you have to get creative to get through the flat […]

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Unsound Pro/Airshow/King & Queen of the beach this Weekend. See you there ! Thank you Unsound and Spy Optics for making all of this happen. Check flyers below.     

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Introducing “Dirty Water“. Go to Blog HERE to stay up to date. TJ Gumiela, core New York surfer, shares his unique experience in and out of the water from the big apple to all corners of the world. Stay Tuned for more from Dirty Water. NYSEA caught up with videographer/editor Ben Capron on what to […]

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Checking in with full NY crew down in Indo. TColla, Thor Larson, TJ Gumiela, Alex Fawess, Jeff Anthony, Leif Engstrom. The boys have been scouring the coast line surfing different waves everyday. Premier NY surf photographer Thomas Colla AKA TCOLLA put together a small teaser galley of the trip so far. NYSEA caught up with […]

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Rincon,PR spring 2013 Video by Darren Muschett.   NY’s Alexis Engstrom, TJ Gumiela, leif Engstrom have some sick clips. Also featuring surfers Bryan Laide, Sam Sheer, Jowey backflip lu  Jake Stiles and Darren Muschett. Fun edit, Makes me want to surf !

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