Will Skudin

GOOD LUCK!! WATCH LIVE TOMORROW! NY’s Will Skudin will be competing in the Big Wave World Tour event, the Billabong Pico Alto, Peru Big wave contest. He will be surfing in heat 2. Around 10:45am EST (9:45 Peru time) . Watch it live HERE

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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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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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New York’s kurt Rist scores the cover of the new ESM. Also Brian Pollak, Dylan Stott, Will Skudin and Cliff Skudin with some inside shots. Easternsurf Magazine. Pick them up free at your local shops. Read full mag online HERE  

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Great article of Will Skudin in the Long Island Pulse. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE   “Long Beach big wave surfer Will Skudin is coming off the most impactful year of his life. It might not have been the most fun, nor the easiest, but it was certainly the most eventful 365 day period in […]

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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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  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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Will Skudin gets a shout out from Australia’s top surfing Magazine “Stab”. The shot was taken by LaserWolf photography, on January 17th on an outer reef off the coast of Oahu. Great Shot and quote. Check it out HERE AT STAB.  Follow them at @whitewaterwilly and @laserwolf_photo,  for daily updates.

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Check out Newsday Article HERE Surfline Article HERE   Long Beach, NY (January 13, 2014) – New York’s Will Skudin was named 2013 Surfer of the Year by Eastern Surfing Magazine (ESM) in their annual ESeMMY Awards.  Following the 2012 ESM Surfer of the Year Kelly Slater and eleven time world champion;  Will Skudin states “I am honored to […]

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Check out some of the NY crew in the new Easternsurf Mag online HERE Bryan Staubitser, Will Skudin, Balaram Stack and Quincy Davis.

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Easternsurf Magazine just released the ESeMMY’s Awards this year and we were stoked to see these 4 results: 1- WebHeads of the Year – NYSEA 2- Legendary Session – Ireland (Halloween Swell) Kurt Rist, Will Skudin, Dylan Stott 3- Cover of the year – Will Skudin (Tahiti) 4- Surfer of the year – Will Skudin When […]

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New York’s Will Skudin is going to be competing in the Punta Galea Big Wave Challenge live sunday the 22nd on http://www.bigwaveworldtour.com/events/arnette-punta-galea-challenge/. Good luck Will ! We will be watching ! Follow his every move on Instagram at  @whitewaterwilly

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Halloween Week, Mullaghmore Head, Ireland NY crew meets up with lreland’s big wave madmen for a week of good times, hell wipeouts and a Halloween to remmeber. HALLOWEEK from NYsea Collective on Vimeo.   Shot by Fionn Rogers Additional shots by Conor Conlin and Luke Pilbeam Edited by Dylan Stott  Surfers; Kurt Rist, Will Skudin, […]

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Every year one person wins the Billabong XXL ride of the year. The best big wave surfers on the planet tee off head to head with video entries from the worlds biggest surf. One person will take home $50,000 at the end of the year. NY’s Will Skudin and Kurt Rist join the list of […]

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Professional Big wave surfers Kohl Christensen, Kealii Mamala, Ben Wilkinson, Danilo Couto, NY’s Will Skudin and more continue their chase for big waves to Tahiti. Check out Video HERE. For more episodes, check out DeepWaterSurf.com

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Some of the NY crew during Tropical Storm Andrea featured online. Mikey DeTemple and Leif Engstrom  Here on ESM.   Will Skudin on Surfline.com

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Last month Will Skudin set out with fellow big wave riders and friends Kealii Mamala and Garret Mcnamara to surf Teahupoo Tahiti at its best. Will scored solid waves on that trip and came home knowing he had surfed a wave-of-a-lifetime leaving him with a renewed passion for his dream. What Will didn’t know coming home […]

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NY’s Will Skudin is currently 3rd Alternate in the Quiksilver Ceremonial Big wave Contest going down on Tuesday the 4th of June. It will be Live web casted, so anyone from any computer can watch. Will has been putting in hard work for over 10 years working his way onto the biggest stage in Big […]

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New York’s Will Skudin meets up with Hawaiian friends Kealii Mamala and Garret Mcnamara to take part of one of the heaviest sessions to date at the world’s most dangerous wave. Teahupoo Tahiti ! NYSEA got up with him on Skype yesterday to ask him about the swell. NYSEA “Fill us in, how was that session […]

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Still Standing | Coming Summer 2013 from NYSEA Collective on Vimeo. *Coming Summer 2013* Still Standing | A new web series following two friends as they strive for greatness in their respective elements. Will Skudin, Big Wave World Tour currently ranked #16 in the World and Irish Seanie Monaghan, Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Champion and […]

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Will and Cliff Skudin with entries into the biggest paddle wave of the year in the Billabong XXL contest 2012/2013. Joining fellow New Yorker Kurt Rist who also was in the running for biggest overall wave that he towed into off the coast of Ireland a month ago. The top five were announced last week […]

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02-17-13 Pipeline goes bonkers ! Starting the day off with light winds and building swell, a small crew of New Yorkers (Zack Dayton, TJ Gumiela, Brian Pollak, Ollie Favata and Will Skudin) put a full day in. The day was filled with epic wipeouts, closeout sets and a handful of crazy waves. With the swell nearly maxing […]

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The boys got a couple shots on Surfline, check out full surfline story  HERE More shots from the event below. All shots by Doug Falter Cliff Skudin and Will Skudin missed out of advancing by one place in the Nelscott big wave contest. They both got some insane waves and from what we heard it was as close as […]

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For most people, going to Hawaii is about relaxing on beautiful beaches, sipping colorful cocktails and putting their worries behind them while they soak up the rays of the island sun. For a select group of big wave surfers like the Skudin brothers it’s more about prepping big wave equipment, studying and forecasting open ocean […]

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