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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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Winter surfing in New York will prove your dedication and love for the sport. When most people are buying lift tickets and plane tickets, there is always a crew back at home waiting on the blizzards to surf alone. Most call us crazy but to us there is nothing crazy about it. This is what […]

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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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Happy Flipping New Year from Leif Engstrom Here is a short edit of NY’s Leif Engstrom adding a new maneuver to his impressive bag of tricks. Not sure what to call it. Looks like a Flip to us. Whatever it is, it is amazing. Just listen to the words of the song and you will […]

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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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New York’s Brian Pollak just received an entry into the Oakley Wave of the Winter contest. (best wave of the winter on the north shore of oahu, hawaii) This is a huge accomplishment, but something tells me he will have way more then one entry. The winter has just begun and so has he. Congrats […]

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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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New York’s Kurt Rist makes history. The first regular-footer to paddle-in and successfully ride out the famous Irish big-wave slab at Mullaghmore Head, Ireland. Check out full story and insight of who Kurt really is and of course the full sequence of this amazing ride at Easternsurf.com HERE. Sequence: Camila Neves Written by  Dylan Stott

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New York’s charger and University of Hawaii business major Brian Pollak makes the trip home for some turkey and tubes. As NY surfers we are always taking trips outside of our area to chase waves. Here’s a quick story of the reverse, taking a trip back home to score. Full Photo Gallery Below by Matt […]

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The best surf film makers in the world, Taylor Steele and Nathan Myers once again include New York’s Leif Engstrom in their new film “Innersection Black”.  We caught up with internationally recognized and award winning producer Nathan Myers for a couple questions about Leif and the new film.(now Available on iTunes) NYSEA– What separates the […]

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When most companies come into NY to shoot a commercial involving NY surfing they bring outside surfers and videographers in to get the job done. They shoot and mass market it, never giving back or involving the core crews that helped develop the culture in the first place. Not in this case Mercedes-Benz hired NY surfers Mikey […]

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Stoked to give back to the Rock ! Read full Article HERE on the Rockawave. 

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One Month Left ! When we started the YO SHOT CHALLENGE two months ago, we asked a few photographers to send in some quotes that will get the water turned up. We wanted to start a friendly battle between all the photographer out there. Well the battle has been going strong with over 100 entries from […]

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NYSEA- What’s up Tyler, saw you bought a new ride? Tyler– ” Ahahahah, I posted that as a joke and it kinda got carried away with so many comments. Now I feel like I have to buy it, lol.” NYSEA- So you didn’t buy that epic ride? Tyler- “Nah, it was $7,400. I don’t have […]

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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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It’s been One Year after Hurricane Sandy, a year of rebuilding. When all the posessions in your life are gone with the wind and weather, leaving only the clothes on your back, it changes you.  Sink or Swim. We had to swim out of this devastation as community. No one person or organization was going […]

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“It’s not like a surfer to just sit around when opportunity presents itself. A ridiculously long flat spell during the heart of hurricane season might not sound like an opportunity, but it was. It was a chance to escape the doldrums and find our sanity again. It’s a gamble to head to Central America in […]

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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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Can someone please tell me how the best film markers in surfing constantly have New York’s Leif Engstrom in every movie they have put out in the last two years, but the surf media does not pick up on this ? Lets get this story out ! Leif is one of the funniest guys to […]

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New York’s Brian Pollak is a dedicated young man. Not only dedicated to pushing his limits in some of the deadliest waves in the world, but also dedicated to his business marketing degree at the University of Hawaii Manoa (Shidler College of Business).  He understands that his talents in the water can take him to […]

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After the longest flat spell in the history of NY surfing, Tropical Storm Gabrielle ran up the coast with conditions looking clean but with questionable swell size.  It turned out to be not exactly what we wanted, but definitely what we needed. The new online photo challenge YO SHOT CHALLENGE got kicked off with a […]

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We are stoked to launch our first 100% public online contest. Open to all. Take a good shot from your camera/go pro or phone and win some money. Some small but fun looking waves finally on the forecast from tropical storm Gabrielle. So we are looking forward to the first entries this week. NYSEA urges […]

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Great event ! Waves turned on, the Sun was out and the good vibes were kicking. 48 pros and 150 Kids Thank you Unsound Surf, Spy Optics, Stance Socks, Skull Candy, Soloshot, West Wetsuits, McAvoy Plumbing, Palazzo construction, Brands Deli, Skudinsurf, The Beach House and more. Congrats to all the winners; Unsound Pro winner – Ryan Briggs […]

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