Category Archives: “On the Edge” by Peter Pan

By Peter Pan… The surf gods were in rare form on Friday morning, when the First Annual Newport Storm/Narragansett Beer Team Long board Challenge went down at the Narragansett Town Beach. After nearly 10 days of flat conditions, a wind … Continue reading →

By Peter Pan The 2011 Eastern Surfing Association summer season started out with a bang recently, at the New England Longboard Classic Surfing Championships. The contest was held at Nanstasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts in surf that went from waist … Continue reading →

On The Edge Surf Gods Were Watching By Peter Pan Running the Eastern Surfing Association regional championships has always been a hit or miss affair, ever since it was created in 1984. All the top competitors from the northeastern states … Continue reading →

By Peter Pan For the first time in over a decade, the Eastern Surfing Association South New England District is hosting the Northeast Regional Surf-Offs this coming weekend. Over 200 of the top surfers from Northern New England, the Great … Continue reading →

By Peter Pan Although this winter has been full of blizzards and snowstorms, the serious lack of surf has been quite evident up and down the New England coastline. Over one dozen snowstorms failed to deliver more than knee high … Continue reading →

by Peter Pan I seriously doubt that in the icy cold winter of 1968, Eastern Surfing Association organizers thought that they would still be running a crazy contest like the Annual New England Mid-Winter Surfing Championships in 2011. The original … Continue reading →

On The Edge By Peter Pan The “Yellow jacket” trail was hard packed with a perfectly groomed corduroy surface as Jackie Phomesy went flying past me in a blur. It was quite a performance considering that it was only his … Continue reading →

by Peter Pan I just returned from the 2011 Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida, considered the largest water sports industry trade show in the country. There were lots of new developments in both surf and SUP. Giant corporations continue to … Continue reading →