| Apr. 2005 |
New York City Opens Surfing Beach in Rockaway
Waveriders throughout the metropolitan area are finally free to surf the Atlantic this week thanks to a newly designated “surf-access” zone in the Rockaways.
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| Apr. 2005 |
Timeline for Surfing Access at Rockaway Beach
A three year timeline to reflect the events of both community and goverment working together to improve the quality of life in the Rockaways and surfing access.
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| Feb. 2005 |
Surfrider Foundation Named Non-Governmental Organization of the Year (February, 2005)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has named the Surfrider Foundation as recipient of the 2005 Walter B. Jones Award for Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the Year.
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| Nov. 2004 |
Public Access Area Designation
While many people of the metropolitan region many not be familiar with the issues of the Rockaways and Long Beach, most are all-too-aware of the problems associated with public coastal access.
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| Nov. 2004 |
Group Lobbies For Rockaway Surfing
Surfers and lawmakers in Queens say they are close to scoring a huge victory for waveriders all over the city.
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| Oct. 2004 |
Save Rockaway
Surfrider NYC's battle to return Rockaway Beach to the people of New York is featured in Transworld Surf magazine.
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| Sept. 2004 |
Annual 9/11 Memorial Paddle Out
Surfrider volunteers, along with Rockaway locals, once again partook in the annual paddle out to remember those fallen on that tragic day.
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| July 2004 |
First Annual Respect the Beach Program
New York City Surfrider launches the Chapter’s first annual Respect the Beach program!
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| July 2004 |
Monitoring City Beaches
In a city with few environmental success stories, the improving state of local beaches is worth celebrating, if not too loudly.
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| July 2004 |
Swim For Clean Water!
Christopher
Swain strokes under the Verrazano-Narrows bridge and out into the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first person in history to swim the entire length of the Hudson River.
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| June 2004 |
Laird Hamilton, Greg Noll, Stacy Peralta and the Surfrider Foundation Kick Off the Upcoming Release of Riding Giants.
With over 300 Surfrider members in attendance the New York City Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation welcomed the Riding Giants to the east coast .
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| June 2004 |
Peace at the Beach Elusive for New Yorkers
New Yorkers longing for an escape from their sweltering urban jungle this summer are often finding no peace at the beach despite miles of breezy coastline within close reach of Manhattan.
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| May 2004 |
Surfrider NYC Beach Cleanup at Rockaway Beach
The spring Cleanup is a tremendous success thanks to those working to protect and preserve Rockaway Beachs.
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| Apr. 2004 |
New York Harbor Much Improved, Study Says
NY harbor has improved dramatically in recent decades, with far fewer
contaminants in waters
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| Apr. 2004 |
Central Park Conservancy's annual Earth Day Festival
The NYC Chapter participates in the Central Park Conservancy's annual Earth Day Festival.
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| Apr. 2004 |
Surf and Turf
City surfers no longer second class citizens.
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| Mar. 2004 |
March Meltdown Annual SFNYC Fundraiser
Leave your booties and bring the booty to the Knitting Factory, 8pm-12am for the annual SFNYC Fundraiser. Live bands, djs, prizes, and then some.
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| Jan. 2004 |
Snowriders at Stowe, VT (Jan. 31st-Feb. 2nd)
Volunteers disseminate information about the Snowrider Project and the role of mountain regions in the hydrologic cycle.
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| Dec. 2003 |
Thar She Blows: Nor'easter Blows Through NY
As the North Eastern states mimick a blizzard globe, Mick Hargreaves and Joel Banslaben comment on conditions over the weekend.
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| Nov. 2003 |
Surfrider NYC Tours the WRV Board Factory
This past summer, the staff of the Wave Riding Vehicles board factory were nice enough to give Surfrider NYC a tour of their facility.
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| Nov. 2003 |
Monopoly is Stoked to Team up with the Surfrider Foundation
The surfing edition of America's most popular board game is a great gift idea.
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| Oct. 2003 |
The "Good Aloha" -- Thank you National
The Surfrider National Board meets on the East Coast!
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| Oct. 2003 |
A Needle and the Damage Done
In our ongoing efforts to maintain the waterfront at Rockaway, we partook in a beach cleanup this past Saturday.
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| Oct. 2003 |
Rockaway Residents on ‘Rockaway and the beach’
Surfrider NYC's Laird Loughlin
gets locals at the "Rock" to sound off on environmental and conservation issues.
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| Sept. 2003 |
"The I of the Storm" with Mick Hargreaves
As Isabel approaches, our very own weather guru Mick Hargreaves reports on the impact the tempest is having on Long Beach. Mick will act as 'eye witness' tracking Isabel, or the swell that she creates, over the upcoming days.
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| Sept. 2003 |
MASE (mid-atlantic surf arts expo)
Come together with 30 surfer-artists influenced by surfing in New York and New
Jersey collected in Brooklyn, NY to celebrate both their arts and their ocean.
(photos of opening)
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| Aug. 2003 |
Catching up with Kelly Slater
Time Out New York contributing editor and Surfrider NYC member Cathay Che, caught up with surprisingly Zen Slater on his cellphone in Southern California.
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| Aug. 2003 |
Debut of the New "Great White"
Tent Brigade invades Long Island to make presence known and spread the word about urgent surf and environmental issues.
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| July 2003 |
Surfrider NYC "Step(s) Into Liquid" with Dana Brown
Surfrider NYC joined director Dana Brown for his painfully early (5:30am!) interview with Larry Hoff on the WB 11's Morning News program.
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| May 2003 |
Long Island's Beach Projects
Chris Dixon from Surfer magazine has a conversation with Surfrider NYC's Chairman Rob Bailey about a massive series of projects by the Army Corps of Engineers on Long Island. |
