CHAPTER NEWS

Swim Strong + Surfrider Event – May 18th
May 12, 2013
On May 18th, Surfrider NYC has partnered with Swim Strong in a 1-hour informational and surf lesson event. Swim Strong provides water safety events in Rockaway for free and is dedicated to inspire youth to achieve their potential through swimming. To resgister, check out the link … [Read More...]

International Surfing Day – June 20th
May 9, 2013
Save the date NYC! International Surfing Day is June 20th. Stay tuned for more information and how to get involved. In the meantime please check out the main ISD page. … [Read More...]

Judge Dredge
May 2, 2013
Hey all — Judge for yourself: details about the "Emergency Dredging and Beach Nourishment for the Atlantic Coast of New York City, Rockaway Beach, New York" … [Read More...]

BAG IT NYC
April 8, 2013
Our collaboration with Clean Seas Coalition, and others, has been going strong. If you'd like to see NYC change it’s relationship with the ubiquitous single-use plastic bag, head over to the Bag It NYC site and register your information (site link on full post pg). It’s strictly for legislators … [Read More...]

Rendering of plans for Rockaway
February 27, 2013
Great scoop found by Aeriel Brown of Wax Mag — click through to the full post for the link to the article from WNYC News Blog. Very interesting stuff: http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2013/feb/26/look-sneak-peak-new-rockaway-beach-plans/ … [Read More...]

Feb Army Corps and EPA update
February 7, 2013
Vital reading and resources included in this post. This is a grab of official documents about rebuild plans, sand testing, hearings, etc. If you want to see what these entities are actually saying, click through and read up on the resources — EPA Sandy FAQ Army Corps Rockaway Inlet Study Army … [Read More...]

Local water quality
February 6, 2013
Hi guys, here's an article brought to our attention by Bryan D. via Surf MeetUp. It's technically western Nassau County waters, but we all know that the tide drifts from there to Rockaway whenever it wants, and that we're likely to surf out there anyway, if that's where it's working! Have a click … [Read More...]

LB & Rockaway Relief Continues!
January 22, 2013
Hi guys, Winter is in full effect, and definitely making us wish for beach weather. Our friends east of NYC still need tons of help, and we are keeping the missions going. Click through this post for the active link (it's a Wordpress thing) to get your name down on the Eventbrite — this way we … [Read More...]
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