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Good Surf for New England Summer Titles
The 2014 ESA Summer Surf Series kick started this past Saturday at 2nd Beach in Middletown, Rhode Island. Local competitors found solid waist to chest high lefts and rights that lasted right through the day. The action was intense in all of the youth divisions as the top youngsters from the surf towns of Narragansett, Newport, Little Compton, Westerly, and Nantasket battled it out for bragging rights. For the first time ever in district competition, the female competitors outnumbered the males. “It was very encouraging to see all the new up and coming girls who were ripping it up out there,”...
Read moreLocals Show at Surf Fest
The surfing community was treated to a rare and fun event this past Saturday, at Fort Adams, in Newport, Rhode Island. The occasion was the annual Surf Fest, sponsored by Rhode Island surf legend, Sid Abruzzi and his Water Brothers Surf Shop. Thousands of spectators came to experience the surf and skate extravaganza, which offered an array of vintage surfboards and skateboards from collectors all over the east coast. For the first time at the festival, there was an impressive display of vintage surf vehicles, including convertibles, jeeps, station wagons, and muscle cars that spanned 50 years. South County was well...
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