Archive for September, 2011

Filmmaker and photographer Thomas Brookins’ visual guide to Long Beach

Posted in Local tips, Long Beach, Long Island, Quiksilver Pro partner with tags , , , , on September 6, 2011 by quiksilverpronyguide

Filmmaker, photographer, Long Island local, and surfer Thomas Brookins recently snapped some pics of the awesome Long Beach community, and we wanted to share them with you.  Some we’ve incorporated into posts featuring our Quiksilver Pro NY partners, and others you can check out right here!

Long Beach perspective.

The Cabana

1024 W. Beech Street, Long Beach

516.889.1345

 

Quiksilver Pro NY partner unsOund

359 E. Park Avenue, Long Beach

516.889.1112

 

Get your groceries on at Waldbaum’s

85 E. Park Avenue, Long Beach

 

Much respect to the shark for representing (at Quiksilver Pro NY partner Whale’s Tale)

 

Just a few blocks from the beach and the contest (Quiksilver Pro NY partner LIRR)

 

Long Beach Surf 

70 W. Park Avenue, Long Beach

516.431.5431

 

For more of Thomas’s work, check out our Quiksilver Pro NY partners posts.

Drinking in Manhattan: Idle Hands Bar

Posted in Bars/nightlife, East Village with tags , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2011 by quiksilverpronyguide

Question: with a tagline like “Bourbon. Beer. Rock”, how can you go wrong?  Answer: you can’t.  Every Friday is Devil’s Night Happy Hour at this good-whiskey-and-craft-beer mecca in the East Village, and if you’re around on September 16th, check out their one-year anniversary party: $1 whiskey shots all night and $1 craft beers until 8pm.  Rock on.

(image via metal-army)

Idle Hands Bar

25 Avenue B, between 2nd and 3rd St.  (East Village)

917-338-7090

Surf & Skate Spots: brought to you by Indoek

Posted in Local tips, Long Beach, Long Island, Skate spots, Surf spots with tags , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2011 by quiksilverpronyguide

Our new friends Matt and Drew over at Indoek put together their own awesome guide to the Quiksilver Pro NY called Bro In The City.  They were cool enough to share their picks for surf and skate spots in Manhattan, Jersey, and Long Island.  Read on…

SURF

Rockaway 90th St. (Queens)

Only a 45 minute subway ride on the A train from the city.

 

Lido Beach (Long Island/Long Beach)

Just a little further east of the main event.

 

Gilgo Beach (Long Island)

Just east of Jones Beach, gilgo is a beautiful little state park with some nice peaks rolling in.

 

Montauk (East Long Island)

If you’ve got a full day or weekend to kill, arguably some of the best waves in New York are about a 3 hour train ride away to the end of Long Island.

 

Sandy Hook (New Jersey)

Big SE swell?  No car?  Grab a 30 minute ferry from Manhattan and hope for NW/W winds.

 

Fort Tilden Beach (NY)

Rent a bike and escape the city.  Just over 30 minutes from Brooklyn and it’s a state park so the beach is nice(ish).

 

SKATE

Pier 62 Skate Park (Chelsea, Manhattan)

Skatepark on the westside at the piers.

 

House of Vans (Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

Vans state-of-the-art skate warehouse facility.

 

You can check out Matt and Drew’s other recommendations, including their awesome shop section, at Bro In The City.  Make sure to visit Inodek, a surf-centric blog celebrating an independent flavor of waveriding culture mixed with all things creative and inspiring.

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