A surfer paddles out the day before Sandy
The big drop
Whalemena, as Sandy begins
Buses lined up, ready to evacuate residents
Water sluices through the crawlspace in my basement
Basement flood tide rising
The river that used to be my street
The boardwalk on our block, the morning after Sandy
Kiva and friends survey our block
Rockaway Beach Boulevard
One block over from my house, a clue that we wouldn’t have power for awhile
The end of my block after the storm
Friends surveying the remains of the skate park and walkways along Shore Front Parkway
The boardwalk as Stonehenge
The beach entrance turned ruined ziggurat
Bounty for the shorebirds
Where Whalemena once welcomed visitors to Rockaway Beach
Cheeky graffiti in Rockaway Beach
A beachfront house in Belle Harbor
A Belle Harbor institution, only recently revived
Clean-up begins
My neighbor Buddy (in black shirt) piles rubble outside his house
A temporary charging station on my block
Kiva serves beef stew in front of the community garden
Supplies on Tim and Kiva’s porch
An optimistic edit along Shore Front Parkway
With Bob, under the boardwalk
Life at the Beach
At Surf Simply camp in Nosara, Costa Rica
Shredding a tiny wave at Surf Simply camp in Nosara, Costa Rica
My house in Rockaway Beach
The back of the Rockaway bungalow
Awaiting food orders with Davina at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club
A morning session in Rockaway, wearing one of Kiva’s Grinder Girl bikinis (Photo by Josh Gosfield)Spring work day in the community garden
Afternoon at Crashboat beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
At the ruins of the old Borinquen Point Lighthouse in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
With Colin in Rockaway, giving the vintage Hansen 50/50 I picked up in California the once-over
On the Rockaway boardwalk with Todd and my neighbors Dan, Mary Ann and Susan
At a lesson with Corey’s Wave Professional Surf Instruction in Montauk
With Todd at the Rockaway Beach Surf Club
An afternoon session in Rockaway
