Jon Coen

We have reached that special time of summer – that point when the bottom of your feet have hardened to dark callouses. And as the temperature spikes over 90 this weekend, you’ll have no problem walking across the hottest of beaches. You’ll cruise easily over the rocks in the yard. No need for flip-flops on hot pavement. You have your […]

About 10 summers ago, the finless, soft hybrid of a bodyboard, surfboard and skimboard called the Beater Board, made by Catch Surf, was the most sought-after craft for kids on LBI. Surf shops couldn’t keep them stocked. Surf City, specifically the neighborhood on the south end of town, was a hotbed of Beater action. Each summer for several years, the […]

There isn’t global surfing news very often that is relevant enough to be included in Liquid Lines, but this just might be. This week, one Kelly Robert Slater was awarded a wildcard spot to the World Surf League’s World Championship Tour’s Outerknown Tahiti Pro Presented by I-SEA that started on Saturday. Slater is 54 years old. He first qualified for […]

This is not an advice column. But if it were, I have an idea for the 18- to-23-year-old crowd: Skip the fall semester. There’s an excellent financial opportunity right in front of you. Here’s why. Every single local organization is hurting for employees. This is a common occurrence for late August into September. The college-age kids leave the Island for […]

Results Surf Ski: Sean Brennan SUP Male: Don Finn SUP Female: Josie Lata Van Duyne Mens: Fran Campana and Patrick Finnerty Van Duyne Womens: Hailey Barchetto and Jules Perello Stock Mens Prone Paddleboard: Kai and Rider Kuri Stock Female Prone Paddleboard: Grace Emig Open Prone: Brendan Craig

Traditionally, things slow down on the backside of August, but this past week got strangely quiet on the Island. Maybe it was the questionable weather after a few ideal weekends, but the beaches looked relatively empty and even the line for coffee only snaked two blocks instead of four. Maybe folks finally decided to figure out the coffee maker in […]

It's arguably the most iconic surf spot on the East Coast. And as of this month, it will never be the same. Then again, it was never really the same to begin with.

Well, that was fast. Trying to remember what happened this summer. It’s all just a blur. Let’s see. We certainly remember before the summer. Because that did not go quickly at all … 18 inches of ice on the ground … felt longer than the entire summer. February was 63 days. Our country went to war. What could go wrong? […]

There is a certain way that people leave the beach on Labor Day. They drag the soft top behind them. The walk is slow and difficult. The beach chair is on its last leg. It is the ultimate schlep. It’s bitter to many. It’s sweet to some. And for locals, it’s bittersweet. As if on cue, Monday gave us our […]

California writer and editor Steve Hawk has likely played a role in influencing our region that many of us don’t even know about. As the editor of Surfer Magazine from 1990 to 1998, he lent his voice to what was known as “the Bible of the sport,” one of a handful of publications that covered surfing and surf culture before […]