I began surfing in Miami Florida 13 years ago. Not really a surfing hotspot, but I would take knee high wind chop in 80 degree water with girls on the beach any day.  Got my first taste of a NE winter up in New Jersey 7 years ago and adapted to the cold water. I moved down to the DC area in October of 2002 for work and unfortunately have become a true. 

Usually I can be seen riding my 9-2 Stewart Hydro Hull. However, when there is some juice, I like to take a shortboard out. I also sometimes ride an old Dextra pop-out.

I am a surfing foreign service officer looking for surfing buddies and friends who in the future can visit me once I am posted to a country (in 18 mos. or so) and surf in remote locations. I have lived in the San Francisco Bay area, Sydney, Australia, and many other places, but most recently moved to DC from NYC. I am a fairly beginner level surfer.  I went to the Las Olas women's surf camp in Sayulita, Mexico last winter and have surfed on my own. I love it. Yes, you can bring your surfboard on the NY subway and surf at Rockaway beach.  Looking forward to meeting you!

I've been published in Eastern Surf, Surfer Magazine, and Longboard Magazine. Also participate in Surfrider Foundation's Washington, D.C. chapter. 
 
 

Web page: Killer B Photography

My father was in the Army so we moved all around the county and to Germany. We ended up in Somers Point  NJ where I learned to surf. I have been surfing about 20 years now. riding shortboards, funshapes and currently a 6'6" Terry Nolte Fish. I work in computer & network technical support. Regularly surf South Jersey, MD & DE. Have traveled to CA, Barbados and up & down the East coast.
 

Former shaper. Wave Trek Surfboards owner and pro surfer. Founder of U.S. High School Surfing. Current Science Committee Chairman and U.S. Olympic Recognition Committee Chairman for USSF.  Known to surfers as the Huntington Beach "Snake"

Web page: "Snake" Gabrielson's Surfing Page

I grew up surfing in Coronado, CA.  'Nado's local beach is best described as rare and Hollow. I also surfed La Jolla and Imperial Bch spots regularly. Spent a fair amount of time surfing N. Baja spots; beach breaks, points and rock reefs. Best barrels:  Mainland Mexico, undisclosed location, black sand rivermouth/beachbreak combo north of Acapulco and south of Mazatlan. Also surfed Oahu and Maui a few times. Overall, I like fast, hollow waves the best. I surfed Assateague one day last November, that's all the water time I've gotten in since moving here in July of 02.

Current rides: 7'8" Curren semi-gun -- shaped by the famous (Tom) Curren cousin who lives and surfs in Pacific Bch, CA; 7' 10" MannKine "fun-board" and 6' 5" MannKine "super curvy shortboard," both shaped by Dan Mannan. If anyone is interested, the price is right and the boards are of superb quality, let me know.

I'm an officer in the Air Force and I attend law school part-time at night.  I look forward to getting involved w/DC surfrider and ASC.

Local surf zone: The jetty on the south beach of Cape Henelopen Park, Lewes entrance - when there's not too many folks. The waves have been a bit better on the south jetty, Gordon's Pond. Age has slowed me down a bit.  I find it harder to work with my current stick: 5' 6" thruster.  Looking for someone to cut it down, reshape & reglass into a 42" knee-machine. Gotta pick up a longer board for playing on the w/ends. Click here for more about Chet.

I grew up in Pacific Grove, Central CA.  Have been surfing for about 19 years living in California in Pacific Grove, Monterey, Lake Tahoe, San Diego and on the East Coast in Newport RI and Baltimore. Additionally, I lived for about three years in the tropical rain forest of Cameroon - did get to surf there on the West African Coast (once!) and also lived in Haiti for about 2 years where I surfed very regularly at a left hand rivermouth break in Jacmel. Due to my work, I have surfed in few great
Central/South American spots as well as in the Caribbean.

My motto - be a global citizen and always go deep!

I started surfing with my neighbors at their beach place in Nags Head in the late 60s. It took all three of us to carry that 12' Hobie across the street to the beach and took two of us paddling to get it moving, but we were having a blast. I continued to surf the Outer Banks and Virginia Beach area until the mid-80s when I graduated from college and with my "real job" I could not afford to drive four hours to play at the beach. For the next almost two decades I pursued other things until the summer of 2000, when a family trip landed me in Avon, NC. I have been trying to find others looking to go surfing with and now it looks like I finally found it thanks to my former co-worker Curtis Miller. Click here for more about Chris.

Surf History: I got my first taste of surfing about 10 years ago, but did not surf much in the late '90s... there probably aren't many good reasons to NOT surf. This year, I got a chance to borrow a board and ride again.  I stood up on my first wave and had a lot of fun.  I am inexperienced rider and I have fun surfing the little waves and white-water.  I now own/ride a 9’6” Ricky Carroll. Other Interests:  All kinds of bicycles and I ride motorcycles. Click here for more about Curtis.

I My husband and I recently moved to the D.C. area (he's in school!) from Jax Beach, FL and we're super stoked to possibly hook up with your club for surf trips! I started hanging out with the DC Surfrider Chapter a few months ago - they're a great group of folks - and it would be awesome to meet you guys! 

Don’t get me wrong, surfing longboarders and skateboard longboarders rule!

Chairman (2003-04), Surfrider Foundation's Washington, D.C. Chapter.

It all began early one summer in 1964.  Born and raised on the Jersey shore I rode my first wave at USO Beach in Long Branch, N.J. on a 9’2” Malibu. Worked for a while at the Monmouth Beach Surf Shop (exclusive to Dewey Weber Surfboards) Now 38 years and 16 boards later I am still riding and have returned to my favorite, a 9’2” Weber Performer. Surf at NSIRI most of the time. What would life be like without the ocean, the sun, and crisp clean waves?

I started surfing in 1962, I had a 9'2" Ole that weighed in at 36lbs.  Living in Fullerton CA,  it was 25 miles to Huntington, several friends and I fashioned surfboard trailers for our bikes as we couldn't get a ride to the beach.  I'm just getting back into surfing and enjoy the comraderie of the ASC... I also am a part time musician, and play bass guitar with Pocket Change.

Read more of the Beast's bio here.

I am 18 years old and have always wanted to learn to surf, but never knew anyone who did. I used to boogie board for hours whenever my family visited the beach, but my first time on a real board was on June 6, 2003. And now I'm addicted. I hope I can surf a lot more often and learn a lot more about it in the future. Right now I'm going to school at AACC -- my major is graphic design.

Web page: Heather's Homepage

I am 25 years old. I came to the US seven years ago and have been surfing since. Working on my masters degree in architecture and working part time.  My buddy and I go surfing all year around to the Lewes, DE.

Current rides: 6'-8" Harbour, 8'-0" G&S, 10'0" Dana Point Hobie and a soon to be delivered 9'-2" noseriding performance longboard.

Surfing history: Surf local originally in Miami, Florida. This means I traveled to find consistant swell. Surfed regularly since 1970s in the Bahamas, East Coast of Florida, Delaware, Ocean City/MD, Southern California.
 

I live and work in Germantown, MD. I don't speak German. I grew up in New Jersey and started surfing there in 1965. Surfed heavy for about 7 years then got out of it during school and subsequent family responsibilities. Started back in 2 years ago and looking to become more active in Maryland. I've been up to the Jersey shore, Monmouth and Ocean County areas, three times in the last 6 weeks. I don't know that much about Maryland beaches having moved here about 4 years ago and always opting for the familiar trip to NJ.

Looking forward to getting involved in both short and long trips and Club activities. Currently riding an 8' Ashton and a 9' McTavish Longboard.

I have spent every summer on 36th street bayside of OC/Md since 5 years of age. Fell in love with surfing upon my first exposure. I have been bodyboarding, for 10 years, but only seriously for 3 years. I am just beginning to travel in order to gain knowledge and experience: SoCal in winter of 2001 and spring 2002, including Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Trestles, Black's, and San Clemente. I hope to visit SoCal again in April 2003 for a few weeks. For now, I'm a high school student at Eastern Technical enrolled in the Allied Health program, where I hope to pursue a medical career. I also work at Oak Crest Village. In between the few days I have off, I hope to venture the cold waters at least a few times to release some stress and to just have fun surfing!
(Club Initiation Pending)

Currently riding: 9-4 Ashton longboard, 10-0 Bruce Jones modern noserider, 7-4 Mike Eaton funboard.

Started surfing in 1986 in Maryland/Delaware (mainly at Northside IRI) with the 7-4 Mike Eaton.  The USAF sent me to southern Italy for three years in 1988, but I still managed to catch winter waves in the Adriatic Sea and the Mediterranean.

After a few years' hiatus in the middle nineties, I got back into surfing as a longboarder in 1998 with the Nimitz class Bruce Jones bigboard.  Along with Bruce G, Rod, Neal, Kirk, Foon, and Robb Smith, I'm one of the founding members of the ASC - and just damn glad be here! Also known as "Sunshine."

A native of Kauai; also lived and surfed on Oahu for seven years. "An avid waterman before moving to the East Coast."  <<ASC plans to change that!>>

At age 12 in '63 I began going surfing with older friends with cars. I lived in Simi Valley in Ventura County, CA. We mainly surfed Ventura beaches such as Rincon or by the fairgrounds. Occasionally we went South to... I ride a 9' Velzy, 8' Geo. Robinson mini-longboard and assorted bodyboards.

Personal interests included yoga, philosphy, the Latin language, skateboarding, swimming, and environmental protection.  I have worked for 21 years at a major environmental group in DC as an administrative assistant.

Grew up in the Va. Beach area, began surfing 1989; moved to MD in 1999. Working on a Ph.D. on coastal wetland plants at U of MD. Work as a wetland scientist. Favorite local break: anywhere that shows a clean, walled left. Favorite travel break: Billy Mitchell, NC on a southeast swell.

Rides: WRV funfish, Natures Shapes fun-gun, Hotline quad-fish, Natures Shapes perf longboard and a 1967-71 Hobie Slug.

Surfed/trips: DelMarVa 1989-2004, Hatteras (var) 1991-2002,
New Jersey (var) 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, Southern NC 2001-2003, Oregon 1999, Cape Cod 2001 and 2004, Barbados 2002, Costa Rica 2003. Peru in 2005?

Kirk's Trip Reports

Son of George "Beast" Vermillion.  Surfing for about 8 years perhaps, actively when living in Spain. We have a '99 F150 that holds four comfortably and six uncomfortably. We are not afraid to drive. As of 02/03/04, I've been back in the water for about a year and a half now. I'm no Phil Edwards, but I have lot's of fun. My current victims are a 9'10" Nezzy and a 10' Tyler Noserider. Can usually be located by following the trail of broken VW Vanagon parts between my house in Aberdeen, MD and Reho, Chincoteague, and sometimes Ocean or Atlantic Cities. The majority of my trips include clubmembers Mike McDowell and Paul Martin.

Other interests: scooters in general and fishing.  Click here for more about Mark.

Celebrating a little over a year of surfing this past week, mostly Assetague, OC, and Outer Banks. Also enjoy mountain biking - use to ride a little bit competively - hiking, and any other outdoor related activity. Work as a Public Accountant in Bethesda MD, graduated from U of MD College Park in 2000.  I ride a 6'6".

Surf occasionally at VA beach. Learned to ride in Ventura CA. I am a self taught newbie with a passion for surfing sience I was 12. Unfortunately, it was just recently when I started to ride. I wakeboard on the side and look to increase my surfing ability for years to come.

I own no board as of yet but am always looking for I have been into surfing ever sience I was 12 and watched the Endless Summer, but unfortunately living in MD... was never able to surf. Since then I have made a couple trips to Virginia Beach and surfed every time.

(Club Initiation Pending)

Wanted to surf all my life. Finally took a lesson in Hawaii in Oct 2001 and I've been on a mission ever since. I've surfed Hawaii, Tortola, SoCal (San Clemente), Cocoa Beach and Ocean City. I don't consider myself a beginner now, but I am working on my turns.  Other interests include all sports, especially basketball -- played religiously until I tore my ACL and now I surf instead.

I'm 31 (2003) and am an independent financial planner in Gaithersburg, MD. I was introduced to ASC by "Foon" who is a business aquaintance.  He was wearing his surfrider hat and we started chatting about surfing.

Surf History: Surfing 13 years. Grew up surfing NSB, Ponce and Daytona spots.  Moved to MD about 7 years ago and have stuck mostly to Assateague and mid-town OC. Last season was my first time in water below 64F and first time surfing DE beaches. I ride a 7' funshape for now but want to get back to a shorter board. Favorite Spot:  Playa Linda, FL... but anywhere it's breaking will do. Funny Surf Story:  Saw a friend take a fin in the sphincter on a free-fall wipeout. You would be surprised how much a man bleeds from an injury like that.  Talk 'bout "rippin' a new one"... OUCH!

Began surfing while in High School around 1993, but didn't get hooked until a trip to Nags Head. Originally I learned on a shortboard, but switched to the longboard after borrowing various friends boards.

Currently I go as often as possible and usually with Mark Vermillion and Paul Martin, who are current members. Took a trip to Costa Rica last January with Paul and some other friends. I have also surfed MD, DE, NC, FL, and NJ.  In addition, my uncle has been a major surfing influence on me due to his years of surfing and many travels including Costa Rica before it got popular and Thailand.  Other interests include fishing and  music.

32-year old, born and raised in Central New Jersey. Rode a ~48" inflatable raft with the Hawaiian Punch logo on many a family trip downee Shore. Jersey wave knowlege helped when I finally learned to surf at the age of 25 after a move to Hermosa Beach, CA.  Surfed El Porto, with jaunts to Santa Cruz, Huntington Beach, and San Onofre. Moved to Maryland in 1999 and besides the DelMarVa, have surfed Jersey, Hatteras, and Rhode Island (all better than the local breaks IMHO). Been pretty much in dry dock since the birth of my son in Jan, 2003. Now (surprise, surprise) with the birth of boy/girl twins in June 2004, my boards have fallen deeper into the far corner of the basement. No worries, in 5 years or so I hope to be back at the beach en force - teaching the groms to surf!
(Updated 7/7/04)

I grew up surfing Joisey shore, homebreak: Casino Pier. Surfed up and down East Coast since 8 began stand-up surfing at 14. Went to college in NC surfed Outer Banks for several years religiously before being spoiled in Puerto RIco studying abroad at the University of PR Mayaguez, surfed north and west PR coasts then lived in Huntington Beach, CA for 1 year. Have surfed North Shore, Maui, Mexico, Barbados, Texas. Enjoy surfing with buds/budettes and the great power/grace of the ocean I've come to cherish.

Rides:  6-10 fish, 9-0 Robert August, 7-0 custom thruster, and 8-3 Fun Board, 9-2 67' Wetzel on the micro days.

OTHER INTERESTS:: aviation, travel, meteorology, spanish, lounging around and charging it when it is on.

I’ve been surfing for one year. Can’t wait to hit the beach in my newly acquired surf mobile I’ve named “Moon Doggy.”  It is a 1989 Grand Wagoneer (the modern Woody).

Formerly known as the "Electric Ham." I’ve been free surfing for 15 years up and down the East Coast.  Helped start the fledgling ASC.  Looking forward to international surf trips and club parties.  Long live the ASC!

Born and raised on Long Island surfing the breaks at Gilgo, Democrat Point and Cedar Beach. Spent 6 years in the Navy and got my fair share of waves in So. California, Va. Beach, Oahu and even a few times in Antigua during hurricane season when the Carribean really started to crank. Married, 2 kids, dog, job, mortgage, Blah Blah Blah.  Almost killed myself on the Banzai Pipeline after my skeg broke during a bottom turn getting ready to trim a 15 foot hollow cement truck. Just bought some property about 45 minutes south of Ocean City that includes a shared portion of 42 acres on Cedar Island with a very nice surf break that's just begging for some ASC action.

Patrick's Web

I am 27 years old, work full time as a lab tech at the Univ of Md, go to Grad School. Have been surfing and bodyboarding for about 8 years in the DelMarVa area. My favorite breaks are Gordon's Pond, Indian River, and the Outer Banks. I have also surfed VaB and Rhode Island. I am friends of the son of ASC member George "The Beast."  My current ride is a WRV funshape as I was tired of getting dogged by my longboarder friends.  I have a fair number of tattoos...

I am a 42yo, Bay Area (CA) refugee, now teaching in Baltimore County - married, two kids, house...but I thought I was the only one making the pilgramage from Baltimore to the sea! Glad to know there are others out there. Sharing the ride (and the stoke) seems like a great idea to me. After three years trying (fairly successfully) to figure out surfing and surf forcasting on the right coast (after coming from CA) I am delighted to find this club. I am past the novice stage but no expert at all, comfortable in surf of most sizes as long as it isn't breaking top to bottom, looking for company of similar inclinations.  I learned to surf in Santa Cruz and around the San Francisco Bay Area,so I am used to fair sized surf. 

I've been riding waves since the late '60s, in Puerto Rico. My passion is combining travel and surf -- Puerto Rico being my most frequent destination of choice.  In addition to the DelMarVa, I semi-regularly surf southern NJ, VaBeach, Cape Hatteras, and San Diego County. I have also ridden the waves in SoCal up through Ventura, N. Oregon, Baja, Oahu, Costa Rica and SW France. Also known as "Jaco Taco,"  "The Rockman," and "eyore!"

Waveriding birthyear: 1967.  I birthed on a Hobie 9'4" noserider, quickly migrated to an Australian-made 7'6" V-bottom; started paipo boarding at the same time for riding places like Gas Chambers in the pre-leash days. Had so much fun that the paipo became my wave riding tool of choice. I birthed at Pine Grove, Jobos, and Maria's Beach, PR (my first REAL wave).

Mode: custom made paipo board by Ashton (MD)

Web page: Rod's Home Port for SurfMarks

I live in DC but my family has owned a house in Dewey Beach for 25 years. I used to participate in many East Coast Skimboarding contests and then made a lateral move into bodyboarding and surfing. I got my first board in Rio, Brazil about 15 years ago and have fallen in love with the sport ever since. Since then I have had the pleasure and luck to traveling to Maui and  living on the west coast for a bit; good to be back home and love some shoreline east coast shorebreak.

I'm 33 and I've lived in MD since I was one, surfed East Coast from Del to NC, a place called the 'fish pass jetties' in Port Aransas TX, and several places in Kauai. Have surfed some standup in the past on rented boards, not very proficiently, though. Been going to OC/Del/Teague since I was a kid. Some of the best trips were the impromptu "Friday night for the weekend" trips with no place to stay and sleeping in my friend's jeep with no top in the empty garages of the beach condos north of Fenwick, which were just being built at the time... getting in the water first thing in the morning, getting kicked off the beach by the police at night.  Ahhh, the good ole' days.  My wife and I had our first child last year, so that, along with other things, keeps me a little too busy.

Web page: Scott's Homepage

I ride a 6'4. Been surfing a long while....I would guess 20+ years Here are a couple of favorite spots ..
-Cocoa Beach pier
-OC/MD
-Costa Rica
-Santa Cruz (cold. Brrrr)
-NC (all over)
My other interests include dirt bikes (motocross). I learned about the ASC from back in the alt.surfing days...

I have been surfing for about 19yrs. Lived in O.C. part time since 1975 moved there full time for about six yrs. I spent a couple of months in Puerto Rico. Now I'm stuck in Owings Mills. I enjoy outrigger canoes, motocycle racing, and Hawaiian culture. My quiver includes:
6'4" pro fish, 6'6" profomer and a 7'6" spherical revolver single fin.

I ride a 7'8" Davo and a 9'6" Robert August Wingut II. My surfing background includes '87-'92 at Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks from my home base in Williamsburg, VA. I maybe surfed twice between 1992-2002!  I have also surfed in South Carolina and New Jersey.  My other interests include skeet shooting & my family.

I have bodyboarded forever. Started standup surfing in 2001, my favorite ride being a fun board.  My favorite spot is Assateague where I camp a lot.

I worked in the banking industry.

Web page: Todd's Delmarva Surfing Page

My surfing background ranges from Hatteras to Rehoboth, Baja to Leo's (when I left CA 2yrs ago, the crowds were agro and hungry)  no aloha left. No secret spots anymore. My perfect wave Del Mar Reef (left)(not goofy) 3-5ft. Close tie North Garbage left upcoming tide 3-5ft. Lived in CA, GA, NM, and MD. Always in the water even it it's only in my dreams.  Learned with the beloved friends who took me out in waves too big for a newbee. Shark bate in Baja.  Photographer of Big Ego's.  And Lover of the ocean and everything in it. I ride a 6-10 ACE squash tail

My other interests includes Art, Kundalini Yoga, and Gardening.

Web page:  Welcome to the Blüe Ethers

Began surfing at Gilgo Beach, Long Island in May 1963. Surfed every South Shore break from Rockaway to Montauk Pt. until 1971 then moved to Southern California living in Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and finally San Diego. Started Paipo riding on the Delmarva in 1977 and took up bodyboarding in the 1980s. I have surfed in such exotic places as Hawaii, Mexico, Trinidad, and Fenwick Island. My favorite East Coast breaks are Cape Hatteras, Ditch Plains, NY,  a little known break call Democratic Point on LI,  and almost anywhere it's good in Florida. I am in the printing industry and have been playing drums since 1963. My home break is Uptown Ocean City, MD where I own a condo. I am 53 years old, happily married and very close to retirement.

Web page: F o o n D r o p p i n g s