From Press staff reports

The ninth Annual Chip Miller Surf and Turf is today, starting with a 7 a.m. check-in for the surf fest at 7th Street Beach in Ocean City.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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Six straight days of northeast wind and ocean chop made for a tricky weekend for local beach patrols. But it also made for a grueling day for the endurance athletes who paddled the 22 miles around Absecon Island on Saturday for the fifth annual Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Paddle For A Cause.

By JON COEN, For The Press

SEASIDE HEIGHTS - Ocean City's Heritage Surf Shop won its fourth straight Oakley Surf Shop Challenge Northeast Qualifier on Friday at Casino Pier.

From Press wire reports

SAN FRANCISCO - Kelly Slater won an Association of Surfing Professionals-record 11th world title on Wednesday at the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco.

By GUY GARGAN, Staff Writer

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OCEAN CITY - Parents and friends of about 130 high school surfers gathered at the 3rd Street beach in winter overcoats and hooded sweatshirts to watch the National Scholastic Surfing Association Northeast Conference Championships on Sunday with temperatures ranging from the 30s to the low 50s.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS - No one can surf Casino Pier like Sam Hammer.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS - New Jersey's best surfers will descend on Casino Pier this morning for the ninth annual Smith Optics Garden State Grudge Match.

By SUSAN LULGJURAJ, Staff Writer

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ATLANTIC CITY - As the sun crept over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday morning, surfers stood with their boards waiting for a signal.

By RACHEL COHEN, Associated Press

NEW YORK - Carissa Moore was too shy to talk to her sports-star classmate.

By BRITTANY GRUGAN, For The Press

Tom Forkin wants to see Atlantic City become the surfing destination resort it was in the early 1990s.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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BELMAR - The Fosters Belmar Pro, the largest surfing competition in New Jersey, starts today in Monmouth County.

From Press staff reports

Ten-time world champion Kelly Slater was among eight surfers who qualified for the quarterfinals out of their heats on Day 3 of the Quiksilver Pro New York in Long Island, N.Y., on Thursday.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Right before the third heat of the Quiksilver New York Pro Trials, Frank Walsh hopped off his personal watercraft.

By JON COEN, For The Press

SEASIDE PARK - Pete Machotka has waited a long time to surf in the Garden State Grudge Match.

By JON COEN, For The Press

Three southern New Jerseyans will compete in the 49th annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships starting today in Virginia Beach, Va.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - When Kurt Scheibner was a kid in Ship Bottom, his family owned a 1960s-era, Greg Noll-shaped Mickey Dora "Da Cat" model longboard. An older surfer saw the board and offered to buy the boys any new surfboard on Long Beach Island as a trade.

By ELISA LALA, Staff Writer

Nothing's sweeter than being able to mix your hobby with helping others, said Somers Point resident Paul Giunta, a paddle boarder and surfer by passion, an entrepreneur by trade.

By JON COEN, For The Press

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP - Thirty-two competitors will surf the all-female Jetty Coquina Jam on Long Beach Island on today.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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OCEAN CITY - Nearly 150 surfers competed in the eighth annual Chip Miller Surf Fest on Thursday, raising money despite fairly lackluster surfing conditions.

By JON COEN, For The Press

Last Friday was National Flip-flop Day. And next Sunday is Log Cabin Day. There being so many odd, fringe days of observance, it only makes sense to have an International Surfing Day, and South Jersey residents took full advantage Monday with two events focused on keeping beaches clean.

By JON COEN, For The Press

When Margate surfer Mike May organized the first Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation Paddle for A Cause, a grueling 22.5-mile endurance challenge in 2008, it was largely a solidarity event.

By JON COEN, For The Press

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SEASIDE HEIGHTS - The Heritage Surf Shop surf team is creating something of a legacy.

Associated Press

HONOLULU - Organizers of the big wave surfing contest known as "The Eddie" say the waves in Hawaii's Waimea Bay aren't consistently large enough to hold the event.

By JON COEN, For The Press

The winter storms that hit southern New Jersey have been a boon to snowplowers. Surfers haven't fared as well.