Category Archives: sea

Yikes Land Shark

October 30, 2012 – 10:06 am

This photo from New Jersey appeared on Facebook. It might not be photoshopped, but judging from the height of the doorhandle I calculated that the sandshark is a 2-3 footer cruising the shallow floodwaters. He must be looking for a Micky Ds.

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Oak Beach Inn

September 30, 2012 – 7:21 pm

In the 80s I would get on my Yamaha XS 650CC and drive out of Manhattan to Jones Beach. I’d avoid the gathering of sun-worshippers at the East Bathhouse and rode past the sand dunes bordering Ocean Parkway past West Gilgo and Cedar Beach to the Oak Beach Inn located across the inlet from the […]

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Dead Fish Auction

June 24, 2012 – 6:30 pm

In the winter of 1969 a foul storm blew an unknown sea creature onto Duxbury Beach south of Boston. The WBZ radio announcer reported it to be a ‘sea monster’. My brother, sister, and I jumped into our VW and drove through a hard rain to a forlorn stretch of beach. A crowd was gathered […]

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Flying Sharks

June 24, 2012 – 6:22 pm

Steven Spielberg’s JAWS came out in 1975. I saw the film in Gloucester with my good friend Andy Kornfeld. The next day we went to Good Harbor Beach. Families were playing in the sand. No one was in the sea. Andy and I tested it with our toes. The water temperature was perfect. We both laid […]

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Shark Alert

June 24, 2012 – 6:14 pm

Everyone in the world is scared of sharks. One July 4th weekend Richie Boy and I were surfing off Montauk. The temperature was hot and the air was steamy with humidity. Richie Boy noticed that no one was in the water and spotted beachgoers pointing off-shore two hundred meters from the break. A school of […]

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