2023 Waveski & Surf Kayak Northeast Social was a great success!

The ECWA would like to thank everyone who participated in the Paddle Surf Northeast Social! We had surfers come in from Chicago, Boston, PA and as far as Florida. A big thank you to Ian Mcleod from Macski USA for surfing with us, giving guidance and bringing his products to try out. He along with with Ross and Bill had our new friend Masa, a paraplegic adaptive surfer, hit the waves for the first time ever. Also big thanks to Doug from Ackless Kayaks for bringing his cool products for us to tryout. This year, The Best All Around Surfer Shout-Out goes to Auri Berg who caught the longest rides, the most rides and put himself in critical positions riding a Surf Kayak, Waveski and Macski Phoenix. We hope enjoys his gift, The Surfing Kayaking Book by Bill Matos. As we said before the event, we were not paddling out in 10 foot hurricane surf. We picked a sheltered surf spot so we could focus on practice, sharing surf craft, trying out manufacturers products, making connections, helping beginners, as well as just chillin on the beach. Local New Jersey surfers Ross Kushner and Bill Casey were crucial in setting this up with the perfect location and did a great deal of work behind the scenes. We needed the help as ECWA President, Stewart Diesel-Reynolds could not be there and Richie Guerrero had emergency gallbladder removal surgery and could not be in the water, so he was relegated to staff photographer. Everyone there pitched in and helped the event run smoothly and make it a great success. We’ll be back in New Jersey next year around the same time and we hope to see you all there. You can check out all 200 photos of the event on our website.