Surfing with dad from age 6
Favorite Waves - Anything with a tube.
Surf Travels - Hawaii, Australia, Canary Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, New Zealand, Barbados, Spain, Northern and Southern California, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Long Island. (Colorado and Vermont for Snow)
Places Wish To Go - Samoa, Brazil, Tahiti, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Alaska.
Heroes - Mom and Dad, Peter Cole, Denny Bales, Uncle Ron, Kelly Slater.
Growing Up - Surfing With Dad, Swim Team, Basketball, Jr. Guards, and Playing Music.
Education - Bond University - Gold Coast, Australia - Bachelor Of Business Administration.
Goals - Surf into old age, travel the world in search of waves, help establish SummerTime Surf as one of the best surf schools in the WORLD!!!
"I'm proud to call the Jersey Shore my home. New Jersey is big part of who I am and I'm grateful for that. The waves might not be the best in the world, but when it gets good, it gets world-class. To be a dedicated Jersey surfer, you have work harder than most, but like anything in life, the more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it."
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Name: Carleigh S - Head Wahine
Surfing since age 13
Home Break: Squan Inlet Beach
Favorite Waves: Slow Rolling Head High Lefts
Locations Surfed: Up and down the Jersey Coast, Long Island, Florida coast, California, and the Western Coast of Puerto Rico.
When there's no surf she is: working hard for the money, coaching a youth
lacrosse league, or enjoying good times with good friends.
Name: Matt G - Ocean Life Expert
Nickname: Jelloman
Surfing since age 13, fishing since age 5
Home Break: Avon-by-the-Sea
Locations Fished: Stellwagen Bank, Georgia's Bank, Gulf of Maine, Hudson Canyon, Nantucket Shoals, in shore:EVERYWHERE, specially the Shark River Inlet.
Matt has a degree from the University of Rhode Island in Marine and Coastal Policy with a concentration on Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology. His education has focused on the philosophical importance of the ocean and its treasures. His love for the ocean has led him to work aboard numerous fishing vessels for the past six summers. Along with a stellar education and hundreds of hours at sea, Matt is a great addition to Summer Time Surf. Matt's knowledge focuses on the human uses of the coastal and ocean space and the resources therein. His teachings include the structure and science of waves, tides, currents, fish habitat, indigenous marine species to the northeast, fish behavior, and the politics of the ocean. He also surfs pretty darn good too.
Name: Todd H
Surfing since: adolescence
Travels: Ocean County NJ (jk), Southern California, Costa Rica, Foley Beach S.C.
Home Break: Asbury Park to Spring Lake
Food: Jose's Mexican Restaurant
Favorite wave: A line up full of friends.
Education: The State of New Jersey Rutgers University New Brunswick, B.A. Political Science.
Aspirations:
The ocean is beautiful all by itself. There exists no painting that can depict it, and there are no words to describe it. Surfing is a composition, an expression, and the one single act that does justice to the natural beauty of the ocean. I always want to be a surfer, a hybrid between athlete and artist.
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Wrenna D
Pat R
Shawn T
Jack D
Nicole L
Congratulations to STS Team Member and instructor Carleigh Sion for taking FIRST in the Women's Division at this year's
Manasquan Classic Longboard Contest!
And to STS Team Member and instructor Brendan Buckley for nabbing SECOND in the overall, and THIRD in the Men's Junior at the
Unsound Pro!