What a place...
I fell in love with Asbury Park, New Jersey the moment my Louis Vuitton moccasins touched its slightly grimy sidewalk. There to work on a BeachGrit wetsuit fairytale alongside the great Jack Boston, I didn’t expect to become so instantly smitten but there I was, breathing that air, smelling those pork rolls, feeling my heart beat, beat, beat.
Asbury Park.
Asbury Park.
It is famous from many things including Bruce Springsteen and an unbeatable working class ethic but these days it shall also be known as the first beach seeing to ban world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater from its waves.
Stickers, you see, have mysteriously been popping up over town as winter turns to spring. Stickers of the 11x World Champion’s face crossed out with the words “Long Hairs Only” printed underneath.
It is unknown who is responsible but nothing goes on without Springsteen’s knowledge so it may well be him or organized by him.
The Boss, always and forever.
Asbury Park.
What a place.
If you love it so much why not move there? You can be a NJ “local”.
You can join Ben Gravy and be photographed by Ben Curr
Seriously bru bra.
Imagine all of the factories, the hangover of “ The Jersey Shore”, and Chris Christie.
What’s not to love!
those guys are fags.
which guys?
its more of a fast times at ridgemont high reference but id have to say whomever is opposed to the goat.
Is asbury park where the Ramones were from? Plenty of long hair there!
The seedening is upon us. Is there gonna be a live thread?
Nah, they were from Rockaway Beach. Just kidding, Forest Hills.
Someone might not’ve thought this through entirely, as these stickers could easily be interpreted as straight-up racist due to the fact that very few black men have long hair.
Then again, there’s been a long history of racism at these beaches so who knows.
you have hit the nail on the head my man… you cannot get more racist, white-supremacist on the East Coast than my Jersey Shore region… check out the history of Asbury Park… it’s pretty sad from the view of an anti-racist…
South Carolina is on the East Coast, surely more racist, no? While you’re researching, checkout the history of the race riots when the locals cemented the economic and social collapse of their community
Brucey can’t be all that influential in his home town or he wouldn’t have been busted for drinking in public recently, though luckily for him he got off the more serious charge of DUI…
Do not be fooled… Bruce owns property in near-by Rumson in quite the mansion… his “gritty working class” days are ancient history… his DWI was near Sandy Hook, a far better option for maxed out long period southerly ground swell than Asbury Park could possibly ever offer…
As Dawn is breaking over Dixon Park it looks like its knee high, and Surfline said it was going to be 5-6 feet with occasional 8 foot faces.
Your interpretation of ‘knee high’ is of course dependant on how high one’s knees are.
I’m 6’4″ so maybe head high for Felipe
I’m not sure Pip can even see his knees anymore.
MR was saying that high tide kills it the way the sandbars are right now.
Surely the guy who died in FL on the motorized surfboard deserves more coverage than this?
Rob Kelly and his crew- Boardwalk Mutts, Numbskulls……