It was a long weekend of Surfing, Standup Paddleboarding and partying. We stayed at the East Deck in Montauk for the REAL Alumni Retreat. I shot and rode three times each day. It was a total blast. Montauk has some very nice local surfers. We had a great little swell the first two days. The waves were waist to chest and head high on the sets. It was a great longboarding wave, because it was rather mushy and long. The weather was sunny for us, with only a few hours of clouds. After a long day of surfing, we headed out to town. The first night we headed to Shagwong bar for dinner then cruised over to the Surfer’s Lounge. The Surfer’s Lounge is a very trendy long island hotspot. We were a bit underdressed and sammy was a bit perturbed that a $5 bill couldn’t get him a beer. Nonetheless we had a blast closing down the bar!
It was an early start after a late night, but the surf was good so we headed out to repeat the day before. Everyone loved trying out the different boards that we brought with us. After 3 long sessions, we got cleaned up and headed to the Sunset Salon for the REAL Alumni Retreat party. We had a great live band, My Friend Ben play and over 200 guests. It was a great dinner and hung out with everyone. It quickly turned into another long night as after the dinner party we cruised over to another bar to listen to a reggae band. After a few drinks we headed back to the Surfer’s Lounge then cruised to a diner before getting back to the hotel.
We didn’t have the sizey waves that we had the previous two days, but I don’t think anyone had more fun than on this day. Sitting in the line up was a blast, with time to chat and joke around with everyone made it a day of surfing we won’t soon forget. That night we had a BBQ at the East Deck, which was right at the surf spot. Matt, Dave and Sam headed back that night while the rest of us hung out for the next day.
Jason took a morning paddle with Buffet. We packed up the truck with the ridiculous amount of gear that we had, and hit the road to Napeague to try and squeeze in a kite. We arrived to marginal winds. We unpacked the REAL Port-a-kicker and set it up. Slezy headed out and we got a couple shots before the wind had died out. It was time to hit the road to Trip’s parents house for the night and then a road trip back to Cape Hatteras.
It has been a long but amazingly fun two-week, and after doing just about every sport I know and being away from Cape Hatteras, but I’m glad to be getting back.
