Written By Andrew Gesler on June 15th, 2010 with
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In the past three weeks I’ve been to CA three times,so sorry for the disconnect.. It’s a lot of work producing a film! Check out my last post about DARK FALL.. Alex DePhillipo and I have ben busy getting this thing ready for all of you!! Our last trip had us on the set of FUEL TV’s “The Daily Habit!” All I gotta say is Pat Parnell is the MAN!!! I’ll keep you posted on when the TV show will air, usually takes two weeks.. For now, keep your earballs open for Alex, Zack, and myself on 102.7FM 8:00…
Written By Andrew Gesler on June 15th, 2010 with
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The World Premiere has been set! July 16th at the House of Blues, the Showboat, in Atlantic City.. Two years in the making, DARK FALL, the NJ surf documentary film, takes you through a year in the lives of professional surfers from the state. Experience the passionate stories told by Dean Randazzo, Sam Hammer, Zack Humphreys, Clay Pollioni, Chris Kelly, Jamie Moran, and Mike Gleason as they bring you into the line-up in some of the best NJ surf ever captured on film. Narrated by yours truly, the film by Alex DePhillipo also showcases NJ surfers, Matt Keenan, Kevin…
Written By Andrew Gesler on May 4th, 2010 with
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Next week I’ll be updating my post from a sunny, freeway paced, southern California summer camp??? I’ll be heading out there for Volcoms VQS championships in Newport Beach to take my chances at the $50,000 purse.. I’ve wanted to surf this event for some time now, but never properly qualified until this year with a win at a Seaside Heights qualifying event last month. The VQS is a surf contest, I think.. Volcom usually has a theme to anything they do, this year they will be transforming 54th street, Newport, to a summer camp. The antics on the beach…
Written By Andrew Gesler on April 27th, 2010 with
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No, I’m not talking about the insane action of this years play-off Hockey, I’m talking about the the six-month, to the death, preverbal boxing match we re-enter with each frigid winter surf session. The gloves are off! We won! I surfed for hours yesterday without gloves, and, to feel the cool ocean in my hands again was more than refreshing after the long, demanding, battle and I’m stoked on what’s to come.
Spring is a killer time of year. Life is rekindled everywhere around us in excitement for the upcoming summer season and it’s not limited to the birds,…
Written By Andrew Gesler on April 21st, 2010 with
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Yesterday Oakley and SurferMag came to town to throw the North East qualifying event. Held at Casino Pier, the event attracted eight shop teams from the region including top finishers, Heritage, Seventh Street, and Inlet-Outlet.
Conditions were looking pretty dismal first thing in the morning. The small surf wasn’t even showing up on the wave cams before I left my house to make the northernly trek up to Seaside with my teammates, Jamie Moran, Zach Humphreys, and Ian Bloch. It was no different story when we arrived to the beach for registration, but, the event, and it’s coordinators, had…
Written By Andrew Gesler on April 9th, 2010 with
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Dean Randazzo is a large part of why anybody in New Jersey is able to build a career as a professional surfer. His story is one of rising against the tide, overcoming adversity, and belief in “when determined, anything is possible.” Not only is he someone to look up to as a surfer, but as a person of strong heart and even stronger passion. I’m proud to call dean my friend. Check out the piece on Live Strong’s web log.
http://livestrongblog.org/2010/04/08/young-adult-story-dean/comment-page-1/#comment-57373
Written By Andrew Gesler on April 5th, 2010 with
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Ocean City has been hard to leave when swell comes to town. With sand pumping week after week, there’s no telling what will happen when the surf picks up.. Chances are somewhere new is going to be doing something special, and, by special I mean top to bottom tubes. It’s flat now and the sand is pumping. I’m gonna keep my eyes on the growing beaches so when the surf starts doing the pumping I’ll know where to be..
Written By Andrew Gesler on March 12th, 2010 with
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I’ve always enjoyed riding new surfboards for the first time. There’s nothing better then preparing your new board for it’s maiden voyage. Most of the time the preparation begins after purchasing you board from one of your local surf shops. Then you get down to it, you know, applying wax, trac-pads, fins, and leash, all that good stuff. But, if you’ve ever had a chance to design something custom with a board builder, then the preparation starts well before pulling the board off the rack.
I got together with Brian Heritage and designed the Hawk. We talked over what I…
Written By Andrew Gesler on February 23rd, 2010 with
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I was out west mid January to compete with the Fox surf team in the Katin Team Challenge. We ended up taking 4th place in surf that was Maxing out the North side of Huntington Pier. I almost killed my self trying to advance out of my first round heat. Out of the three other competitors in the line up, only six waves were caught due to the strong drift into the pier and less than desirable closeouts bombs coming through. I needed a score, and pretty much gave up on trying to find a good wave and turned…
Written By Andrew Gesler on October 2nd, 2009 with
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Last weekend Alex DePhillipo’s New Jersey surf Documentary, “Dark Fall” played a trailer at the largly hyped “pre”-premiere of poor specimens latest production “Modern Collective.” Showing right in the middle of a block of films including “Gum for My Boat” which takes an intimate look into the growth of the Bangladesh surf club, Red Bulls “Mentawais Super Trip” showcasing some of the energy drinks top athletes, the “Dark Fall” teaser boasted some of the loudest reactions in the theater!
The Theater was packed for two nights straight as the Film Festival logged in yet another successful year. Much thanks…
