Aloha

Welcome everybody,
Here is a bit of background on me and the purpose of this blog. My name is John Crooks and I Surf the East Coast. I have been surfing on and off since I was 12, but only in the past few years have I begun taking it seriously. I live in Maryland. When I'm in town I surf Ocean City, Either by the inlet or 32nd. Depending on the swell The Washout becomes a goal of mine but I don't have a boat so I paddle there.

I go to School in South Carolina at Coastal Carolina University. I am the Co-Founder and President of the Coastal Surf Club, a group dedicated to bringing together surfers at our school and within the local community. We currently have 20 active members and another 30 on reserve waiting for the weather to warm up. Our "Official" meeting spots are 48th North and the Surfside pier. If your in the area you should come out. Every Saturday you can usually find someone from the club on the beach or in the water.
This was our first official outing, unfortunately the waves weren't great so a lot of people didn't want to come out. Though, those who did had a great time.

I have surfed a good portion of the East Coast: New Hampshire (The Wall, Rye Rocks, Random Point Breaks), Long island(Dilgo Beach[?]), Maryland (The Washout, all of OC), Delaware (Indian River Inlet, some state park), Virginia (Virginia Beach), North Carolina (Kitty Hawk, S-Turns, [Have yet to get Cape Hatteras on a good swell so I don't count that]), South Carolina (Garden City Pier, Apache pier, Polly's Island).

I have also been lucky enough to surf in Costa Rica, but only once, and I was Deathly ill the whole time.

Travellers Tip: Do not use the tap water for anything beyond bathing. Do not make coffee with the tap water. I was unlucky enough to find out that coffee makers do not heat water up enough to kill the bacteria and or parasites that may be present.

La Playa Del Jaco was one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever been to. The beach face went on forever. Where we stayed there was a giant Monolith of a rock overlooking the beach from a good quarter of a mile into the Pacific. One of my friends tried to tell me this was the famed Witches Rock, but to this day I am still not sure. I have never really been able to pin down an exact location of where we were or where the rock is. All I know for sure is that I want to make a return trip sometime before I die

I will be using this blog to document my Travels along the coast (and elsewhere), Surf ambitions, surfing News, Places of interest and whatever else I can dream up that relates to my one true love, Surfing The East Coast.