The inglorious urban surf
Devoted New York surfers endure winter storms, suffocating wetsuits, and weeks of mediocre waves just to catch that rare big break
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(Image credit: Susannah Ray)
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray)Photographer Susannah Ray's surf pocket is on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, where she lives with her husband and 5-year-old daughter. A college photography teacher by trade,)
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray)Ray's resulting series, Right Coast, delights in the inglorious makeshift culture of East Coast surfing. Through her lens, apocalyptic landscapes — a dusting of snow on a desola)
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray)"Surfing here is really a measure of dedication to the sport because the effort-to-reward ratio is kind of low," she said. "If you really wanna surf, you have to be willing to p)
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray))
(Image credit: (Susannah Ray)**For more of Susannah Ray's work, visit her website. Her latest series, A Further Shore, will be published by Hoxton Mini Press and exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art later t)
