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
On the Jetty, 2005.
(Susannah Ray)
Beach, 2011.
(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,
Danny, 2009.
(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
BK, 2010.
(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
Wags, 2010.
(Susannah Ray)
50-50 Hansen, 2008.
(Susannah Ray)
Red Rockey, 2006.
(Susannah Ray)
Kui, February Swell, 2005.
(Susannah Ray)
Nate, Elie, and Nungwe, 2010.
(Susannah Ray)
Lei, Winter, 2005.
(Susannah Ray)
Flea Bungalow, Winter, 2005. (Susannah Ray)
Red Board (Alex K), 2008.
(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
