New York Times Opines on Quiksilver Event

The New York Times today features an oped on the Quiksilver Pro New York surfing competition that is coming to Long Beach in September.

The commentary, entitled "New York’s Urban Aloha," is written by Thad Ziolkowski, director of a writing program at Pratt Institute. The piece begins as follows:

"When the world’s best surfers come to Long Beach, N.Y., next month to compete for a record million-dollar purse in the Quiksilver Pro New York, a new event on professional surfing’s world tour, they might be forgiven for using Google Earth to locate the place. Compared with Australia and California and Hawaii, where Quiksilver established its pre-eminence as a beachwear company, New York barely registers on the surfing atlas."

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