As high winds and flooding ravage New York City, roughly 20 surfers were seen braving the storms off the coast of Beach 91st Street in the Rockaways. Despite warnings to stay away from the beaches, wave riders took to the water specifically because of the storms. Preston Head, 35, traveled from Laguna Beach, Cali., to ride the waves, but the extreme surf snapped his board in two. “The wave broke my surf board,” he said with a laugh.
“It was probably a 8-foot wave.” The traveling surfer told The Post that he ventured across the country for the extreme waves, boasting that he “had some of the best barrels that I’ve ever experienced in my life.”
Locals, including 29-year-old Ron McMaster, of Queens, and 30-year-old Ryo Kuroki, of Manhattan, also came out for the roughly 12-foot waves. “Today is for the experts. Today is a great day to go surfing if you know what you are doing,” said McMaster, who daylights as a software engineer. “It’s dangerous. People die from surfing on days like this when the waves drift them into the rocks.”
Meanwhile, on another storm-battered beach, a Long Island swimmer disappeared in the waters off Robert Moses State Park as 18-foot waves crashed onto the beaches because, as Forest's Mom usta say - 'Stupid is as stupid does'...
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