Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!

Happy Independence day gang!!!!! I mean holy shit what a day for a celebration. As i sit down to write my blog today, I can't help but notice the sand in my toes and the smell of the ocean capturing memories of my childhood at the beach on the 4th. If you are reading this at work today, I am very sorry and you need to find a damn good excuse to get the hell outta there.

Todays blog spot is being brought to you live from the Surfing bagel down at salisbury beach. We are enjoying a beautiful 85 degree day with a water temp of 67 and a super light and warm sse wind. We will be here today till at least 7. As for the surf, there is minimal ankle to knee high wind swell. What that means though is that it is a great day for a paddle. I know that there are a lot of people out there that are still not sold on the new craze of SUP's, and honestly I was one of you at one point too. What I have come to realize over the last few weeks of no surf is that it is still better to be on the water than sitting on your couch. If you are looking for a new form of exercise and hate the gym, then do what I have done and make it the ocean. Stand ups are not only great exercise, but they are also a great form of stress relief. There are no problems in the world or in life when you are out on the water, so if this holiday weekend has put you in a "mood" then get your ass down to the beach and get out on the water.

In other news, we have the biggest surf art and music fest on the Eastern seaboard taking place this weekend with the likes of Howie Day and Donavon Frankenreiter headlining the music. We are also going to have world famous surf artist Jay Alders here signing prints and showing off his work. But the big news of that weekend is that we are going to be featuring the work of mainly local artists and musicians. The line up will include local music from:

The Dead Air Project

Todo Bien

Michael Bernier & The Uprising

Big Hamdsome Daddy

Before the Crash

Plum Island Pans

Hot Like Fire

The lineup of local Artists is just as rad and I'm sure that you are going to be super impressed with the local talent pool we have in the area. The art lineup is:

John O'Callaghan

Hannan Vokey

Eric Zak

Shane Taylor

Billy Crisafi

Sean Davies

John Carden

Ed O'Connell

We are also having a skate contest on Saturday right here on the beach, along with a longboard comp. This Saturday will also feature the second of our Paddle Battle competition. This is our summer long stand up paddle board race series. You can check it out at atlanticpaddlebattle.com 

Well gang I would love to continue to ramble on here about life and surfing and sun and waves and women in skinny bikinis, but I need to go paddle with women in skinny bikinis. 

Ahahahahaha peace out everyone, enjoy the shit outta your day!! I know that I am and if you want a piece of this come on down to Salisbury and get some. Gotta run gang!!!!

See you in the water, in the bar and everywhere in between.

Peace and Love on this amazing Independence Day!

Team Zap