About NS: Surf Team

Kristin Brady


Years surfing: 6 years

Where were you born?: Long Island

Where do you live?: Montauk/Santa Barbara

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Ditch Plains

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: Cane Garden

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: I like noseriding, but im working on big turns and floaters

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: Dims- 9'2'', 22 3/4 ,2 3/4

Who else is your sponsor?: Natures Shapes

Why do you love surfing?: I like surfing because its fun and challenging

What are your goals and aspirations?: To do good in school and have fun surfing and traveling and meeting new people

Damian Wills


Years surfing: 15yrs

Where were you born?: Sydney.

Where do you live?: Copacabana, NSW, Aus.

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Copa point

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: Chopes

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: trying bigger airs

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: 5'10 18 3/8 2 1/8

Who else is your sponsor?: hulrey, electric, macbeth shoes.

Why do you love surfing?: its fun, challenging.

What are your goals and aspirations?: to always improve my surfing.

Toby Smith


Blake Ferraro


Years surfing: 6

Where were you born?: West Islip, NY

Where do you live?: Islip NY

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Cantellyaz

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: Gas Chambers, Hawaii

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: Round Houses and i am working on airs

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: 5'8" 17 2

Who else is your sponsor?: Hot Tuna Clothing, Hyperflex wetsuits, natures shapes

Why do you love surfing?: Because there is nothing else like it!

What are your goals and aspirations?: Do good in contest and just have fun

Toby Logue


Years surfing: 9

Where were you born?: nashville tenn.

Where do you live?: montauk n.y.

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: alamo

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: pasquales in mexico, and phantoms in hawaii, manzanillo in nicaragua, one is barrels only, one is the biggest thing you've ever seen, one pure bliss

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: taking off on 3x overhead, my back side barrel stance

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: 7'-0" nature shapes, semi gun, pin tail, bug stringer, extra thick, its confidence over comes all situations, the board surfs you just hang on

Who else is your sponsor?: my girl friend and my clients

Why do you love surfing?: do you rember the first time you hit a homerun in little league, i get that feeling all most every time i surf,

What are your goals and aspirations?: make enough $ to enjoy retirement and stay limber so i can keep surfing into my seventies

Tom Casse


Years surfing: ive surfed since i was 5 so its been 11 years

Where were you born?: warwick, NY

Where do you live?: Warwick, NY

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Ditch Plains

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: well i havent been around the world enough to really chose a favorite wave.

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: best maneuver...probably just big cutbacks and i guess im working on fins out reverses

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: Dims 5'11" 2 1/8 squash tail with epoxy

Who else is your sponsor?: monster, pacsun

Why do you love surfing?: because surfing is always different but always fun

What are your goals and aspirations?: I guess to travel the world and surf

Jesse Fawess


Years surfing: 28

Where were you born?: Long Island

Where do you live?: Babylon

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Cantellyaz

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: Hatteras

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: SB: Airs, I guess? Working on trying to land new airs . . . LB: Fin firsts - Working on walking back with style from getting heels

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: My current Nature Shape 5'10 SB and 9'0 LB

Who else is your sponsor?: Just Nature Shapes (was sponsored by Quiksilver for 8 yrs. as kid, O'neill as well)

Why do you love surfing?: Centers me. Just love being out in the water and having fun. Always new, love seeing what the wave offers. Feel oneness with nature. Each ride is a personal thing, yet I love the time spent with friends and family surfing over the years and years to come. No better place to think.

What are your goals and aspirations?: Just have fun surfing and if my daughter and son decide to be surfers, spend as much time in the water with them as possible. (And if I ever get back to Hawaii, maybe surf Pipe on a small day.)

Jack Wallace
Years surfing: Ever since I could drive myself to the beach, so 4.

Where were you born?: Greenwhich, CT

Where do you live?: Shelter Island, NY and New Canaan, CT

Whats your favorite local surf spot?: Ditch Plains

Whats your favorite wave in the world?: I am still looking for it.

Whats your best maneuver and what are you working on?: I guess cut backs or tail slides, but I'm working on airs.

Whats your favorite board? Dim?: 6'1" x 2 1/4" squash tail, thruster, single to double

Who else is your sponsor?: At the moment, just natures shapes.

Why do you love surfing?: The ability to progress, how it's never the same, and the escapism.

What are your goals and aspirations?: To travel more, do more contests and do well in them, explore, become a better all around surfer, and have fun doing it.

Ryan Egan


Joe Galino


Brian Krut


Mike Becker - Shaper



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