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I flew back to my hometown on Long Beach Island, NJ last weekend to catch a glimpse of my sister’s new surf shop and art gallery while her “Team Riders No. 7” opening reception was in effect. Julie Goldstein and husband Mark Tesi opened PINE Surf Shop Memorial Day weekend ’08 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey.

The two surfers and artists have been traveling the globe, surfing, and making art for years and finally have somewhere to bring it all together. “A big part of surfing to us is about the experience of interacting with nature and it’s ever changing moods; That piece is very influential in everything we do,” says Tesi. “Julie and I wanted to create a place that we could not only present what we do but to also bring together the art and design all of the amazing people we have met over the years.” And that it does. PINE is an earth friendly surf shop, with products made in the USA using responsible and sustainable methods.

Meanwhile, next door neighbors and partner surf shop Farias Surf and Sport kicked off the summer with their grand re-opening as well with a live music by ‘Year Long Disaster’ and visiting pro surfers such as Jersey’s Sam Hammer and Frank Walsh as well as Reef Macintosh and Strider Wasilewski. All of this plus some PBRs and some clean chest high surf in the Atlantic made for quite an atmosphere.

For more information, visit pinesurfshop.com , fariassurf.com , or juliegoldstein1.com.

Tim Goldstein is the Eastern U.S. and International Retail Sales Rep for Transworld and a contributor to TransworldBusiness.com. He can be reached at tim.goldstein@transworld.net.

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