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Photos: Rhode Island surfers

Wet and wild

By JASON EVANS | July 5, 2012

Sid Abruzzi.

READ: "Rhode Island surf culture: punk rock, gangbangers, and the search for the ultimate wave" by David Scharfenberg

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Rhode Island surf culture: punk rock, gangbangers, and the search for the ultimate wave
Surfing has been a Rhode Island fixture for decades now. But wander north of Second Beach and terms like "point break" and "south swell" fall out of the vernacular pretty quickly.
You Snus you lose
Unbowed by last month's $1 a pack increase in the cigarette tax, the tobacco industry is pushing new unhealthy products to gain more Rhode Island customers.
As RI struggles, entrepreneur sees promise
The revelation that Rhode Island faces a $300 million-plus deficit for the current year is just the latest bit of dire economic news about the state.
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Rhode Island surf culture: punk rock, gangbangers, and the search for the ultimate wave
Surfing has been a Rhode Island fixture for decades now. But wander north of Second Beach and terms like "point break" and "south swell" fall out of the vernacular pretty quickly.
You Snus you lose
Unbowed by last month's $1 a pack increase in the cigarette tax, the tobacco industry is pushing new unhealthy products to gain more Rhode Island customers.
As RI struggles, entrepreneur sees promise
The revelation that Rhode Island faces a $300 million-plus deficit for the current year is just the latest bit of dire economic news about the state.
Chafee and the hazards of a bold politics
By the time a candidate for major office steps up to the microphone to officially declare for the seat, everyone already knows his intentions.
Looking for a new kind of mayor
Perhaps you've seen the ads ...
Pop-up pirate
I've written first-hand about trapeze lessons, smelt fishing, and cruise vacations (oh, my!), but as I headed toward surf lessons at Scarborough's Higgins Beach one morning in May, I had more butterflies in my stomach than usual.
The next Scott Brown?
Republican Scott Brown's victory last month in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat has every two-bit GOP hopeful in the Northeast claiming the mantle of the pick-up truck populist.
Might as well jump
Last Thursday, Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island — the last of his legendary clan in Congress — announced that he will not run for re-election.
An angry electorate? Eh, whatever
Whither the rage? Rhode Island's Great Recession — greater, even, than the national model — was supposed to conjure a once-in-a-generation anti-incumbent fever. But so far, it's looking more like a modest headache.
The Stowaways
Empire Dine and Dance, January 4
Review: 'Networks 2009-2010' at the Newport Art Museum
In art communities like Providence, local institutions often ignore their town's history. Which can convey the message that little art made here ever mattered. And the corollary: Little made here ever will matter. Which is, of course, silly in the town of Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Shepard Fairey, Kara Walker, Fort Thunder, and Dirt Palace.
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