Cynthia Rowley shares her favorite beaches for surfing in Montauk, N.Y., favorite places to eat in the Hamptons, and more on her CR Surf Camp.
For 20 years the fashion designer has been surfing all over the world — St. Barths, Hawaii, Malibu, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Mexico, Morocco, Japan, Hong Kong, to name a few — and has even created a wetsuit collection that she sells in her own stores and online.
She cautions that one of the biggest problems for visitors looking to surf is parking. “I’m lucky enough to just walk to the beach,” she says. But she literally sees people getting off the Long Island Railroad in East Hampton, Amagansett or Montauk, with their surfboards in tow, and they can walk to many of the beaches.
“I like to tell people there are a lot of sharks in the water, and they probably shouldn’t surf there,” quips Rowley. “Which is not a lie,” she adds.“If you’ve never surfed, look up surf instructors, and they’ll tell you where to meet. They have the boards,” she says. There are many hotels on the beach in Montauk that offer surf lessons, such as Marram Montauk , which has surf instructors on staff. “It’s right on the beach. Book it for the weekend and take a lesson,” she says.
“You can go to my store in Montauk and get a wetsuit,” she says. Rowley is also opening a year-round store at 150 Main Street in Sag Harbor at the end of May, which will carry wetsuits, swimwear, accessories and ready-to-wear. “I’ve seen girls who have never done it before in their lives and go out after about an hour and ride a giant wave,” she says. “It makes me so happy to be able to share the joy. A lot of them end up booking and staying a couple of extra days to practice if the conditions are good.”
“I had a feeling that I never felt before. You’re in the water, it’s meditative. You’re at the mercy of Mother Nature. There’s no technology. You’re almost hypnotically watching these waves. I stayed out there for hours,” she says.
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