The NY Times ran a good article this weekend about the interaction between year-round local surfers and wealthy summer-only residents (who many of the locals call "city-ots") in Southampton, Long Island. It describes how these two separate social classes come together in the water, as the kids of the summering residents take surf lessons from the local surf school, and hang out at the Flying Point surf shop, often even after the store has officially closed.
Not only do the socio-economic classes mix on the water, but on land, as the part-timers are attracted to the lifestyle and attitude of the local surf crews and this relationship has provided the surf crowd entre into the worlds of the part-timers.
It's one of the beautiful things about surfing and often the beach in general - classes are blurred and people of all backgrounds can come together to enjoy everything that the sand and water have to offer.
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