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Unknown Surfing Restriction In Westhampton Beach To Get Axed After Surfer Points It Out

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Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the August 21 work session. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Westhampton Beach Village Mayor Maria Moore at the August 21 work session. ANISAH ABDULLAH

A surfer at Lashley Beach in Westhampton Beach, known as Jetty 4. ANISAH ABDULLAH

A surfer at Lashley Beach in Westhampton Beach, known as Jetty 4. ANISAH ABDULLAH

authorAnisah Abdullah on Aug 26, 2019
In 1974, Westhampton Beach officials enacted a law that required surfers to have licenses in order to surf at village beaches. Then, last month, 45 years after the law was... more

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