LINKS

Bands:

Our favorite bands are NESMA bands! See them all at www.nesmasurf.org.

We also like:

• Agent Orange
• Dick Dale (RIP 2019)
• Exotic Surf Tones
• Insect Surfers
• Los Straitjackets
• Nuclear Juarez
• Reverend Horton Heat
• Slacktone
• Ventures

Radio:

• Big Surf Radio on WOBC featuring Tom Hinders
• North Sea Surf Radio
• Surfabilly Freakout with Jet Sterling!
• Shrunken Head Lounge
• UltraRadio.com – “Connecticut’s Best Rock Station”
• WCNI 90.9 – Connecticut College Community Radio
• WHUS 91.7 – College radio from the University of Connecticut
• WWUH 91.3 – University of Hartford (CT) college radio

Surf-Friendly Record Labels & Online Music Sales:

• Deep Eddy Records
• Double Crown Records

Festivals:

• SG101 Convention – annually in SoCal
• Great Lakes Surf Battle – annually in Toronto Canada
• Surfer Joe Summer Festival – annually in Livorno Italy

Miscelleanous Surf Stuff:

• Cutback.com – New England surf website
• CT Surfrider Foundation
• Reverb Central – surf’s up with Phil Dirt
• The Continental – surf related fanzine
• SG101 – Surf Guitar 101, online home for fans of surf music

Tiki Stuff:

• Fraternal Order of the Moai – premier fraternal organization and social network for all men and women interested in tiki culture
• OHANA Tiki Festival – annually in Lake George NY
• Tiki Hana – tiki art
• The Tiki News – online mailing list with tiki news
• Tiki Central – online forum celebrating classic and modern Polynesian Pop
• Tiki Oasis – tiki festival in San Diego CA

Surf Guitars:

• Fender: www.fender.com
• Gretsch: www.gretsch.com
• DiPinto: www.dipintoguitars.com

More Band Resources:

• Kudzu Ranch Recorders, Carboro NC
• NESMA, the North East Surf Music Alliance
• Verdant Studio Recording Studio, VT
• International Surf Music Month (every June)

Special Friends:

• CT Rollergirls
• Murdercycles motorcycle club
• Unsteady Freddie – surf fan/promoter/videographer
• 100percent Kulture – traditional hot rod & bike kulture