Portfolio: Jim Cook

A cold winter day at Gilgo beach. This is my go-to surf break. Usually there's something to ride. Photo: Jim Cook

Classic winter sunrise on Long Island's south shore. Gilgo beach. Photo: Jim Cook

Tom Curren performing acoustic with his band at Pilgrim surf shop in Brooklyn, NY for a Hurricane Sandy benefit event. November 2012. Photo: Jim Cook

Shapes and colors. The most beautiful surfboards line the wall at Pilgrim surf shop in Brooklyn, NY. Photo: Jim Cook

The view from the bluff at Camp Hero, NY. The beaches in the town of Montauk were blown out, but a few miles down the road... Photo: Jim Cook

Golden hour in Long Beach, NY. Summer sunset, 2012. Photo: Jim Cook

L) Taj Burrow backside hack at the 2011 Quiksilver Pro Long Beach, NY. (R) Glistening afternoon water at one of Long Island’s best left hand points. Photo: Jim Cook

L) Kelly Slater showering off after defeating Josh Kerr at the 2011 Quiksilver Pro Long Beach, NY. (R) Atlantic Terrace beachbreak, Montauk, NY. Photo: Jim Cook

Summer mornings on Long Island can be amazing—especially when there's a little swell running. Photo: Jim Cook

Fall is a great time here in New York. This was another routine seasonal swell that came through. Photo: Jim Cook

Early morning surf check. It looked small and dribbly, but ended up being shoulder high and worth the paddle out. Photo: Jim Cook

Peaceful mornings in Montauk, NY. The crowds leave in autumn and the sunrises light the sky on fire. Photo: Jim Cook

(L) Clam bar on Rt. 27 in Amagansett, NY. (R) Michael Halsband at the NYC premier of One California Day at Anthology Film Archives. Photo: Jim Cook

A lazy summer day in Long Beach. Hurricane Sandy took out that entire boardwalk, but Long Beach is rebuilding and coming back better than ever. Photo: Jim Cook

Summer morning at Gilgo. Post session. Photo: Jim Cook

Lincoln Avenue, Long Beach, NY. (L) Waxing up before the paddle. (R) Shea Lopez after losing a head in the UnsOund Pro. Photo: Jim Cook

Another golden moment in autumn on Long Island. Photo: Jim Cook

Rob Machado and the Melali Sessions band performing at Gramercy Theatre in NYC. Photo: Jim Cook

This was a nice hurricane swell that hit Gilgo in November 2007. There were only a few guys out that day. Photo: Jim Cook

In 2011 Shaun Tomson made a visit to Bunger surf shop in Babylon, NY to promote his new book at the time, Surfer's Code. He signed copies of his book and talked story for the evening. Photo: Jim Cook

Snowy days at the beach are usually stormy and windy, but this particular morning was calm and glassy. Photo: Jim Cook

Right around the time I got into surfing in 2000, Robert Moses was the spot to be. (L) Field 5 surf check. (R) Post session, pre storm. Photo: Jim Cook

This is Taj burrow during one of his heats in the final day of the 2011 Quiksilver Pro in Long Beach, NY. Photo: Jim Cook

My old single fin. Shot with a Yashica Mat twin lens reflex camera on Kodak 120 film. Robert Moses, field 5. Photo: Jim Cook

Another view of the lineup in Long Beach during hurricane swell. Photo: Jim Cook

This is Long Island's own Tommy Bunger surfing Hurricane Bill swell at Gilgo in August 2009. Photo: Jim Cook

Local shaper Mike Becker of Nature's Shapes surfboards, carving away in the shaping bay. Photo: Jim Cook

This is the iconic Ditch Plains in Montauk, NY. Photo: Jim Cook

Long Island master glassman Eddie Fawess putting his touch on a new board. Photo: Jim Cook

The beautiful Montauk Point. It's a polar opposite from Manhattan. The air is clean, the stars shine bright, and you feel alive again. Photo: Jim Cook

Winter evening sunset at Robert Moses beach. Photo: Jim Cook

(L) Foam waiting for the fabric. Nature's Shapes factory. (R) Bitter cold surf check at Gilgo beach. Photo: Jim Cook

I had to throw at least one image in here from California. This is Marc Andreini shaping at the 2008 Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo in Ventura, CA. Photo: Jim Cook