Podcast and photos by Miguel Machado
Boarders Surf Shop, on Beach 92nd Street, opened in 2004, when the city’s surfing community was a small, tight-knit group. Since then, owner Steven Stathis said he had witnessed the scene grow in popularity. His shop sells and rents boards, offers surfing lessons and is a center for all of those — newcomers and old-timers — who ride the waves on the edge of Queens.