Most of you by now have either seen or heard of MTV’s ridiculous show, Jersey Shore. Like all of us here at OKOTO, we’re pretty bummed at the way this reality show is depicting our coast. For those of us who live, work, hang and surf here, it’s not at all how we’d like our home state to be represented.

Needless to say, we were pretty stoked when we found out about MTV2’s show, School of Surf. Finally, a bit of acknowledgment about what life is really like living in the North East, searching for momentary swells and making the best of it. Produced by VBS, and considered more of a documentary, it follows the stories of two surf teams - from sunny Malibu, and Ocean City, NJ - as they pursue their dreams in the industry.

The first show aired Dec 7, and will run every Monday for 6 weeks. Let’s see if MTV can do a better job this time …

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