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Surfers skip the waves, clean up beaches  

Three wetsuited surfers bobbed over swells rolling in on the ocean Saturday morning near Pat Snyder, who leaned down to grab another plastic wrapper from the beach and drop it into his bulging trash bag.

Snyder, 24, is a hard-core surfer, and he admitted that he liked the looks of those waves. But he's also a member of the Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter, which scheduled a cleanup project Saturday on Ventnor's beaches along with a group based in the town, the Pickup Posse. . . .

"Every year, cigarette butts are the No. 1 thing we pick up," said Hoffberger - which, he added, explains part of the motivation behind a growing movement to ban smoking on New Jersey's beaches.

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