Chris Gentile, Pilgrim Surf Supply

Chris Gentile, owner of Brooklyn’s Pilgrim Surf + Supply, sits on a wooden stool in his woolen hat, describing the art gallery he’s recently opened downstairs, the Over Under Room. It’s a small windowless space, painted white, with two bars of fluorescent light overhead. Soon, the printed and illustrated works of the artist Jef Scharf will be hung, unframed, to its walls, paper edges spilling onto the floor, curling up from their corners. It is an homage to DIY, and the whole endeavor stands in stark contrast to where we sit right now, soft morning light spilling through large windows and over racks of sweaters, stacks of books, and a wall of surfboards gleaming like hard candy.