“Everyone wants to ride this wave”

A group of female entrepreneurs is making waves in Rockaway Beach.

Whether it’s 5 a.m. or 5 p.m., snowing or unbearably hot, the boss ladies head out to catch some waves at Queens Beach while still fulfilling their work obligations.

Surfer Tracy Obolsky, a chef and owner of the local Rockaway Beach Bakery, said she tries to plan her schedule “according to the surf weather forecasts.” But she added, “You can’t really plan to go surfing whenever you want. The conditions have to be right and the stars have to align, and you just have to go when the opportunity arises.”

Like running a business, surfing requires discipline, patience, perseverance, good communication skills and the ability to take responsibility for yourself.

“Everyone wants to ride this wave,” says Anya Ferring, owner of online clothing company ARTbutt, who also runs Manhattan-based design consultancy The Factory 8. “You need a community spirit and a willingness to communicate.”

And that also applies to their work.

“We have to communicate with our customers and suppliers,” said Ferring, 43. “We have to be polite. We have to follow a code of respect and honor in our business.”

Obolsky said that like other surfing entrepreneurs, she finds relaxation in the water.

“For me, you have to be present when you’re there,” said Obolsky, 41. “I’m not thinking about payroll or ordering anything. For some reason, being in the water allows me to turn off my brain and have a moment to myself.”

Obolsky’s friend Claire Canfield, co-owner of Bloom Beauty Lounge in Chelsea, also said she loves surfing because it gives her the opportunity to be “fully present.”

“When you’re surfing, you can’t think about anything else because there are only so many waves,” said Canfield, 39.

Floral designer Amy Febinger, 48, also a friend of Obolsky’s, said that as a Type-A personality, she couldn’t bear to stick with something she didn’t immediately master until she started surfing.

“If you want the best wave, sometimes you really have to be patient,” she said. “It’s given me patience in other areas of my life.”

Like running a business, surfing is “not easy,” says Mylene Alcayaga, 30, co-owner of the plant shop Santokki Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, who surfs with Canfield. “Every day is different.” Still, she calls it “really meditative.”

Event planner Stacy Snyder of Stacy Danielle Studio said surfing is a “spiritual exercise” that is about the journey and the destination.

“Like running a well-planned event, catching a wave is the exciting part,” said Snyder, 39. “That’s the goal. But I learn the most from everything else that leads up to it. That’s the journey.”

She added: “The journey gives meaning to the destination. The destination gives meaning to the journey.”