The DeSousa Boys

ROOTS

‘ROOTS’, by Whalebone and James Katsipis, is a series of photos and stories highlighting friends of Whalebone old and new.

For round two of our ROOTS series, we linked up with John, Jake and Cheyne DeSousa at the local stretch of beach they’ve been holding down for generations. As a grom, I’m sure most would agree, when taking the walk down Lowenstein Court to the boardwalk, you always wondered (or nervously anticipated) if the top dogs were out in the lineup, Johnny D being one of them. His love for this particular stretch of beach has been passed down to his sons and when Cheyne is not flying high above the clouds as a pilot for Delta Airlines, he can often be found right here, cracking jokes and greeting folks with that big smile.