Surf’s waaay up, dude! Surfers flocked to Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday to ride a swell of giant waves kicked up by Hurricane Erin — as the storm threatened to flood some nearby coastal areas.

Judy Schott and Nita Gassen have been sitting on a huge secret since June, when they took two weeks off from their jobs at a Covington insurance agency and traveled to Las Vegas without telling any ...