ESA Georgia Surf Contest to be Held this Weekend
THURSDAY, 26 JUNE 2008
This Saturday, June 28 - Sign Up 10:30 a.m.
Get there early. Last Saturday, the parking lot was full by 9:30-10:00 a.m.
Don't forget to bring your change to the contest on Saturday for the Surfers Healing Camp for Autistic Children Change Drive. You can also throw some in the jar at Underground Boardworks and the Atlantic Beacon Gallery. Jim has already filled his up once at Underground.... let's fill it up again.
A huge thanks to all the people who worked so hard to put on the International Surf Day last Saturday. You did a fantastic job.
2008 Georgia Contest Schedule
Date/Sign Up Time
July 12 - Sign-up 10:30am
July 26 - Sign-up 9:00am (Alternate Date)
August 23 - Sign-up 8:00am
September 6 - Sign-up 8:00am
October 4 - Sign-up 7:00am
October 18 - Sign-up 7:00am (Alternate Date)
Contest Dates/site may be changed due to weather/wave conditions.
Location: 17th Street, Tybee Island • Alternate Sites: The Lighthouse or 2nd St.
Entry Fee:
ESA Members: $15 First Division, $5 additional Divisions
Non-members: $40 For one (1) year membership (2 divisions), $5 additional Divisions (1st contest: $45 total for membership & contest)
Call 912-897-6651 for more information / contest update.
Other Tybee Events or ESA Events:
August 9-10, ESA SSC Governor's Cup **Bonus Points for this contest in GA District**/ August 12 Surfers' Healing in Folly Beach (Volunteers Needed)
September 21-27, Eastern Surfing Championships, Cape Hatteras (Buxton), NC
October 10-11th, Tybee Island Pirate Fest
December 13th, Tybee Christmas Parade
2009 MARSC - Wed. 3/25/09 thru Sat. 3/28/09, Puerto Rico
About The ESA
The ESA, a non-profit organization with IRS tax-exempt status, is the largest amateur surfing organization in the world. With a current membership of 9,500 surfers, it was founded in 1967 by East Coast surfers to promote, preserve, and protect the sport of surfing on the East Coast. Our family-oriented programs promote a healthy, active lifestyle, and it is not uncommon to find two or three generations of the same family involved as members of the ESA and actively competing in our program!
Each year, the ESA has over 150 competitions which are organized into a total of twenty-seven districts, extending along nearly 2,000 miles of coastline, stretching from Maine through the Gulf coast of Florida and Alabama and also around the Great Lakes, and now Puerto Rico. Each district's programs are developed and operated by volunteer directors and a staff of other volunteers who assist them in this task. Competitors advance from the local district level to Region Competitions, then on to the East Coast Championships and National Championships.
The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) is dedicated to the sport of amateur surfing, to the operation of a program of amateur competition for surfers of all ages and abilities, and to the establishment and preservation of free access to a clean shoreline and ocean environment.
The Georgia District, directed by Jeff & Tara Mosley since 1995, currently has over 100 members and hosts many events on Tybee Island throughout the year including district contests, parties, & fundraising events. The ESA's Georgia District is currently the only ESA representation in the State and has frequently sent competitors to Regional, Eastern, and National Surfing Championships. It has also helped to feed the production of a nationally recognized champion (Roy Overstreet, 1998 US National Champion), ASP rated professional judges (Travis Williams), and has fostered development of people that have gone on to work in national surf magazines (Tim Saunders - Eastern Surf Magazine), not to mention numerous individuals that are productive working members of our community - whether it be people that apply the craft in the building trades, people that own their own businesses, those that work in the high tech or engineering sectors, as well as those that teach school to our community's children within Chatham County.
Source:
www.transworldsurf.com
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