Hurricane Katia ran parallel to the eastcoast, sending all of the eastcoast waves while sparing us any hurricane conditions. Thursday was the day here, so after getting in a surf wednesday night I prepared to park it down at Sunskipper, Carolina Beach, NC for the day on thursday. Got down there with clean conditions in the morning, with the local guys getting barrel after barrel. When the winds kicked in, the afternoon session saw more performance surfing. Above is a video sequence from the dawn patrol session. Shane Burn got the best barrels I saw out there, as you’ll see in the video sequence. Below is the gallery I put together from thursday morning and afternoon. Click on any of the thumbnails to navigate through the images.
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July 15th-17th kicked off this years 7th Annual Reef Sweetwater Pro Am at Oceanic Street along the shores of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. In its 7th year, the Reef Sweetwater Pro Am attracts thousands of spectators, surfers and professional athletes from around the globe, flocking to the North Carolina Coast for a weekend of fun in the sun. Once again this year, we were blessed with a stomach to chest high swell that stuck around all weekend, providing ample conditions for competitors to compete towards the $20,000 prize purse. I shot the majority of the contest on friday, saturday, and sunday, through all divisions: Pro, Junior, Longboard, Womens, and guppies. I’ve put together two slideshows of the event. The first one is of the finals on Sunday July 17th. Finalists include Phillip Goold, Aaron Cormican, Fisher Heverly and Rob Machado. The second slideshow is a compilation of competition highlights throughout the three day festival. Enjoy!
Click the image for a slideshow of the finals!
Click the image for a slide show of the whole event!
Many thanks to the Reef, Sweetwater, Tony Butler, Event Staff, Sponsors, Volunteers and folks who make this event a success year after year!
Full Results can be found here!