Daily Archives: December 8, 2009

Outer Banks Surf Contest – Battle of the Banks – Results

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The 2009 WRV Battle of the Banks was slow to develop with contest days being canceled due to overwash on the route South and poor wave conditions on the Outer Banks for most of October (with the exception of the overwash day where waves did go off, but road conditions made it difficult for VA and OB teams to reach the contest location on time…see the clip below of the action).  However, the elements aligned on Thanksgiving, and the teams from Virginia Beach and the OBX took time away from their turkeys to get in the water.

The conditions weren’t quite as heavy as last year’s thundering barrels, but there were plenty of chest to head high waves rolling in.  It was a heated contest, and the results came down to the final round when Virginia Beach pulled away to hold onto the coveted title…and the bragging rights

TransWorldSurf.com has a great video that highlights all of the action, and EasternSurf.com did a great job recapping the contest. 

Overall Results

1. Team Virginia, 1241.1 points
2. Team Outer Banks, 1233.5 points

INDIVIDUAL FINAL
1. Noah Snyder (OBNC), $500
2. Lucas Rogers (VB)
3. Drew Meredith (OBNC)
4. Brad Harrell (VB)
5. Ian Parnell (VB)
6. Jeff Myers (OBNC)

HURLEY “BEST BARREL” AWARD
Noah Snyder, $1000

Polar Express on the Outer Banks

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Join Children At Play
An OBX Children’s Museum 

  • Ride the Polar Express
  • Photos with Santa
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Food and Raffles

 At

 The Outer Banks Brewing Station 

December 16, 2009 – 5:00 pm 

 All profits go to Children at Play

Blackbeard Anniversary Celebration on the Outer Banks

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The thunder of a cannon sounded across Teach’s Hole on Ocracoke Island as a crowd dressed in pirate garb gathered to celebrate a solemn anniversary, the death of Blackbeard the Pirate.

The second Annual Blackbeard Pirate Memorial was held on Nov 22nd.  Re-enactors were there to act out the story of the ruthless pirate.  The event is held on the same date of Blackbeard’s death, which happened almost 300 years ago.

There were about 15 pirates at this year’s event, all dressed in authentic pirate attire, including cutlasses and flintlock pistols. They stayed, appropriately enough, at Blackbeard’s Lodge on Ocracoke’s Back Road, where on Saturday night they watched the Disney movie “Blackbeard’s Ghost.” There is also a replica ship, which took some 10,000 hours to build.