OBX surf was cranking for a quick few days to end the month of May. Head high, clean waves at just about all of the great spots, water warm enough to leave the wetsuit in the parking lot, and bright sunny days. Unfortunately, June has not started in the same way. Gorgeous weather, but no swell to report.
Hopefully the doldrums won’t stay for long, but surfers understand Mother Nature is a fickle, and we’ll patiently wait for the next OBX surge. For now, we’ll excitedly ponder the close of the spring surf season and hope the 2010 summer shines upon us, especially with some great surf contests on the horizon.
The head high days in May were covered by a variety of great surf sources:
- ESPN Surfing has a great gallery of photos of the action all along the East Coast.
- Local OBX surf photographer Matt Lusk has a great story featured on ESPN Surfing that includes Led Zeppelin, a four hour drive with Jesse Hines, lots of coffee, jet skies, a secret OBX surf spot, and a whole bunch of world-class surfing.
- Surfline offers an overview of the storm and some quotes from the East Coast pros.
- East Coast Surf Magazine offers 25 pages of amazing surf photos from all along the Right Coast.
Outer Banks Surf Contest Season Kicking Off
The water is warming up, and thousands of folks planning their summer trip to the OBX to hit the beach. Summer is here, and that means that there will be a lot of surf contests in the cards for the next several months. The Outer Banks District of Eastern Surfing Association contests have already started to kick into full swing.
This year’s contest dates are June 26 or 27, July 17 or 18, Aug. 7 or 8, Sept. 11 or 12 and Oct. 16 or 17. They’ve also scheduled a potential make up contest on Nov. 6 or 7 with the end of year awards banquet planned for Dec. 12.
The top-ranked surfers go on to the regional competition the following spring, which is scheduled for May in Atlantic Beach. The top surfers in that event head to Hatteras in September for the Eastern Surfing Championships.
