Team Island Shop and Overhead skim team
Surf and Skim beach cleanup

Where: Indian Rocks Beach and Belleair Beach
When: Saturday Nov. 17 from 11 am to 1 pm
Why: The Island Shop skim team and Team Overhead would like to help keep our beaches clean for all to enjoy.
We encourage everyone to participate.Bags and gloves provided by the Pinellas county Sherrif department
Food and drinks after the cleanup at the Island Shop compliments of the Island shop skim team and Team Overhead.
Call the Island Shop at 727-596-2244 or Overhead at 727-398-surf for more details

 

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2007 Windflight/Zap Holiday Skim Comp December 8th, 2007

Competition will take place at North Jetty Beach in Venice. Registration will begin at 7:30AM, competition begins at 8:00AM. All contestants will receive a free competition tee-shirt, lunch and goodie bag. Prizes will be provided by Competition Sponsors. For more information call Windflight Surf Shop at (941)484-2794, Entries may be mailed to Windflight Surf Shop at 722 Albee Rd. Nokomis, Fl. 34275. Faxed entries must include Credit card info to be valid. Fax to Windflight at (941)484-4734.
Click Here to Download Entry form

 

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ESA WFL NEWS UPDATED 10/9/07

Another year ends at Hattaras for the Easterns (Eastern Championships). We unfortunatly had not so great results, as did most of Florida; It was northern eastcoast and central eastcoast year to shine. The ESA is the largest surfing orgaization in the world, with thousands of members, and the fact that our surfers made it thru regionals to Easterns said a lot for our coast. Congrats guys and gals.

We all had a great time. The waves were shoulder to head high the first couple days. Then a couple of small days at thigh to waist. Then popped back up to shoulder to overhead glassy for 2 days. Ending with a couple well overhead choppy days (solid 8ft+).

We have great news from WFL! The first ever ESA contest hosted by another district. ESA/CFL (Brevard) will be host to a contest for our district WFL at Cocoa Pier on December 1st and 2nd. All points will stay at our local district; for instance, if you are in Jr Mens Division from WFL, and you get second place beat by a CFL member, you will still get first place points. There will be no beach sign ups for this event; you have to pre-register (on-line sign ups will be in the next few weeks). Everyone in HQ will be keeping there eye on this event.

Venice North Jetty is now open for ESA/WFL contest. Hopefully we will get a tropical nugget, to have our first contest in over 10 years here. If you have any pull in your local beach government on holding a contest, please contact me.

We have a ESA/WFL and Surfaid concert at the Surfshack on October 20th; bands to be anounced. All proceeds are split between our ESA district and Surfaid International (Mentaiwas Earthquake Victims). Keep your eyes open to Gulfster for more information in the next week.

We have a new division; Standup paddle board division; we are the first in the ESA to have this, and is on trial for the first year.
There is no Regionals or Easterns for this division, but if it works out well in our district, it could be a true division ESA wide. Be a pioneer
and learn this up and coming Hawaiian sport; you can even do it when it's flat!

Our district is tops in membership growth; We won the #1 place trophy in membership growth for 2nd year straight at a eye popping 52% increase. We now have over 200 members . NY got 2nd with 18%, and some district in the Carolinas got 16%.

We need your help!!! If you can donate your time to be a judge or tabulator, you can surf for free. We will also pay you $50.00 on top.
WFL has outgrown single beach, single day contest; we need to go to double beach; we litterally ran out of sunlight the last couple of
contest, and had our trophy ceremony under the headlights of my truck.

Double beach would allow us to be done by 3 or 4pm. By going to double beach, we need to double the judges and tabulators, so we really need your help. I will be adding three more co-directors to help us; if you would like to contribute to our WFL ESA district, please contact Robyn Agerskov at agerskor@allkids.org.

If you work or own a local business, you may be able to help us by sponsorship; we need a PA with speakers, another tent, more chairs,
enclosed trailer, clipboards, caculators, and more. As a sponsor your banner will be at every contest, on our website, and on our trailer.
ESA is a non-profit Organization; Need a tax write-off?

As Director of ESA/WFL, I am a volunteer, giving back to surfing, that has givin me so much. It has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.

Thanks to everyone that supports us.

Greg Agerskov ESA/WFL Director
surfshackspb@verizon.net or agerskor@allkids.org
727-367-9898

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More Surfrider News.

Attention all Surfrider Foundation Members!!
YOU PAID FOR IT. NOW USE IT!

Join your fellow Suncoast Surfriders for a trip to Cocoa Beach. Spend the weekend surfing and partying together  Nov. 10th & 11th at the Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Resort. Present your Surfrider Foundation card to receive the mega-discounted rate of $82-$84 (depending on availability) per room. If you are not a Surfrider member and want to get this awesome discount, log on to www.surfrider.org It's not too late to become a member!
To reserve your room for November 10-12 call 1-321-783-2271 and ask for the SURF RIDER RATE. HURRY.  ROOMS ARE GOING QUICK! For questions: contact Steffani, Surfrider Travel Coordinator at congosito@hotmail.com

For more information checkout the Suncoast Chapter's website:
http://www.surfrider.org/suncoas