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It's Seaside Fiesta surf contest time. We'll be at the foot of Flagler Ave. on June 19. and there's still time to register.The contest will, as usual, coincide with New Smyrna Beach's annual Seaside Fiesta. The "Fiesta" is a street party held on Flagler Ave. the third Thursday of June. This year that's June 17. Ten's of thousands celebrate the summer season with food, drink, games and music The club will have a booth in front of Clancy's Cantina where we'll be selling t-shirts, raffle tickets and anything else not nailed down. The raffle tickets are for a new custom made surfboard ($600 value) as well as other fine prizes. It's a family event for kids, old and new, and a good hoot, too!Please click on "Coming Events" for more information. Congratulations to this years scholarship winners!
Surfer, Artist, Instructor and Club Member Jimmy Lane was recently featured in the Daytona News Journal's "Currents." Click here to see the article.
In honor of our 30th anniversary LandShark Spring Surfari Pro
April 6, 2009
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
“Gorkin” dominates home break at Landshark Pro”.
 Aaron
Cormican, 29, of New Smyrna Beach, won the 2009 Landshark Spring Surfari Pro
at his home break on the south side of Florida’s Ponce DeLeon Inlet on
Saturday, April 4. Cormican (aka Gorkin) was in dominant form and ran
away from the other three finalists with a two-wave heat total of 17.16 to
seize the $6000 first place prize. All three of his Final opponents were
“combo-ed” in the parlance of the sport, meaning that they each needed two
better scores to catch Cormican. In second place was Bryan Hewitson, of
Melbourne Beach, FL, who pocketed $3000. Third was Asher Nolan, of Atlantic
Beach,FL, who received $1500 and fourth was young New Smyrnan, Eric
Geiselman, who took home $1000.
The prize purse for the event was $20,000, distributed
amongst the top 32 finishers. The purse was provided by Title Sponsor,
Landshark Lager, a division of Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville” brand. The
atmosphere of the five-day event was very much in the “Margaritaville” vein
of beachfront fun, with the County of Volusia allowing Landshark to dispense
their samples to VIPs and spectators in their beer garden on the sand.
The event was promoted and run by the Smyrna Surfari
Club, a non-profit, community service surfing club, who were celebrating
their 30th anniversary. A total of 88 pro surfers competed and
there were also four different “Specialty Events”. On Saturday and Sunday
there were two heats of the “Lost Air Show”, sponsored by Lost Clothing.
Travis Beckmann, Vero Beach,FL, won $250 for his aerial move in Saturday’s
installment, and Nils Schweizer, NSB, received $250 for his air on Sunday.
Also on Sunday, DNA Energy Drink sponsored the
invitational “Legends of the Inlet”, which was a nostalgic, and sometimes
emotional, reunion of twelve longtime Inlet surfers that was won by Mike
Luke, of NSB. For the ladies there was the “Divas of the Inlet” event, also
on Sunday, which was won by USA World Team member, Amy Nicholl.
Conditions for the contest were two – four feet with good
quality for the first four days, convincing organizers to run the Pro
division to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon. In fact, Friday’s waves were
so good that organizers were reluctant to conclude the competition with the
end of the Round of 64. Local surf shop sponsor, Inlet Charley’s, organized
an impromptu “Expression Session” to take advantage of the clean, offshore
conditions. Local surfers Jeremy Johnston and young Noah Schweizer, 13, each
won $100 for “Best Maneuver” and “Best Wave”.
For more info. please go to:
Press Release - March 17, 2009 Surfari Pro Contest Committee New Smyrna Beach, Florida For Immediate Release: Special Divisions at Landshark Pro Contest organizers announced today that there will be three Specialty Divisions added to the Landshark Spring Surfari Pro, April 1-5 at the New Smyrna Inlet. The event celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Smyrna Surfari Club, a local, non-profit service club. They will be the “Air Show” sponsored by Lost Clothing; The “Legends of the Inlet” sponsored by DNA Energy Drink, and the “Divas of the Inlet”, for the Women surfers. “Air Show” will consist of two heats of eight “Air” specialists who will display their high-flying repertoire on the last two days of the event. Organizers will invite 16 contest entrants to take part in the “Winner-take-all” format for an extra prize of $250, for each show. Several local NSB surfers are well known for their aerial antics, including Aaron Cormican, the innovator of the “Gorkin Flip”, and Eric Geiselman, winner of the Surfer Magazine Video Award for “Best Maneuver”. “Legends of the Inlet” will consist of 12 invited, longtime local surfers, who are still active at the Inlet on a daily basis. “We wanted to shine the spotlight on some of the great local surfers who made NSB Pro surfing what it is today”, said Matt Clancy, Surfari Club Co-Chairman. “This will give surf fans the opportunity to see them in action again, and the current generation of young rippers a chance to honor their predecessors”. A panel of local organizers has selected a list of invitees that will be announced the week of the event. One who has already accepted his invitation is Charley Baldwin, of New Smyrna Beach, a member of the East Coast Legends Hall of Fame, and the promoter of the first-ever Pro Surfing event held in NSB. “Divas of the Inlet” will shine the spotlight on Women’s surfing, with several East Coast, National and World Champions expected. “We have extended invitations to Lisa Andersen, formerly of Ormond Beach, and Frieda Zamba-Shaw, four-time World Champion from Flagler Beach”, said Doug Feindt, Sufari Co-Chairman. “We hope their busy schedules will allow them to attend. Women’s surfing is one of the most important demographics in the sport, and we hope a rebounding economy will allow us to fund a major Women’s Pro division in 2010. In the meantime, we wanted to be sure that the Ladies had a chance to take part this year”. Like the “Legends”, a blue-ribbon panel has selected 12 invited competitors. The difference in the “Divas” division is that women surfers of all ages have been invited, including local NSB standout Amy Nicholl, who is currently a member of the USA National Team. For further information see these websites: www.inletcharleys.com www.smyrnasufariclub.com or just click here for details
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