Surf Expo 2014

 

I had an awesome time at the Surf Expo! I was super stoked to be Introduced as the Captain of the 2014 ESA All Star Team. Thanks Coach Pat for the awesome opportunity.  We have a great team again this year and it was good to see everybody. I also got the chance to catch up with my sponsors such as Sanuk, HyperFlex, Catch Surf, AJW Surfboards, and Vonzipper.  I was able to meet some great people like Shaun Tomson, Robert August, GT who is the president of Vonzipper, Doc and Amber Lausch, and Miss Amber's brother Jeff Kelley, founder of Sanuk.  Thanks so much to Spike from Kcoast for taking my boards back for me! I'm very grateful that I was able to go again this year... Thanks so much to Mom and Dad for making it possible!  Attached is a gallery of some pics from the trip:



DelMarVa ESA Contest #2

I had a great day at the second DelMarVa ESA Contest.  The waves were really fun and it was a beautiful day on the beach.  I am really stoked I did so well!  I won the Iron Man award, 1st in Boys Shortboard, 1st in Menehune Longboard, 1st Menehune Bodyboard, 2nd in Open Bodyboard, and 4th in Open Shortboard. Thanks to all of the volunteers who made the event possible.  It was an awesome time.

Below are a couple of pictures from the event.

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2013 so far...

​Well, it's been a long time since I posted on the website.  I have been busy keeping my 4.0 average in school and trying to surf as much as possible, so I haven't had much time post anything.  I have had a great year so far.  I spent six weeks in Puerto Rico and just had a really fun Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Ocean City, MD.  I will be posting movies and pics on both of those soon.

Surf Expo 2013

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I had a great time at Surf Expo in Orlando!  The Surf Expo is an annual event where surf companies go to display their products for the upcoming season.  I went there to be inducted into the 2013 ESA All-Star Team. I'm extremely honored to be selected for the team.  I can't wait for this upcoming year!

I also had a chance to catch up with some of my sponsors.  I had fun seeing the guys from Catch Surf, Sanuk, Von Zipper and K-Coast Surf Shop!


The boys from Catch Surf - (back row) Ricky, Chris, and George (front row) Johnny, me and Brian

The boys from Catch Surf - (back row) Ricky, Chris, and George (front row) Johnny, me and Brian

Sanuk - Smiling down on the convention center

Sanuk - Smiling down on the convention center

Super stoked about my new purple Sanuks.  Not sure of their name, because they won't hit stores until this summer.  They are super comfy and cool...  Thanks Brian.

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Von Zipper had a awesome booth!  It was great seeing Ken and Matt.  Looking forward to the LoMax and the Lindenberry.  Stoked to be the youngest member of the FCG!

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I hopped to the opportunity to eat IHOP twice a day ;)  Shoutout to Victor our chef who said he made our food with love... I know we loved the food! Thanks Victor!

Victor

Victor

Jordon Montgomery, me, and Thomas Horner

Jordon Montgomery, me, and Thomas Horner

I wasn't in Florida for long, but I couldn't leave without getting some waves, so we drove to New Smyrna Beach with Jordon and Thomas.  The inlet was pretty good and we surfed until dark.

Simon Hetrick

Simon Hetrick

Thomas Horner

Thomas Horner

Jordon Montgomery

Jordon Montgomery

Well all good things must come to an end :(  It was a great trip.  I hope to go back next year.  Thanks to my Mom for taking such great pics!  Speaking of pics, check out the gallery below.