MID ATLANTIC EVENT #4 SCORES SOLID SURF AND GREAT WEATHER AT CAROLINA BEACH!

SOLID SURF AND GOOD WEATHER ARE ON OFFER AT CAROLINA BEACH FOR THE MID ATLANTIC EVENT #4

By: Deb Barton

CONTEST WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 AT CAROLINA BEACH, NC.   THE WEATHER WAS AWESOME WITH SUNNY SKIES.  SURF WAS CLEAN AND GLASSY WITH OCCASIONAL HEAD HIGH SETS.  THE HIGHEST SCORING WAVE OF THE DAY WAS A 9 BY BLAYR BARTON IN EXPLORER MENEHUENE.  GABE MORVIL HELD THE HIGHEST WAVE COMBO WITH A 15.5 IN EXPLORER JUNIORS.  GABE ALSO TOOK FIRST PLACE IN OPEN MEN, EXPLORER MEN AND EXPLORER JUNIORS.  DYLAN WEEKS PLACED FIRST IN OPEN JUNIORS AND EXPLORER BOYS.  BLAYR BARTON PLACED FIRST IN OPEN BOYS AND EXPLORER MENEHUENE.  CHARLES OBLINGER ENTERED HIS FIRST NSSA CONTEST AND TOOK FIRST IN OPEN MINI GROMS.  NEWCOMER RACHAEL WILSON WAS OUR ONLY FEMALE CONTESTANT AND SURFED ALL HER EVENTS WITH THE BOYS.  RACHAEL CHARGED THE WAVES AND MADE A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION.  OUR TWO LONGBOARDERS, COLIN SHOVLIN AND NOAH FERRELL TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE EXCELLENT CONDITIONS AND PUT ON A SHOW.  COLIN PLACED FIRST IN OPEN LONGBOARD AND EXPLORER LONGBOARD.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NSSA MID-ATLANTIC SURFERS!  YOU ROCK!