Central North Carolina District - ESA

2012 ESA Mid Atlantic Region Surfing Championships

2011-12-27T10:06:00.002-05:00

The ESA MARSC will be held in Carolina Beach on May 3-6, 2012. I expect that the adult events will be held on Thursday and Friday and the youth events held on Saturday and Sunday. More information will be coming soon. Check your email regularly for all updates.

New Grom Series

2011-12-27T10:05:00.000-05:00

This summer, CNC will be working in conjunction with Emerald Isle Parks & Rec to introduce a Grom Series for area youth. There will be 3 contests offered for kids 14 & under at one of the two public accesses in Emerald Isle. These mini contests will be held on a Wednesday starting at 4:30 pm. Medals will be awarded at each of the contests. A grand prize will be awarded to the series champion in each of 3 divisions: Boys 11 & under, Boys 12-14, and Girls 14 & under. I am focusing on novice surfers, especially those who do not participate in our CNC contests. If you know of any grom who is just starting out, please spread the word. These contests will be free of charge. I will be looking for Kiley’s kids, Lucas’s brother and sister, Brian Carpenter’s son, Jake’s son, along with any of our novice menehunes….Alejandra, Ann-Wallis, Sophie, etc!!

The proposed 2012 Contest dates

2011-12-27T10:04:00.001-05:00

2012 proposed CNC Schedule

Contest #1- April 21-22, make-up April 28-29 -

Contest #2- May 12-13, make-up May 19-20

Contest #3- June 2-3, make-up June 9-10

Contest #4- June 23-24, make-up July 7-8

Contest #5- August 4-5, make-up Aug 11-12

Contest #6, Sept 1-2, make-up Sept 8-9

Grom Contest- Wednesday, June 13, 4:30-

Grom Contest- Wednesday, July 11, 4:30

Grom Contest- Wednesday, August 15, 4:30

Easterns Information

2011-09-10T10:13:00.001-04:00

Easterns® update #4 (Posted Friday, September 9, 2011 @5:30pm)

The Eastern Surfing Association would like to thank you for your patience during this difficult decision making period. We have many friends and sponsors on the Hatteras Island that have endured a most difficult time since Hurricane Irene came. All of our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who lost it all and also to those that stepped in and helped those in need. It truly shows what the power of the human spirit can do in devastating times.

We have decided to move the contest this year only to Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, NC with the original starting date of September 18, 2011 and the original heats and schedules. Be advised that you are strongly urged to follow www.SURFESA.org for any and all updates on a daily basis.

The Eastern Surfing Association will also be holding a “Boots on the Beach” Benefit in conjunction with the WRV Hurley Pro throughout the week to benefit those on the island. If you have any school items, bedding, clothing, can goods, money, etc. that you would personally like to bring to donate, please do so.

More information will be posted over the weekend, so please check back,

BP Summertime Blues

2011-02-24T05:18:00.000-05:00

Summertime Blues Art/Memorabilia Auction

Saturday, February 26 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Location The Watermark, Atlantic Station A.B.
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Created By The Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation

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More Info Great time...Great Cause. Art, photography, jewelry, and fantastic memorabilia for the surf enthusiast. Yummy food, music by Free Poor!All ages. $15.00 donation to enter. All proceeds benefit the Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation.

1st Contest

2011-02-20T07:24:00.002-05:00

The 2011 CNC competition will kick off with our first contest on April 9 or 10 at Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle. Make up dates will be the following weekend. Our contest will be sponsored by South Swell Surf Shop and Volcom. Entry forms will be in the regular shops about 3 weeks prior to the event. I am in the process of setting up online entry via Active.com This will be posted on our website. Stay tuned!

2011 Regional instructions

2011-02-20T07:23:00.000-05:00

The following instructions are for CNC members who qualified to go to the Mid Atlantic Regional Surfing Championships on May 12-15 in Atlantic Beach. Please note that the entry process has changed from years past. YOU will be responsible for your own entry. YOU must submit your entry ON TIME to Central Headquarters, not to me. There will be no slack in the deadline. You either enter on time or go to the bottom of the list of qualifiers. It will be out of my hands. You have a choice of entering electronically using a credit card (fees apply) or downloading the entry form and sending it with $$ to headquarters in VA Beach. The same deadline applies.

The entry form and link for electronic online entry is on the ESA Midatlantic webpage. The online entry option includes a convenience fee which is listed on the online entry link. Competitors can enter either online or by US Mail. Mail entries go directly to CHQ, not me. The entry deadline is 11:59 PM Monday, March 28, 2011.

Entrants must have a valid membership thru September 2011. I previously sent each of you a Regionals Eligible list which included the membership expiration of all your Region eligible people. The majority of the eligible athletes in all the Districts need to renew thru 9/30/11 when they enter. Entrants that need to renew their membership should do both online or both by mail. They should not, for example, enter the event by snail mail and renew their membership online. If an entry comes into CHQ either electronically or by mail and a membership renewal is needed that entry will be held in abeyance until the renewal is done.

Alternates should send in their entry and fees and membership renewal via mail to avoid the paying the convenience fee in case they don’t get in. However, if you have a slot in one division and are an alternate in another division, then you can enter both divisions on online, by mail for both divisions or online for their slotted division and by mail for their alternate division. In any event, alternates who don’t get in will have their fees refunded within 30 days after the contest.

ESA website is www.surfesa.org Go to the Mid Atlantic page on the competition tab for entry forms or links to Active.com.

If you have questions, email me ASAP.
Beth

2011 Regional Slots

2011-02-20T07:19:00.002-05:00

Here are the allocated slots for the CNC District:
Menehune-3
Boys-1
Jr. Men-5
Men-6
Masters-4
Sr. Men-3
Grandmasters-3
Legends-1
Girls-3
Jr. Wm- 3
Women-1
Ladies-4
Menehune LB-3
Jr. LB-4
Men's LB-4
Masters LB-4
Legends LB-2
Womens LB-5
Ladies LB- 3
Menehune BB-1
Open BB-3
Open Shortboard-5

2010 Financial Report

2011-02-02T06:31:00.006-05:00

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Early Regional entry information

2010-12-27T16:37:00.001-05:00

For the first time, the Mid Atlantic Region will use an online entry process for Regionals. This will be a big change from past year’s entry process. **Note that paper entries may still be downloaded and sent in the old fashion way. All entries, both slotted and alternate, will be sent directly to headquarters or processed directly online. Deadlines will be strictly enforced. You could lose your slot if you are late! The majority of people wishing to go to Regionals will need to renew their membership. This can be done any time before Regionals and still maintain your same expiration date. If you choose to renew during the Regional entry process, you will need to go to two different web locations to do so. **I’ll send more instructions with links when the time comes. Save yourself some hassle by renewing in January or Feb.

With this new entry process, it is imperative that you check your email and confirm with me that you received your entry instructions. Do not expect to receive one in the mail like last year.

Winter address for CNC mail

2010-12-27T16:36:00.000-05:00

If you need to correspond with ESA/CNC using the US post office this winter, please send all surfing association correspondence to: ESA/CNC, 108 Bogue Sound Drive E., Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 .
DO NOT ADDRESS your mail to Beth Schub……there will be a forward on my mail for anything with my name on it.

Congratulations to the 2010 Season Champions

2010-12-20T15:44:00.002-05:00

Regionals 2011- Early information

2010-12-20T15:32:00.003-05:00

CNC will be the host district for the 2011 Mid Atlantic Region Championships! The official dates are May 12-15.

To compete, you must be a 3A surfer, competed in at least 3 district contests last summer, and have an ESA membership that is valid through 10/1/11.

You may renew your membership any time before the Regional sign up time and not lose your original expiration date. The majority of competitors will need to renew. There is a strong likelihood that the Mid Atlantic Region will pioneer online entries for Regionals and memberships. (similar to Easterns in 2010). If this does happen, you will receive your entry electronically. It will be your responsibility to sign up online OR print and send it to Headquarters. Please make sure you check your email regularly so you don't miss out.

I will post updates on our website and send email reminders. Make sure you stay in the loop by giving me your latest contact information.

Time to think about 2011

2010-12-20T15:22:00.002-05:00

My New Year's resolution (besides all the normal ones) is to use the Director Notes on our website regularly.

If you missed our Awards Banquet, you missed our short annual meeting. I announced that CNC will now be completely web-based for information. No more yearly mailed newsletter. So start getting used to checking our website more often, in particular, the Directors Notes.

If your email has recently changed, or if you haven't received any email notices from me in awhile, please send your updated address to me ASAP: schub@embarqmail.com

Over the next two months, I will put together our complete district schedule for 2011 along with our District Policy. I plan to email survey questions to gather your input. Please take the time to answer my questions and give me direction for the coming year. I do read them and I do attempt to abide by the majority's wishes.

Surf Nano Products Sponsors ESA Student Surf Awards

2010-02-20T06:21:00.009-05:00

Surf Nano Products (SNP) announced that is has become an Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) National Sponsor and will be presenting Student Surfing Awards for three student surfer athletes within the three ESA regions:

SNP, proud National Sponsor of the ESA and the ESA All-Star Team, is expanding its sponsorship to deserving student athletes. As an innovative way to support deserving surfer athletes, Surf Nano Products (SNP) is granting "SNP Student Surfing Awards" to three student surfer athletes within the three ESA Regions.

"SNP has been a great supporter of ESA and the All-Star Team since they started business last year and I look forward to their continued support in 2010. When this Surfing Award was presented to me, I thought this is one of the most innovative community outreach programs I’ve seen, and an example of the way Andy and Howard do business!" . . . Debbie Hodges (ESA Executive Director).

Surfers will submit an application and 250 word essay to SNP by March 12th. Three student athletes will be selected for the award from each of the three ESA regions. Minimum requirements are a GPA of 3.0 and 18 years or younger as of January 1st, 2010. The essay must address the applicant’s surfing ability, financial need, current sponsorships, and community service involvement. All information will be kept confidential. Surfers do not have to be current ESA members to apply. Direct family members of the ESA District Directors are not eligible. Each award will consist of a free ESA membership or renewal, a $270 entry fee grant to be applied toward contest fees, and a free SNP Product Kit. Applications are available from the ESA District Directors and on-line from the ESA web site. Winners will be announced at the ESA/TGSA Scholastic Surfing Championships, March 26-28, 2010 in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Tom Warnke, SNP Sales and Marketing Director, will coordinate with ESA.
Pat Emery, ESA All-Star Team coach, along with Andy Giordano and Howard Loveless, Co-Founders of SNP, and Darrick Doerner, SNP R&D Advisor, seen at the 2010 Surf Expo with members of the ESA All-Star Team.

SNP will continue its support of the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) and the ESA All-Star Team in 2010 by holding product beach demonstrations at the ESA/TGSA Scholastic Surfing Championships, the three ESA Regional Championships, and the ESA Easterns.

Applications can be found on-line (SNP or ESA-CNC website) or from the area District Director(s). Completed applications should be returned to SNP via mail or fax or scanned email (see below).

Surf Nano Products, LLC
PO Box 504
Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
Phone: 866-842-8530
FAX: 609-624-8636
hloveless@surfnanoproducts.com

Eastern Surfing Association Board Of Directors Votes To Leave Surfing America

2010-01-20T05:06:00.000-05:00

Lack of communication and deviation from bylaws contributes to disillusion of Surfing America by co-founder and world's largest amateur surfing association

Virginia Beach, VA - November 4, 2009

Eastern Surfing Association, the 10,000 member governing body of amateur surfing for the East Coast of the United States, today announced their immediate withdrawal from Surfing America in an October 2009 Board of Directors vote. While the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) continues to support their members who participate in Surfing America events, the secrecy with which Surfing America instilled the Surfing America Prime Series, without the input of the ESA, led to a majority vote to leave the national governing body of surfing. In contrast to the bylaws that govern Surfing America, the ESA had no input in the conception, creation, and execution of the Surfing America Prime events- three of which are being held on the East Coast of the United States.

"Surfing America's refusal to create an amateur surfing committee that included the ESA, which is in direct opposition to their stated organizational founding, created an unprecedented event that resulted in the rescinding of our inclusion in Surfing America," stated Debbie Hodges, executive director of the Eastern Surfing Association. "While we would prefer to continue our involvement, the gall and lack of transparency demonstrated by Surfing America left our Board of Directors little choice in this matter."

Surfing America's continued refusal to provide ESA a voting stake, or input, with regards to the Surfing America Prime Series and other Surfing America-sanctioned competitions, resulted in the Board of Directors voting to remove support, contributions, and infrastructure to all aspects of Surfing America.

"As a founding member of Surfing America in 2004 our decision is not a knee-jerk reaction, nor is it one taken without significance," stated Hodges. "The ESA believes in the foundation of a governing body for amateur surfing that is inclusive, credible and provides standards for amateurs of all ages across the nation- values that founded Surfing America. Their desire to voluntarily act in bold disregard to our involvement does not support the reasons which led ESA to co-found Surfing America and therefore, we can no longer be associated with their actions moving forward."

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ABOUT EASTERN SURFING ASSOCIATION

Eastern Surfing Association (ESA), the largest amateur surfing association in the world established in 1967, is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting and preserving the spirit of surfing through their regional programs and through the support of 26 districts on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Great Lakes and Puerto Rico. For more information about the ESA, please visit www.surfesa.org.