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Jacksonville Beach, FL - The Florida Surfing Association (FSA) is proud to announce the Pier Pressure surf contest on October 17, 2009, which will be held on the Southside of Jacksonville Beach Pier.
Tom Harding and Kyle Goodwin, local North Florida surfers, are hand shaping Alaias and allowing competing surfers to show off their true surfing skills. Also, Tom and III RD Generation are creating unique and custom trophies for the finalist of the Pier Pressure Surf Contest.
COCOA BEACH, FL - From Surfline: South Florida-based nonprofit Surfers For Autism is taking the state by storm,and the most recent stop was an overwhelming success. The group set up shop at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach Sept. 19 under the watchful eye of hundreds of amazed and stoked parents and beach-goers. "At first I really wasn't sure how my son Dan would react, but I guess that was my own fear and not his. He loved riding the waves over and over and in the car on the way home kept saying, ride the waves, ride the waves, yeah!," said Jackie Merens, South Florida Regional Director of Autism Speaks. Merens also said she is floored by the fact that Dan constantly asks about waves and surfing, which is something he has never done in the past with any activity!
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