Hurley Surfing America PRIME Sebastian Inlet Contest

A SURF FEST 2010 Event

Story by Skyelarken

March 6 kicked off day one of the first-of-its-kind Surf Fest at Sebastian Inlet State Park with the Hurley Surfing America PRIME surf contest. This is the second Surfing America PRIME East Coast contest and the first time one has been held in Florida.

With computerized scoring being consistently announced, surfers in the water were given real-time results, allowing them to know their exact standings and scores needed to earn a top position and advance. Though it was cold and windy, there were still plenty of decent waves for the contest. 

Following are the results:

Boys U18
1st Place: Evan Geiselman
2nd Place: Evan Thompson
3rd Place: Dylan Kowalski
4th Place: Cam Richards

Girls U18
1st Place: Nikki Viesins
2nd Place: Quincy Davis
3rd Place: Jasset Umbel
4th Place: Darsha Pigford

Boys U16
1st Place: Cam Richards
2nd Place: Corey Howell
3rd Place: Jake McGuire
4th Place: Noah Schweizer

Girls U16
1st Place: Nikki Viesins
2nd Place: Quincy Davis
3rd Place: Cierra Cunningham
4th Place: Darsha Pigford

Boys U14
1st Place: Daniel Glenn
2nd Place:  Justin Croteau
3rd Place: Sam Deely
4th Place: Cobie Gittner


Beginning Monday, March 8, surfers from at least 6 different colleges and universities will compete in the Collegiate Surfing Association East Coast Championships.  The event is schedule to run on March 8 & 9; with a back-up day of March 10.
To wrap up the 9 day Surf Festival, the ASP Grade 3 Ron Jon SI Pro, which offers a $15,000 cash purse, and the Grade 2 Skullcandy Girls Junior Pro with a $5000 purse will run from March 11 to the 14th.
Running simultaneously, the Ron Jon Masters of Surfing Pro, will feature some of the best age 40 and over surfers in the world competing for an up to $12,000 purse with $3,000 going to the winning surfer.

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