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7th Annual Cold Stroke Classic

7th Annual Cold Coast Stroke Classic

January 17th, 2015 – 10:00 AM – Blockade Runner

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2014 WBLA Longboard Classic and SUP Pro-A

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Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association

2 days ago

#WBLAsurf founding member Bill Curry discusses the local history of surfing. Bill has been surfing and competing since the 1960s and has been named the Outstanding Surfer in the East Coast and US Surfing Championships. youtu.be/BVIH2cDlWC8?si=XHXGEIOhgpvyZ8sZ#wrightsvillebeach #surfing #community #eastcoast ... See MoreSee Less

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Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association

4 days ago

"Bridgers wrote that people in Wrightsville Beach tried out surfing during the summer of 1909 without great results. The Lumina Pavilion, then one of the area’s premiere attractions, hosted a “surfboard riding contest” over Labor Day, in fact.Bridgers went on to describe the kinds of boards that the locals were using and the nature of the Atlantic Coast surf. The surfboards he described were built with local juniper wood, a traditional favorite of boat and shipbuilders, as it is resistant to wood-boring worms."On April 7, 1910, the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser published a letter that Wrightsville Beach resident Burke Haywood Bridgers had written to the national magazine Colliers Weekly requesting information about building surfboards.Bridgers wrote to Colliers in response to Alexander Hume Ford, founder of the Outrigger Canoe and Surfboard Club in Hawaii, who penned an article for the magazine the previous year encouraging readers to try the sport.Bridgers wrote that people in Wrightsville Beach tried out surfing during the summer of 1909 without great results. The Lumina Pavilion, then one of the area’s premiere attractions, hosted a “surfboard riding contest” over Labor Day, in fact.Bridgers went on to describe the kinds of boards that the locals were using and the nature of the Atlantic Coast surf. The surfboards he described were built with local juniper wood, a traditional favorite of boat and shipbuilders, as it is resistant to wood-boring worms.It is impossible to claim a “first” in East Coast surfing, but Bridgers’ experiments certainly would have been among the earliest appearances of surfboards in the Atlantic Ocean. The surfing that occurred in the Wrightsville Beach area in the early 1900s is the earliest documented in the state of North Carolina.Recently Wrightsville Beach was named as one of the top 20 surfing towns in the world by National Geographic.Marker located in Wrightsville Beach, NC: www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2023/12/12/pioneer-east-coast-surfing-d-116 ... See MoreSee Less

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Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association

5 days ago

#WBLAsurf president Shawn O'Donnell shares the BIG NEWS that our nonprofit status is back! Also, the Scholarship application deadline is quickly approaching (4/30)! Join the conversation at the May 14th meeting!#wrightsvillebeach #surfing #scholarship #nonprofit ... See MoreSee Less

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