Jordy Smith Takes Maiden Win and ASP Ratings' Lead at Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay
JEFFREYS BAY, South Africa (Sunday, July 18, 2010) – Jordy Smith (ZAF), 22, has claimed his maiden ASP elite victory, taking out the Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay over Adam Melling (AUS), 25, in front of a capacity hometown crowd.
1. Michael Powell-$5000 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 2. Ben Bourgeois-$3000 Wrightsville Beach, NC 3. Heath Walker-$2000 Australia 4. Dylan Goodale-$1500 Hawaii
5. Jeremy Johnston-$900 Jeff Myers
7. Travis Beckman-$700 Chris Tucker
9. Keto Burns-$500 Rob Kelly Mark Dawson Phillip Goold
July 9
Big Congrats to Mike Remige who has been hired to manage the new Jennette's Pier for the NC Aquariums. Mike will take over with his new role on July 12th. Mike reports in the future he'd like to see the pier be a premier venue for surf contests. Mike was a big help to SurfKDH and the Outer Banks Pro a few years ago when we covered the event live from the old pier site.
Finally, the unfortunate reality of what the Oil Spill may mean for the Outer Banks can be seen in this article: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7718086/ which states that traces of the oil "could" make it to our beaches in "no more than two weeks."