Updated ESA Surf Shop Rider's Cup Roster

The following surfshops have confirmed the team riders below that are eligible to gain points toward the Inaugural Outer Banks ESA Surf Shop Team Rider's Cup.

Since the points cannot be tabulated until the season is actully completed and the final divisional standings calculated, there is still time to get names of team riders to Jason Breiholz.

WRV- Sean Martin, Julian Payne, Chris Macdonald

Whalebone- Joe Gillen, Joey Gillen, Carmen Garcia Sr., Carmen Garcia Jr., Sterling King, Barry Price Jr.

Secret Spot- Quentin Turko, Jessica Delosreyes, Leanne Foster

Corolla Surf Shop- Greg Sherman, Beau Douglas, Gary Smith, Jay Hawekotte, Jean-Marie Destefano, Steve Umphlett, Andy Grossman

The Pit- Jason Breiholz, Christian VanVliet, Pat Mcmanus, Steve Pauls, MT Leavel, Thomas Bruce

DVO- Josh Beveridge

158 Surf and Skate- Daniel Brake

OBBC- no team riders reported

Updated Points Race Through Contest #4- Many Division Titles Are Still Up for Grabs!

The title race for some of the district divisions is getting heated up as the Outer Banks ESA season is over halfway completed. Several divisions have had some dominant performers that have taken a substantial points lead in some of the larger contested divisions. Quentin Turko in Menehune, Christian VanVliet in Boys, Jason Breiholz in Sr. Men's, and MT Leavel in Jr. Longboard have each won 3 of the first 4 contests in their respectful division. With only 3 more contests left in the season, these surfers have a comfortable lead in points for winning a seasonal district title.

In closer points races, Josh Beveridge and Sterling King are tied with 3710 points each in the highly competitive Jr. Men's division. Prescott Metcalf has a slim 100 point lead over John Ritter in the Master's division. Jay Hawekotte has a narrow 71 point lead over Ray Gray in the Legend's Longboard division. In Open Bodyboard, Charles Shelton has a narrow 209 point lead over Brian Breiholz. And in the largest and most competitive divsions, Pat Mcmanus has a small 217.5 point lead over Outer Banks grom phenom Julian Payne.

There are many other divisions that have some great point races going on at this point in the season. With each surfer competing for qualification into next year's Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships, every district contest proves to be important this time in the season. With 3 contests remaining, there is still opportunity for some big changes in points leaders and some big upsets in each division.

Here's the Google Docs link to the updated points race: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t1HN_eyX02leewF-7HtZaUA&output=html

Contest 4 Results

Contest #4 of the Outer Banks ESA went down on Ramp 34 last Saturday in Avon. The surf was 2'-3' out of southeast with occasionally bigger sets. The sandbar location wasn't the best the Outer Banks has to offer but there were plenty of waves to surf throughout the day. The incoming high tide later in the afternoon forced contestants to surf shore pound during some of the later final heats, but the surfers made the best of it. Julian Payne had the biggest casualty of day, breaking his board during the first 5 minutes of the Open Men's Final.

Menehune
1 Quentin Turko
2 Taylor Carvajal
3 Nohea Futrell
4 Jahfar Christ
5 Beau Douglas
6 Levi Christ

3A Boys
1 Christian VanVliet
2 Daniel Brake
3 Ryan Jones
4 Spencer Wilkinson
T5 Grant Tyler
T5 Chase Travers

3A Juniors
1 Sterling King
2 Josh Beveridge
3 Julian Payne
4 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
5 Michael Foard
6 Jennings Sessoms

3A Men
1 Thomas Bruce
2 Sean Martin
3 Barry Price, Jr.

Masters
1 Prescott Metcalf
2 John Ritter

Senior Men
1 Jason Breiholz
2 Rascoe Hunt
3 Scott Williams
4 Greg Stewart
5 Lewis Molton
6 Brian Breiholz

Grandmasters
1 Joe Gillen
2 Jay Hawekotte
3 Carmen Garcia, Sr.
4 Ricky Brake

Legends
1 Ray Gray
2 Gary Smith

Open Shortboard
1 Sean Martin
2 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
3 Joe Gillen
4 Julian Payne
T5 Barry Price, Jr.
T5 Sterling King

Jr Women
1 Jackie Thomas

Women
1 Jeanne-Marie Destefano

Ladies
1 Carrie Travers

Menehune Longboard
1 Ryan Jones
2 Joey Gillen
3 Beau Douglas
4 Chase Travers
5 Hunter Matthews
6 Sam Blanchard

Jr Longboard
1 Julian Payne
2 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
3 Hunter Whitfield

Mens Longboard
1 Carmen Garcia, Jr.
2 Prescott Metcalf
3 Steve Umphlett

Masters Longboard
1 Rascoe Hunt
2 Joe Gillen
3 Greg Sherman
4 Brian Breiholz
5 Jason Breiholz
6 Scott Williams

Legends Longboard
1 Carmen Garcia, Sr.
2 Jay Hawekotte
3 Gary Smith
4 Ray Gray

Ladies Longboard
1 Carrie Travers

Menehune Bodyboard
1 Jordan Rodriguez
2 Sam Blanchard
3 Andrew Grant
4 Beau Douglas
5 Joey Gillen
6 Spencer Wilkinson

Open Bodyboard
1 John Joyce
2 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
3 Brian Breiholz
4 Charles Shelton
5 Jordan Rodriguez
6 Joey Gillen
7 Hunter Whitfield