Update on this weekend’s Daytona Beach surf contest
The folks at the ESA NCFL (Eastern Surfing Association North Central Florida chapter) are moving this weekend’s surf contest in Daytona Beach to SUNDAY. Contest #6, presented by Maui Nix Surf Shop,...
View ArticleOne more note on the Daytona Beach surf contest
Our policy here, at the paper and on the blogs, is to always clarify and correct information. So it is worth another blog post to clarify that the surf contest #6, presented by Maui Nix Surf Shop, run...
View ArticleWeekend notes for beachgoers
Just wanted to sum up a few points for those headed to the beach this weekend: The surf contest organized by the ESA NCFL (Eastern Surfing Association of North Central Florida) is now certain for...
View ArticleVolusia’s new North Shore Park, once the site of the Happy Whale and the old...
Volusia County will have its long-awaited official opening of its latest beachfront park, named North Shore Park, located at 1631 Ocean Shore Blvd., in Ormond-by-the-Sea. The grand opening is scheduled...
View ArticleESA Surf contest updates
There’s just a few more hours to register for the Easterns * The Best of the East *, scheduled for Sept. 19 to 25 at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Jetty in NC. No contest this past weekend — the swell...
View ArticleESA surf contest at Flagler Pier postponed
The forecast doesn’t offer good prospects for running a surf contest in Flagler Beach so the ESA North Central Florida chapter (Eastern Surfing Association) has postponed the contest. A new date for...
View ArticleFollowup on the Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic
From all accounts, the annual Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classicin Flagler Beach was a big success. Organizers said more than 300 surfers participated and hundreds of fans attended, despite the wind and...
View ArticleOpposition building to proposed steel sea wall in Flagler Beach
A plan to install a steel sea wall in Flagler Beach to reinforce a part of State Road A1A vulnerable to beach erosion has generated some opposition among residents and city commissioners. It’s the...
View ArticleDaytona Beach Pier progress: eating at Joe’s Crab Shack?
The Daytona Beach Pier was closed last summer and it looks like repairs will mean that it will stay closed for much of this summer. There is good news on the horizon, though. City officials are still...
View ArticleIn Cocoa Beach, watching as Hurricane Irene brushes by Florida
My colleague, Jon Busdecker, is in Cocoa Beach tonight and will be there in the morning, when we expect to see the full brunt of whatever storm surge Irene will send our way (which will make high tide...
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