In the middle of July, I worked the Reef/Sweetwater Pro/Am on Wrightsville Beach.  It was tons of fun.  Possibly the most fun you can have while working.  A local surfer won, which was also fun.  And, apparently, he’s an all-around-nice-guy.  Which, of course, is more endearing to me than the most gnarly airs.  But, this isn’t about the guys at the contest, it’s about the girls.  There were two events for the ladies:   Girls Open Longboard and Girls Open Shortboard.

Now, while the guys were more than happy to flex their muscles and pose for photos, the girls, not as much!  🙂  But, I managed to snap a few shots.  Here’s the Wahine Scene at the Reef/Sweetwater Pro/Am 2010.

The girl on the right was surfing in her first contest!

A local wahine!

Another local-Jo–she’s been surfing for a long time, and competed in both shortboard and longboard events.

Girls longboard finals


The Longboard winners (above)

The Shortboard winners (below)

And, more of why surfing’s so fun:

Big thanks to Tony and Jenn Butler for calling me to work!  And thanks to Abby (the usual helper for Jenn) for having an art show that weekend and being otherwise occupied.  Big thanks to Reef for my new flip-flops!  (They really ARE ridiculously comfortable.) And thanks to Sweetwater, for putting on this event and organizing it!