The Gnarly Charley Surf Series is a series of surf events for kids. It’s held on the beaches of the east coast, primarily Florida. It’s a mentorship and grooming contest series for kids who want to learn to surf in competitions, and it’s an opportunity for kids to be around good role models and other kids. The contests run from summer through mid-fall. The full schedule of events can be found on the surf series website.
Bird Productions produces videos in the town of New Smyrna Beach. This video was published just three days ago. These were the waves over by the inlet over the weekend.
This storm took shape as tropical storm Bertha in the carribean near Barbados. It needed to cross harsh atmospheric environment and land masses before it was able to strengthen into a hurricane. After emerging into open water of the western atlantic it began to strengthen and just as it emerged into the wave window for most of east Florida it’s winds were sustained at 75 mph, the minimum to be categorized as a hurricane. At 3am on Monday tropical storm Bertha’s winds were sustained at 65 miles per hour. By nine in the morning the winds were sustained at 70 miles per hour; not quite hurricane winds. At 3pm the reconissance team returned with evidence of sustained winds at 80mph, and so on August 4 at 3pm the storm was considered a Hurricane. Continue reading Tropical Storm/Hurricane Bertha
