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Petition to Stop Discriminatory Airline Surfboard Baggage Fees!

Surfers travel the world over in search of waves. Like everyone else, surfers also travel for business, family and a variety of other leisure pursuits. Yet Delta Airlines has taken a position that makes a huge distinction: Travel with a surfboard and you will pay, and pay dearly.

Direct from the Delta Airlines website, as of August 29, 2008 is the following:

One item of surfing equipment is accepted as baggage for $175 (for travel within the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico) and $300 (for travel outside the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico).

Simply put, traveling with 2 boards to a surf destination could cost you $1200 round trip, likely far in excess of the price of a seat on the very same plane.  Read more and Sign the Petition

10th Anniversary Light The Night Walk Surfboard Raffle

On November 1st at the 31st street Park in Virginia Beach to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 1st Prize is a Custom 9'0" Long Board from Pure glass Surfboards w/ Board Bag Donated by Whalebone Surf Shop. Tickets are $10.00 each and can be purchased by contacting Billy at webranger@cox.net or at 757-581-5802.You can also send a check or money order to: Surfers for " The Night", 2300 Whitewash Court, Va.Beach,Va. 23456.Make checks payable to: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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Eastern Surf Championships

Today is the last day as the youth finalist paddle out in 1-2' overhead surf.  The surf should be cleaning up some this afternoon and should prove to be a great show from the beach.  We'll be down there all day giving out free shirts and stickers.  Check it out if your down this way. 

~ Kevin

Upcoming ESA Contest

Neptune Festival
September 27-28 @ 8th Street

ESA VA #4
October 11-12 @ 1st. Street, VB

Click here for more infomation: http://va.surfesa.org/html/contests.htm

Hurricane Report 2008

Dr. Gray's team at Colorado State University has published their annual April extended range forecast for the Atlantic Basin. Information gathered through March 2008 indicates that the 2008 tropical season will be much more active than the average 1950-200 season. The table below summarizes their estimates.

Named Storms 15
Hurricanes 8
Major Hurricanes 4