7th Annual Reef Sweetwater PRO AM 2011 | Oceanic Street, Wrightsville Beach, NC

July 15th-17th kicked off this years 7th Annual Reef Sweetwater Pro Am at Oceanic Street along the shores of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. In its 7th year, the Reef Sweetwater Pro Am attracts thousands of spectators, surfers and professional athletes from around the globe, flocking to the North Carolina Coast for a weekend of fun in the sun. Once again this year, we were blessed with a stomach to chest high swell that stuck around all weekend, providing ample conditions for competitors to compete towards the $20,000 prize purse. I shot the majority of the contest on friday, saturday, and sunday, through all divisions: Pro, Junior, Longboard, Womens, and guppies. I’ve put together two slideshows of the event. The first one is of the finals on Sunday July 17th. Finalists include Phillip Goold, Aaron Cormican, Fisher Heverly and Rob Machado. The second slideshow is a compilation of competition highlights throughout the three day festival. Enjoy!

Click the image for a slideshow of the finals!

Click the image for a slide show of the whole event!

Many thanks to the Reef, Sweetwater, Tony Butler, Event Staff, Sponsors, Volunteers and folks who make this event a success year after year!

Full Results can be found here!

2010 Reef Sweetwater Pro Am Surf Fest – Wrightsville Beach, NC – July 17th

Made it out on saturday to shoot some action from the Reef Sweetwater Pro Am Surf Fest at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Couldn’t make it on sunday to catch the finals, but congrats to Michael Powell for taking the win and Ben Bourgeois for taking second. Heres a handful of shots from saturday. Also be sure to check out the full gallery here.

Reef Sweetwater Pro Am – Wrightsville Beach, NC – July 10-12th 2009

Only made it out for a short period of time on friday. The swell kinda of dwindled out saturday and sunday. But here are a handful of shots from friday morning.

Click on the image below for a slide show.

Photo Of The Week – December 08, 2008

Here’s another one from the April trip to Puerto Rico. I swear, everytime I look in those folders from the trip I discover some hidden gems. For this photo I had to walk barefoot over a rock reef to get close enough to get off a good shot. This was at Ponce Beach and the Southwestern tip of the island. Notice the island peering over the horizon in the background.

Reef/ Sweetwater Pro-Am

Click on the photos for a slideshow of all the action.