
With any four day event, the waves are going to change. Sunday, the last and final day, saw waves around one foot with a two footer thrown in here and there. Men’s Pro Winner Matheus Navarro from Brazil making the best of the small conditions on the final day. PHOTO: DUGAN

Stevie Pittman surfed his heart out all the way to a second place in the Mens QS bracket but just could not get past the winner from Brazil. Stevie is just getting started and is traveling the world working on qualification for 2020. PHOTO : DUGAN

With Spring Break in full effect and beautiful weather all week long there was no shortage of beachgoers. PHOTO: DUGAN

Men’s QS Winners: 2nd place Stevie Pittman and 1st place Matheus Navarro. PHOTO: DUGAN

The Beach ‘ N Board Fest was a four day grind with a bit of waves to start the event. Kade Matson from San Clemente, CA made the most of what the ocean offered and ended up the Jr. Pro Winner. Kade redirects on Friday morning’s glassy waves. PHOTO: DUGAN

Jr. Men’s Winners. PHOTO: DUGAN

Floridian Ben Wingate’s run in the Jr’s did not last too long but he did get a few clean waves Friday morning before the winds picked up. PHOTO: DUGAN

OluKai brought their outriggers and gave people a chance to paddle and enjoy the feeling of ancient Hawaii in Cocoa Beach. PHOTO: DUGAN

Caitlin Simmers is from Oceanside, California and is no stranger to winning. In 2018 she was ranked #1 in Girls’ Under 16 West Coast Prime Series and was the NSSA Rookie of the Year after scoring three perfect 10’s at the NSSA Nationals. She brought her A-Game to Florida and took home the win in the Jr Girls’ Pro. PHOTO: DUGAN

Jr. Women’s Winners. PHOTO: DUGAN

Thursday’s opening heats saw some good action with the wind swell on hand. San Clemente’s Hagan Johnson took some time off work from Volcom to head east and try his luck and launched this nice little air. PHOTO: DUGAN

With the most surfers on the WSL World Tour seemingly being from Brazil, you can bet that like a rising, full moon tide there will be more of them flooding into the elite series with every passing year. Caleb Rapson surfed with speed and flair. If he shows up in the next few years it really won’t be a surprise. PHOTO: DUGAN

With World Tour QS points on the line, the event drew competitors from all over the world. Rinta Oooto from Japan speed floats a nice section on Thursday. PHOTO: DUGAN

Daniel Glenn, who has put a few first place trophy’s on the shelf recently, gave it hell but failed to make it all the way even with bangers like this. PHOTO: DUGAN

Kent Compayre getting his dog on with the help of Salty Crew’s CJ Hobgood who was feeding the crowds over the weekend outside of Ron Jon’s. Southern food at its finest. PHOTO: DUGAN
GIF sequence of Robbie Mc Cormick: Dugan

Dropping high scores is nothing new to Noah Schweizer having just won the 2019 Florida Pro at Sebastian Inlet in January. He did get a bit of a roll going in his heats but Noah just could not find the winning waves this day. PHOTO: DUGAN

Cocoa Beach lifeguard’s were on hand for any help you needed. PHOTO: DUGAN

Up, out and over. Robbie McCormick throwing tail. PHOTO: DUGAN

ESA All Star, and recent ESM “Who Da Guy”, Blayr Barton got a spot in the Jr. Pro thru the ESA. He was one of the 4 competitors the ESA was allowed to enter into the main events. He made the Semis but ended up wave starved and was put out. PHOTO: DUGAN

Hailing from Encinitas, CA, Nick Marshall is no stranger to small waves. He learned to surf at Naples Pier on the Gulf Coast of Florida so a bit of groveling in small waves is just par for the course. Nick smacking one in the shore break. PHOTO: DUGAN

Chase Modelski surfed clean and smooth in the small conditions. PHOTO: DUGAN

Another surfer from San Clemente, California Jeff Schilling surfed his way thru the crowded field of on-fire surfers to a 3rd place finish in the Jr. Pro. PHOTO: DUGAN

The girls are chilling and enjoying the warm weekend weather. PHOTO: DUGAN

Traveling from his home in Kona, Hawaii Taro Watanabe might not be use to colder water but his surfing was tight even in the small conditions. PHOTO: DUGAN

Owen Moss, down from the Carolinas, surfed well in the small waves but just could not find the right ones to get two good scores. Keep an eye on Owen as he’s just starting to win heats and show off his aggressive style. PHOTO: DUGAN