Contest kookiness
Team Tennis rallied for a victory at the first annual Back to the Beach Community Surfing Contest on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Jes Alsop | SEE THE CONTEST PHOTO GALLERY
The surf gods blessed The Reef at Lawrencetown Beach with perfect weather and wave conditions for the first annual Back to the Beach Community Surfing Contest on Sunday.
The team division in the family-fun event featured some buffoonery from the likes of the hula-dancing High Tiders (pictured).
The division was won by a trio of surfers called Team Tennis, who were dressed John McEnroe/Bjorn Borg-style and carried old school wooden rackets.
Other teams in the division included the speedo-clad Team Lifeguard, who finished second, the peace-loving Hippy Hos, and surfing royalty, The Kings.
In the individual division, surfers were required to use funky surfboards they had never ridden before. A surf punk with a spiked Mohawk (Myles Baldwin) was the eventual winner. Ben Emodi and David Rodrique came in second and third respectively.
The event, organized by the Surfing Association of Nova Scotia (SANS), drew a solid crowd of curious onlookers as well as embarrassed friends and family members.
To see the contest photo gallery, click here. Photos courtesy of Jes Alsop, owner of the Lawrencetwon Beach House.
