2024 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS PRESENTED BY THE OUTER BANKS VISITORS BUREAU®, FLORIDA’S SPACE COAST & THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

ESA 2025 championship Events

Southeast Regionals

April 11-13, 2025 : Melbourne Beach, FL

Mid-Atlantic Regionals

Apr 25-27, 2025 : Jennette’s Pier, Nags Head, NC

Northeast Regionals

May 9-11, 2025 : Ocean City, MD

Easterns®

Sept 14-20, 2025 : Nags Head, NC

2016 ESA Easterns® presented by The Outer Banks Tourism Bureau

Nearly 300 of the East Coast’s best amateur surfers will compete during the 49th annual Eastern Surfing Association’s (ESA) Easterns® Surfing Championship at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina this Sunday, Sept. 18 through Saturday, Sept. 24.   ESA’s annual...

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2016 ESA Marsh Scholarship Fund recipients announced

The Eastern Surfing Association is excited to announce its 2016 recipients of the Marsh Scholarship Fund awards.  Applications for the Marsh Scholarship Fund are accepted from ESA members who will be attending college and apply by the deadline. Established in the...

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NORTHEAST SURFERS BATTLE FOR ESA REGIONAL CHAMPION TITLES

Surfers from Maine through New Jersey braved the cold water and big waves in Belmar, New Jersey, this past weekend to claim victory in the Eastern Surfing Association’s 2016 Northeast Regional Surfing Championship presented by Aerial Media Productions.  The top...

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ESA’S BEST MID-ATLANTIC SURFERS TRIUMPHED IN CAROLINA BEACH

Hundreds of surfers from Delaware through South Carolina ventured to Carolina Beach, North Carolina this past weekend for the Eastern Surfing Association’s 2016 Mid-Atlantic Regional Surfing Championship.   Surfers were vying for a chance to qualify for ESA’s...

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2016 ESA CROWNS SOUTHEAST CHAMPIONS IN BIG WAVES

Surfers triumphed over rough conditions to impress judges and claim victory at the Eastern Surfing Association’s 2016 Southeast Regional Surfing Championship presented by Long Doggers this past weekend.   Competitors came from all over the state of Florida, Georgia...

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In Memory of Cecil Lear

The ESA’s co-founder and dear friend,Cecil Lear, peacefully passed away on Sunday, January 16 with his beloved family by his side. A pioneer and advocate for East Coast surfers, Cecil will be greatly missed by the worldwide surfing community. In lieu of flowers, his family has asked that memorial donations be made to organizations closest to Cecil’s heart. Click below to show your support.