East Coast Surfing Championships

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2024 East Coast Surfing Championships

The East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC) is an annual surfing contest held in late August in Virginia Beach, Virginia on the oceanfront, and is one of the United States Surfing Federation's major amateur events.

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The event originated in a summer 1962 beach and surf party organized by a group of teens at Gilgo Beach on Long Island, New York. [1] It moved to Virginia Beach the following year, and is now the longest-running surfing contest in the world [2] and a major source of tax revenue for Virginia Beach, attracting more than 100,000 people a year. [3] [4] In 2011, the Association of Surfing Professionals designated the pro division a 4-star event and the junior division a 4-star junior qualifying event. [5] The 2020 ECSC was not canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but took place with health precautions including live-streaming. [2] [6] However, the 2020 and 2021 events were not World Surf League qualifying series championships. In 2022, a women's World Surf League qualifying series event was added. [7]

Men's and women's professional and amateur surfing events are held throughout the week, plus other beach sporting events such as volleyball, a 5k oceanfront run, and a swimsuit competition. The ECSC also includes live music, BMX, skateboarding and skimboarding exhibitions, and in some years freestyle motocross. [8] [9] [10] [11]

The ECSC is organized by the Virginia Beach Jaycees, a chapter of the United States Jaycees; its primary sponsor is Coastal Edge Surf Shop, [6] [12] which became name sponsor in 2013. [13] The Jaycees established the ECSC Legends Hall of Fame awards in 2005. [10]

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Freestyle motocross at the 2017 ECSC
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2017 ECSC

Past winners

Open/pro
YearMen
1963 Jack Roland Murphy [14]
1964John Eakes [14]
1965D. W. Carter [14]
1966Gary Propper [14]
1967Steve Bigler [14]
1968 Corky Carroll [14]
1969Joe Roland [14]
1970Dennis Doyle [14]
1971Dennis Doyle [14]
1972Jimbo Brothers [14]
1973 Yancy Spencer III [14]
1974Jeff Arensman [14]
1975Bennett Strickland [14]
1976Kim Hickman [14]
1977Kim Hickman [14]
1978Dave Nuckles [14]
1979Allen White [14]
1980Wes Laine [14]
1981Wes Laine [14]
1982Buddy Pelletier [14]
1983Matt Kechele [14]
1984John Futch [14]
1985Richie Rudolph [14]
1986Richie Rudolph [14]
1987Scott McCranels [14]
1988Scott McCranels [14]
1989Steve Anest [14]
1990David Speir [14]
1991Alan Burke [14]
1992Matt Kechele [14]
1993Shane Stoneland [14]
1994Jeff Deffenbaugh [14]
1995John Logan [14]
1996Ryan Simmons [14]
1997Danilo Costa [14]
1998 Tom Curren [14]
1999 Taylor Knox [14]
2000Marco Polo [14]
2001Bryan Hewitson [14]
2002Dino Andino [14] [15]
2003Jason Reagan [14]
2004Eric Taylor [14]
2005Aaron Cormican [14]
2006Aaron Cormican [14]
2007Aaron Cormican [14]
2008Asher Nolan [14]
2009Aaron Cormican [14]
2010Jeremy Johnston [14]
2011 Kolohe Andino [14] [16]
2012Jean Da Silva [16] [17]
2013 Patrick Gudauskas [16] [18]
2014Michael Dunphy [16] [19]
2015 Kanoa Igarashi [16]
2016 Evan Geiselman [16]
2017Keanu Asing [16]
2018 Hiroto Ohhara [16] [20]
2019Luke Gordon [16]
2020Noah Schweizer [21]
2021Dylan Hord [22]
2022Jett Schilling [16]
2023 Kolohe Andino [15] [16]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Stacy Parker (January 1, 2021). "East Coast Surfing Championships captures title as longest-running continuous surf contest in the world". The Virginian-Pilot.
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