“Dark Fall is all of us. It is a representation of NJ surfing, the lives we lead, the friendships we make, and the brotherhood that bonds us to our coastline. New Jersey is but a spec on the map of the surfing world and this film is our outlet, it is a voice that’s going to travel across the globe and explain our story.”

Last week Alex kicked off his first fundraiser for the film. He threw a party up in Seaside Heights where he showed an extended “teaser” for his movie, and raffled off a ton of product provided by Lost, Ezekiel, Smith, Nixon, OAM, Dakine, Sanuk, Ocean Minded, Ergophobia, Movement, and more.. Local Jersey shaper Brian Heritage put a brand new surfboard with his latest “Over Drive System” design. Jumpship played a set including the song they’ve written for the movie that had all the boyz chanting the chorus on stage. Trevor Moran brought his studio set-up and built a photo booth that captured some of the weirdest and most classic moments of the night! The event wrapped on the dance floor with DJ Lugghead spinning beats.

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Taj Burrow is one of the fastest surfers on the planet, so we can only imagine how fast this insane Taj giveaway is gonna fly out of the office and into your hands. This one is so damn easy to win, all you have to do is leave your best caption for this fun photo of Taj in the comments box below. Make sure to register as a user though, otherwise we’ve got no way to contact you if you win.

The Taj super setup includes:

• -Firewire Taj model

• -Billabong wardrobe

• -Creatures of Leisure day bag, leash, and Taj pad

• -Von Zipper shades

• -Globe TB shoes

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The 5^th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest will be back in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina on July 10-12^th at Oceanic Street. This year’s event features a $20,000 pro prize purse. This event is one of the largest surfing contests on the East Coast and attracts surfers from around the world.

Former event champions include professional surfers Rob Machado, Aaron Cormican, Asher Nolan, and Jeremy Johnston. Returning to this year’s event lineup is former ASP World Championship tour standout and hometown hero, Ben Bourgeois, who will be competing in the event. Other pros attending include Tonino Benson, Mike Losness, Heath Walker, Gabe Garcia, Brendan Petticrew, Sean Marceron, Ross Stevens, and Phillip Watters. In all, 96 professional surfers from around the world will descend upon Wrightsville Beach to surf the 3-day event.

Amateur divisions include Guys 15-up, Guys 14-under, Guys Open Longboard, Women 18-up, Girls 17-under, Women’s Open Longboard, the Guppy division, featuring young, beginning surfers, and the crowd favorite Tow-At Expression Session.

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