Saturday, September 08, 2007

September 8th 2007

It's official, subtropical storm Gabrielle has formed in the Atlantic. Photographer Dwayne Fleming captures the team in Flagler County. We are please to announce two new sponsors for this year's episode...

Tropical Storm outlook
AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.8 WEST OR ABOUT280 MILES...450 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED AS GABRIELLE ACQUIRES MORE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

9.06 - 09.07 surf shots
We hit up some spots yesterday under the hot sun and with unrelentless on shore winds to score some nice sessions. The swell is predicted to peak this morning but we may get a little additional push through Sunday. Here are some pictures of the last couple of days by photographer, Dwayne Fleming. Check out his website for more shots here

Jimmy B., Haley Watson, Rob Fulmer
New Sponsor Report
We are happy to announce two additional sponsors to our growing list of contributors, Extreme Rooster and Resin 8 Surfboards. We will be contributing video to Extreme Rooster's website and featuring our team rider, Jimmy Blumenfeld. Jimmy is putting ink to his new contract deal with Extreme Rooster soon and we are very stoked to be joining forces with a motivated team at SportsRooster.com.
President of Resin8 Surfboards, David Gray will be stepping up to a banner sponsor position with a donation of a nice quiver of resin8 boards.
As always, stay tuned for more info...
Max




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