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"\"&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000075334 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'&gt;&lt;figure class='gallery-item'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;div class='gallery-icon landscape'&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t\\t&lt;a href='http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/surf\\/sa-championships-wednesday-photo-gallery\\/attachment\\/esa-wed\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"100\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/09\\/esa-wed.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"esa-wed\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;\\n\\t\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n\\t\\t&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\\n&lt;p&gt;Closed and flooded roads, 60 mph winds, and cross-shore currents that\\u2019ll take you to Davey Jones Locker\\u2014Welcome to the 2008 ESA Championships baby!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Wednesday saw the beginning of what Easterns is known for: the kids divisions. That\\u2019s what it\\u2019s all about on the East Coast, and making sure they\\u2019re having the time of their lives is what\\u2019s important. Though the surf offered up chest to head high reeling lefts, it was a bit tough to actually make it out of the little nugs that were coming through.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In the last few years it\\u2019s been all about the Jr. Men\\u2019s and Open Shortboard divisions at Easterns. And we were blessed today to see the beginning of the Open Shortboard division. Today\\u2019s Open Shortboard Final saw Cody Leugtugens, Nick Rupp, Billy Olsen, Cole Richards, Keto Burns, and Chris Kelly battling the nor\\u2019easter for supremacy.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The results from all the kids\\u2019 divisions aren\\u2019t announced until the completion of competition, and it wasn\\u2019t too apparent after the horn sounded. Nick Rupp had a few solid lefts with foamball hits that carried him down the beach. Cole Richards put up a solid turn or two, but didn\\u2019t really connect his waves through. Keto Burns pulled into a couple little drainers, but couldn\\u2019t come quite come out of them. Billy Olsen caught a couple of waves that allowed for some solid backside hits, and Chris Kelly caught a few that ran him down the beach after some legitimate backside turns. So there\\u2019s really no telling who took it at this point, we\\u2019ll just have to wait for the awards ceremony later this week.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Also running today was the previously mentioned, rebellious Women\\u2019s Longboard final, as well as the Open Bodyboard final.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;At the moment, we\\u2019re getting pounded with wind and rain, way more then we\\u2019ve experienced so far this week. And it\\u2019s only going to get crazier from here on out. Hopefully we can reap the benefits of some cleaner surf, but we\\u2019re just gonna have to wait. A big shout out to all the competitors today who braved the victory at sea conditions and the ESA for completing a full day\\u2019s work in close to uncontestable conditions. Competition is off for today, and should get underway again tomorrow. Stay tuned to transworldsurf.com and &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.surfesa.org\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;surfesa.org&lt;\\/a&gt; for all updates on the competition. &amp;#8211; &lt;em&gt;Justin Cote and Ryan Brower&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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