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"\"&lt;div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1000075387 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\\/after-the-storm-easterns-friday-photo-gallery-and-update\\/attachment\\/kevin-cox\\/'&gt;&lt;img width=\\\"150\\\" height=\\\"100\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2008\\/09\\/kevin-cox.jpg\\\" class=\\\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\\\" alt=\\\"kevin-cox\\\" \\/&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;After the nor\\u2019easter that pounded the Outer Banks for the better half of this week, flooding roads and shutting down power for thousands, it was starting to look like Easterns would have to be run in some pounding surf. Friday morning, things got underway after a day off on Thursday as the brunt of the storm came onshore. Thankfully no little menehunes blew away into the Atlantic, due in part to the foresight and precautions of the ESA. With the nor\\u2019easter conditions starting to dissipate, Friday saw the running of the real death heat at Easterns; the Jr. Mens semi-main death heat that is.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;With conditions much more manageable today (three- to- five-foot surf and light onshore breezes), they opted to run two contests zones throughout the day to get caught up on heats after Thursday\\u2019s lay day. Running dual heats throughout the day set the stage for Saturday, which is when we\\u2019ll find out who will take top honors in their respective divisions. And at Easterns everyone is wondering if the sweep (Open Shortboard and Jr. Men\\u2019s wins) is going to happen for the fifth year in a row.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The two Jr. Mens semi-finals will run Saturday morning, and the two competitors still in it who are most likely to pull off the sweep: Nick Rupp and Cole Richards. They both put up solid showings in the Open Shortboard final earlier this week (though the official results haven\\u2019t been announced yet), and both are through to the semi-finals for the Jr. Men\\u2019s division. But they\\u2019ve still got to make it through their four-man (top two advancing) semis heats, which are double elimination.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;There were a few big upsets today in the Jr. Men\\u2019s division with Balaram Stack falling in the quarterfinals, and Chris Kelly being ousted in the semi-main death heat. Balaram surfed a hell of a heat, but caught twelve waves, and was penalized costing him a first place finish in the heat, bumping him all the way down to fifth.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Chris Kelly\\u2019s exit from Easterns took place in the semi-main death heat that saw six surfers (Chris Tucker, Mikee Fitts, Frank Roper, Jonathan Mincher, Kevin Cox, and Chris Kelly) all battling for the last five spots in the two semi-finals. Though Chris still has a legitimate shot at taking the Open Shortboard division from earlier in the week, with the winner being announced tomorrow. So today\\u2019s narrow defeat wasn\\u2019t even close to being a blemish on the year for this New Jersian by any means, though he was definitely hoping to repeat his brother Rob\\u2019s sweep of both divisions from last year.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Things on Saturday will be kicking off with the continuance of the Menehune Longboard heats, then the Jr. Mens 4 man semi-final. Also set for tomorrow is the Boys, Girls, Jr. Womens finals, and will cap things off with the coveted Jr. Mens final. We&amp;#8217;re also heading back to the Lighthouse for tomorrow&amp;#8217;s competition. Stay tuned to transworldsurf.com and surfesa.org for updates from the final day of the 2008 ESA Easterns.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schedule for Saturday&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;Time       Heat# &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7:00 AM    32A    Menehune Longboard Round 1&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7:15 AM    33A    Menehune Longboard Round 1&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7:30 AM    34A    Menehune Longboard Round 1&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n7:45 AM    35A    Menehune Longboard Round 1&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8:00 AM    36A    Menehune Longboard Round 1&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8:15 AM    37A    Junior Mens 4 man semi final&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8:30 AM    38A    Junior Mens 4 man semi final&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n8:45 AM    27B    Menehunes Semi Main&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n9:00 AM    39    Menehune Longboard Round 2&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n9:15 AM    40    Menehune Longboard Round 2&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n9:30 AM    41    Menehune Longboard Round 2&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n9:45 AM    42    Junior Longboard Round 2 Semi Final&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n10:00 AM    43    Junior Longboard Round 2 Semi Final&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n10:15 AM    44    Menehune Longboard Semi Main&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n10:30 AM    45    Menehune Bodyboard Semi Final&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n10:45 AM    46    Menehune Bodyboard Semi Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;11:00 AM    47    Junior Longboard Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;11:20 AM    48    Menehune Longboard Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;11:40 AM    49    Girls Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;12 Noon    50    Menehune Bodyboard Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;12:20PM    51    Junior Womens Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;12:40 PM    52    Menehunes Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;1:00 PM    53    Boys Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;1:20 PM    54    Junior Mens Final&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;1:40 PM    55    East Coast Hall of Fame&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;2:00 PM        All Star Tag Team&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n30 Minutes &amp;#8211; 4 prsn &amp;#8211; 2 Waves&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n2:30 PM        Contest Breakdown\\/Pack Truck\\/Beach Sweep&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;3:30 PM        Awards &amp;#8211; Natural Art Surf Shop&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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