WILD CARDS ANNOUNCED FOR NELSCOTT REEF SURFING PRO-AM

Local Wild Card, Tyler Muth Photo: Richard Hallman

Posted 10-12-17

LINCOLN CITY, Oregon, October 10th, 2017, Due to overwhelming demand, 10 Barrel Brewing’s Nelscott Reef Pro/Am announces a new selection process for all alternates for the 2017/18 season.

Organizers have decided to take a different approach to choosing alternates for this year. Alternates will be chosen by a public voting system, which will be open for 7 days, to mark the opening of the holding period for the big wave season in Oregon.

“There was a higher than anticipated demand for competing in this year’s Nelscott Pro/Am”, said event organizer, Gabe Smith. “We were, and still are, getting calls daily from people that want in. So, we decided to bring the community in to help make the decision for us, which I think is a first for the Big Wave community”.

Organizers looked at several different approaches to choose from the over 40 athletes that are vying for a chance to get into the contest, and after a suggestion from the teenage son of Safety Director, Eric Akiskalian, decided on an approach that relies strictly on community input.

Voting will be done through the event website nelscottsurf.com, and will be open for 7 days. During that time, the athletes that collect the most likes will earn their spot on the list. There will be 15 alternate slots that will go to the most liked athletes on the website. Ranking will align with the total number of votes.

Voting will start at 12:01 AM on October 15th and will end 7 days later, at midnight on October 21st via the event website at nelscottsurf.com.

In addition to the voting system, organizers are excited to announce 4 Wildcard slots. These go to Nelscott veterans, Peter Mel and Garrett McNamara, Mavericks charger, Ben Andrews, and Oregon up and comer Tyler Muth.

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?‍♂️Men’s Event:
?? Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker – SA
?? Kohl Christenson – HI
?? Lucas Chumbo – BRA
?? Andrew Cotton – UK
?? Tyler Cunningham – OR
?? Collin Dwyer – CA
?? Andres Flores – DOM
?? Alex Gray – CA
?? Nick Lamb – CA
?? Kai Lenny – HI
?? Greg Long – CA
?? Kealii Mamala – HI
?? Landon McNamara – HI
?? Jamie Mitchell – AUS
?? Christopher Mumford – CA
?? Travis Payne – CA
?? Tony Perez – OR
?? Jeremy Rasmussen – OR
?? Will Skudin – NY
?? Cliff Skudin – NY
?? Jamie Sterling – HI
?? Trevor Sven-Carlson – HI
?? Rafael Tapia – CHI
?? Hugo Vau – PORT