Red Bull Foam Wreckers in Ocean City this saturday

 

OCEAN CITY, Md,. – A big surf event is set to hit the waves of ocean city this weekend.

Red Bull Foam Wreckers contest is where participants use foam soft top surfboards.

Before each surfer’s heat they’ll spin the “Wheel of Shred” to determine which Catch Surf soft-board model they’ll be using. Then they’ll paddle out with a group of 6 to 10 people, all on different soft-boards, and proceed to stake their claim as the most “unique” soft-board surfer.

This event is not competitive its all about having fun.

You have to be 16 or older to participate.
Ben Gravy a semi professional surfer tells us that Ocean City is the perfect location for the event.

Gravy says “The surfing community down here just understands stoke we wanna get people down to the beach we want people who are gonna be excited about it, people who are going to enjoy themselves, and its just such a great community of surfers who like to have fun down here so we thought it was the perfect place to bring the event.”

The event will run from 9am to 3pm on the beach side of 40th street.

For more information you can visit their website at http://RedBull.com/FoamWreckers.

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