Featured Rider of the Month: Jeremy Johnston, '10 ECSC Champion
Fresh off a win in epic Virginia Beach at the 2010 Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships, Jeremy Johnston continues to be the last guy you want in your heat in any conditions.
Surfing since the trials, Johnston worked his way through the long weekend grind into Sunday's final, which turned out to be head high and firing thanks to Hurricane Danielle.
The win is Johnston's first ECSC title. Earlier this year he took home the 2010 East Coast Scholastic Surfing Championships in his New Smyrna Beach backyard.
Charged up and more focused than ever, keep an eye on Jeremy to make a big competitive push through the rest of the year and into 2011.
Former USA Surf Team standout, Jeremy is no stranger to the international stage. "I feel like I'm just now hitting my prime," he says. "I can't wait to see what kind of damage I can do on both coasts this coming winter."
And neither can we. Congrats Jeremy on your win!
Hometown: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
D.O.B.: July 11, 1986
Local Spot: NSB Inlet.
Sponsors: Xcel, Dunklevolk Clothing, Arnette Sunglasses, Xtrak SurfTraction, DNA Energy Drink.
Local Crew: Caleb, Eric, Evan, Nils, Gorkin, Devon.
Tunes: La Roux, Swedish House Mafia, Fever Ray, Gucci Mane.
Favorite Wave: No Kandui.
Travel Highlights: Surfing perfect waves in Indo.
Dream Trip and Crew: All the NSB crew on 1 boat in the Mentawais.
When I'm Not Surfing I'm... Spending time with my beautiful girlfriend Breonka, and downloading music off the Internet.
Best Video to Amp to: Stranger than Fiction.
Advantages of Growing Up in Florida: Surfing small waves and amping on doing radical maneuvers on them. And pushing your surfing as much as you can.
As a member of the NSB new school yourself, what is it about New Smyrna that makes all the boys show up and blow up? When the waves are good and all the boys are in town, it makes it something to watch. Everybody's pushing their surfing so much.
Fresh off your ECSC win, you've gotta be frothing for what's on tap going into fall/winter 2010. What's your focus for the coming year? To win as many of these East Coast events as possible, and focus on ASP qualifying events that I can get into. All my energy is going to surfing, I'm pushing it more than ever.
When It's All Said and Done... I do my job the best I can do, to win and push my surfing.
Parting Words: Surf hard and stay focused.
