The 5th annual Salty Sweet Pro/Am returns to Cocoa Beach! The Salty Sweet competitionis one of the largest women’s surf events in the country with pro and amateur divisions. Many of the competitors began surfing at young ages here on Florida’s Space Coast. Early on, the event earned Eastern Surf Magazine’s “Best New Contest” award. This year, the competition is sponsored by Florida’s Space Coast Office of Tourism through it’s Sports Marketing Program.
The Cocoa Beach Pier hosts the competition each year. Admission is free, with $20 parking available at the Pier. This year, the contest starts at 9am on Saturday, October 13 and concludes with finals and awards ceremony on Sunday, October 14. The weekend weather forecast is breezy with partly cloudy skies.
For more information and an event schedule, visit the official Salty Sweet website. Contact King Rentals to accommodate your stay for this fantastic contest!
The NFK Surf Festival is returning to Cocoa Beach this Labor Day Weekend! The National Kidney Foundation Surf Festival is an annual event hosted by Phil Salick, to honor his brother Rich Salick and raise awareness for kidney disease, with an emphasis on prevention & support for organ donation. It is the largest surfing charity foundation in the world that features professional and amateur surfing competitions, stand up paddleboarding and tandem competitions, skateboarding, karate, entertainment, family fun, and volunteering. All of the proceeds from this event go towards support programs in patient services, research, public and professional education and organ donation. The event has raised over $4 million dollars for charity and scholarships since it began, and bring thousands of tourists to Florida’s Space Coast each year.
This year, the festival will be held at Westgate Resort’s Cocoa Beach Pier with surfing heats on Saturday, September 1st through Monday, September 3rd. Live music, food vendors, a movie on the beach, an auction, and more are available for spectators, in addition to some incredible surfing. The weekend forecast indicates some chance of storms early in the morning, with partly cloudy skies during the day. For an updated surf forecast, check Magic Seaweed’s Surf Report.
For more information, visit the official NKF Surf Festival website. If you are planning to visit the Space Coast and are in need of accommodations, give us a call at (321)-784-5046 or e-mail us at [email protected]!
This weekend marks the 30th Annual NKF Surf Festival here in Cocoa Beach; the festival was founded by Richard K. Salick three decades ago to help raise awareness about kidney health, and to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation. Richard suffered from kidney failure during the peak of his surfing career, and after his brother donated a kidney, he set out to raise awareness for kidney disease and other kidney ailments. This year’s events will begin on Thursday, September 3 with a VIP, Sponsor, and Press party followed by competitor registration on Friday. Competitive events will begin on Saturday and continue through Labor Day at the Cocoa Beach Pier. The NKF Surf Festival is the largest charitable surfing event in the world; while the proceeds were initially small, just $129, the Salick family has since raised over $5 million for kidney patients throughout Florida.
For a detailed schedule of events, and more history on the Surf Festival, click here. To read more on the weekend surf forecast, click here.
If you are planning to visit the Space Coast and are in need of accommodations, give us a call at (321)-784-5046 or e-mail us at [email protected]!
