We've noticed all the great photos everyone has been uploading here.  So we're holding an informal photo contest during the 2011 US Open of Surfing.  

We'll choose one winning photo that we'll place in the OC Register newspaper US Open recap story.  

**8/10 update:  Congratulations to community member William Michael Foley.  You've won the 2011 US Open community photo contest. 

Williams winning photos in the Outdoors section of the August 10th OC Register newspaper:

2010 OC Surf US Open community winning photo from Steve Shambeck:

Congratulations to Steve Shambeck for submitting this photo of Jadson Andre in 2010! This photo earned him the new Timmy Patterson Surfboard! We've compiled a slideshow of our top 35 favorites HERE. Check it out

 

How to enter:

Sign in or create an OC Surf Community profile by clicking the “Sign Up” button in the upper right hand corner of the Screen

·Upload your photos by clicking on “Photos” in the navigational bar and following the simple upload instructions. Captions in the photos are helpful
Thats it!

What can you win?

Our panel of judges will choose a photo that will be featured in the OC Register newspaper

Details:

·After you upload your photos, feel free to interact with other members, as well as comment and rate other community member photos.

·You may upload as many photos as you like, but remember to be respectful of other members in the community. We have the right to terminate your membership in the ocsurf.orangecounty.com community site

·We will announce a winner the week following the US Open of Surfing.

(We want to hear what you have to say about other community member photos as well. If you like a particular photo, give it a good rating. Our judges like to see what the community has to say!)

Remember that the ocsurf.orangecounty.com user community is always alive with content, and community members post surfing news and their photos all year long.

See all the entries by Clicking HERE

Submission period:

To be officially entered in this contest, only photos submitted into the ocsurf.orangecounty.com website from July 31st 12:00AM PST through August 8th 12:00AM PST will be eligible for entry into this contest. (Midnight on Monday)