VIRGINIA BEACH -- The wave action near Rudy Inlet this week has been less than spectacular.
"They all say it's not even worth coming out," lamented surfer Josh Cummins of Virginia Beach.
And it's not like this is the only section along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront that is not seeing a whole lot of waves.
"My nephew is a Lt. Cdr. in the Navy here and we were down on their beach at the Naval beach just a couple miles south of here and it's the same- low and slow. Flat!," said Larry Rohr of Richmond.
With the East Coast Surfing Championships coming up August 22nd, the sponsors are considering holding a symbolic burning of the surfboard as a sacrifice to the wave gods.
"Years ago, it was done and the only difference we'll do this year is have the blessings of the city," said D. Nachnani of Coastal Edge.
The city of Virginia Beach did its part to build up an area near Rudy Inlet that was an underwater hole.
"Pumped in some dredge material in the area so we are going to get a continuous swell all the way to the jetty. This area is going to be the pro surf area and this is the amateur, so they've actually as you can see we're getting waves over here right now," said George Alcaraz, general manager of the East Coast Surfing Championships.
One of the defending champions of the ECSC weighed in on the wave action as he was practicing this Friday.
"I'd say it's typical for July. Once August comes it starts to pick up. We're early August, you know, once that end of summer/early fall comes, that's when we start to get some waves," said Sean Knight.
