Charles (Max) Egerton

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Very easy to work with and learn from while open to learning more at any and all possibilities. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Education:

• Graduated top 10% of my High School Class on honor role.

Surfing:

• Member of the World Surf League, competed on professional circuit from 2017-2019
• 2nd place East Coast O'Neill Championship 2018
• 1st overall for short board in the Mid Atlantic region for NSSA 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Sponsors over the years: Imperial Motion, FCS, Savage Surfboards, 17th Street Surf shop, WRV Surfboards

UNCW Surf Team:

• 2021 King Of Clubs North: College surf club event were every college from New York to the Florida Keys came to attend the event and compete. I directed the contest with the help of some UNCW Surf club members. My jobs included location booking, beach permits, event scaffolding, announcing, scheduled heats, heat construction, announcing and commentating, some judging, award ceremony and concert, noise ordinance, after party and clean up. I also got hospitalized from a car hitting me on a skateboard the day before the event and still followed through with my duties because working hard in rough conditions is a normal thing for me.
• Captain of the 2023 UNCW Surf Team: We placed 2nd at National Surfing Scholarship Association East Coast Championship

Frogglez Goggles

• Dive Mask, I successfully designed a dive mask that is built with a tempered glass screen using a patented neoprene dive strap from Frogglez Goggles that had to be tested, altered, and reproduced with trial and error until a successful product was produced.

Certification:

• OSHA Certified
• NC Boating certified
• SDI Open Water Scuba Diving Certified

World Surf League

National Surfing Scholarship Association

Eastern Surfing Association

University North Carolina Wilmington

• UNCW Surf Club
• UNCW Surf Team (Captain)
• UNCW Skate Club

United States Methodist Church

Appalachia Service Project

Ever since I was seven years old, surfing has been the Ikigai, or driving force, in my life. The passion I have for surfing has fueled endless hours of training, practice and competition that have qualified me to compete for the World Surfing League and national regional leagues such as the National Surfing Scholarship Association (NSSA), Eastern Surfing Association (ESA), and multiple other series and pro-amateur contests. Competition in these various leagues involves a year-round commitment, requiring a great deal of dedication, travel and practice. Although I have been blessed to have the support of administration, my commitment to the sport and to my academic achievement has left little time for involvement in school-sponsored clubs and organizations. My achievements related to surfing include competitive recognition for numerous East Coast Competitive Surfing titles and the luxury of sponsorships by companies such as Imperial Motion whose clothing and wetsuits I represented and Wilmington’s own Savage Surfboards, whose boards I surf exclusively in all my events.  Surfing has always been a lifeline for me, providing me insight for how I structure myself with my schoolwork, training, social life, relationships and family. As stated by Andy Irons, “I surf because it keeps my life at an even keel; without it I would tip into the oblivion.” Surfing is the biggest part of my identity and is truly what I live for. Surfing has especially allowed me access to the same skill sets that may apply to my snowboarding and skateboarding which has in hand made me very talented at both sports.

Aside from surfing, I am very involved in my local church, Swansboro United Methodist, at which I volunteer around our community with constantly along with taking mission trips such as Appalachia Service Project (ASP) where we go out to the Appalachia Mountains for a week during each summer and rebuild the houses of those in need.