VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A professional surfer who competed in Virginia Beach’s inaugural Super Girl Surf Festival says confusion over prize money and delayed payments left her frustrated with event organizers. The company behind the competition says it has since paid the athletes the full amount originally anticipated.
Jazmine Dean, who competed in the festival’s longboard competition, said she placed high enough to earn 25% of the prize money allocated to her group. However, she said about a month passed without payment, prompting repeated communications with ASA Entertainment, the organization that produces the event.
Feeling she was not getting clear answers, Dean said she sent a legal demand seeking the money she believed she was owed…