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President's Message
 

Travis

Holy #%@$^*! we did it! A collective sigh went out across the Tourmaline parking lot late Saturday June 14th. It seems PBSC had pulled it off again. This time the Tenth Annual Pacific Beach Summer Longboard Classic was a smash with surf in the three to four foot range, and more competitors than we've ever had. Nice job crew, you know who you are.

On behalf of the Pacific Beach Surf Club, we would like to thank all of our generous sponsors and the volunteers who've dedicated their time to making this happen. That of course will be the topic of discussion at our next meeting, (nice segway huh?) anyways, the next meeting for general membership will be Thursday, July 10th, at Round Table Pizza at 1221 Garnet Avenue in PB. 7:00 pm, 6:30 for Board members. Bring friends as we will be signing up new members all meeting.

Now Shut Up and Surf.

Travis Long
President and Team Captain 2008
Contest Report
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The club's tenth annual contest at tourmaline

By Richard Steadham

June 14, 2008, saw the club return to Tourmo for the 10th Annual Summer Longboard Classic, which also saw the return of classic conditions for this contest: gloomy and windy—all day. The exception was of the last couple of heats at the end and the awards ceremony following those. Talk about bad luck, just the day before (Friday) and the day after (Sunday) it was sunny and glassy for the most part, for both those days. Go figure.

JudgesEven though the weather was less than ideal, you couldn't tell it on the faces—or in the attitudes—of all who were there, both competing and watching. Though wind was an ever-present factor during all the heats, there was still some good wave energy in the water, which provided the competitors with enough juice to pull off some amazing rides for the judges to score.

Around tent city there was plenty of action too with displays from Masi Surfboards, Mushroom Matrix, John Slavin Photograpy and our charity beneficiary,

Wildcoast. As in years past, there was a tent for buying raffle tickets, one for buying food, one for buying contest t-shirts and other merchandise, and one for new member and contest registrations.

Thanks to all our dedicated volunteers who gave up a chunk of their day managing all these tents. A big thanks goes out to our judges again this year too, sitting there all day in lousy weather, yet scoring each rider's performace with accuracy and fairness.

For everyone who came out to support the club by being there and being a part, thanks. For those who competed, a big thanks! Below are those who made it to the finals.

Results

Menehune Boys: 0-14
1. Lucas Dirkse
2. Preston Crowell
3. Ricky Cunningham
4. Tate Kim
5. Cody Sherman
6. Patrick O’Connor

Junior Men: 15-19
1. Preston Crowell
2. Nick D’Rov
3. Luke Emerson
4. Shaun Murphy
5. Jake Wright
6. Connor Greenbaugh

Men: 20-34
1. Micah Wood
2. Jerry Swearingin
3. Matt Dalton
4. Jason Lykissias
5. Travis Perkins
6. Isaac Wood

Senior Men: 35-49
1. Masi Saili
2. Mike Gillard
3. Jeff Warner
4. Jim “Spinner Boy” Cameron
5. Pete Robson
6. Dave Washkowiak

Masters: 50 and Up
1. Pablo Smith
2. Whitney Guild
3. Ron Greene
4. Jeff Sinott
5. Otis Sistrunk
6. Joe Rigby

Men 60+
1. Otis Sistrunk
2. Tony Maldi
3. Dr. Lenny
4. Gary Baum
5. Bruce St. Jean

Menehune Girls: 0-14
1. Bryn Lutz
2. Harley Taisch
3. Tiare Thompson
4. Mikela Saili
5. Ashley Sawyers
6. Alex Cunningham

Junior Women: 15-29
1. Mele Saili
2. Erin Lewis
3. Winnie Riley
4. Michelle Connelly
5. Jacky Vinson
6. Debra Hoyt

Senior Women: 30 and Up
1. Hayley Nemeroff
2. Jane Mold
3. Lorraine Schmalenberger
4. Caroline Draper
5. Aida Welch
6. Kathy Austin

Cat Heat: Open
1. Celia Treamer
2. Mele Saili
3. Mikela Saili
4. Janet Shakleton
5. Alex Cunningham
6. Tiare Thompson

Dog Heat: Open
1. Tate Kim
2. Jared Fox
3. Ricky Cunningham
4. Foster Thompson
5. Dutch Drinko
6. Brendon Shackleton

Stand Up Paddle: Open
1. Yann Quilfer
2. Whitney Guild
3. Kevin Coffman
4. Jeff Warner
5. Mike Gillard
6. Andre Niemeyer
 

Menehune Boys
Junior Men
Men
Senior Men
Masters
Men 60+
Menehune Girls
Junior Women
Senior Women
Cat Heat
Dog Heat
Stand Up Paddle

All the above photos are by Ron Greene. To see about 100 more of Ron's images from the contest, there're up on the My Local Lineup site, but you'll need to be a registered user in order to see them. If you're not a registered user yet, what in the heck are you waiting for, an engraved invitation? Get on over there, log in and check them out by clicking

here.

Andre Niemeyer from My Local Lineup took photos of the contest that you can see here.

Eric from My Local Lineup even has some video coverage of the event that you can see here, which is all pretty cool except for the part where I'm on camera during one segment rattling on about this and that.

Matt Melin has photos he took at the contest that you can see

here. No log in required at this site.
 

Jun 28: Club member, Chris Rule's, Surfindian Surf Boutique Opening Night, Featuring Skip Frye and Andy Davis; Saturday, 7-10:30pm; 4658 Mission Blvd., Pacific Beach (see flyer below).

Surfindian

Jun 29: Summer Longboard Classic Committee Members Meeting; 6:30 pm, The High Dive, 1801 Morena Blvd.; We call this the "Post Mordem" meeting, as we'll go over the finances of the contest and see where the money came from and where it went. Planning for the "Sponsors Thank You Party" will also be discussed. If you were part of the crew that helped put this whole thing on, come out and help us tie up the loose ends and put this year's contest to bed.

Jul 10: PBSC Monthly Meeting; 6:30 pm for Board Members, 7:00 pm for general membership; Round Table Pizza (back room), 1221 Garnet Avenue in PB.

Club Calendar
 
 

Lead photo this month is by Ron Greene.

For more, visit the PB Surf Club website at: www.pbsurfclub.org

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Editor & Designer: Richard Steadham
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