Encinitas Surf Festival presents “The Girls Surf Game”
The Encinitas Surf Festival presents "The Girls Surf Game"
For the first time, the National Surf League's "Game" format will be used for all-female high school surf teams from the North San Diego county area.
Participating will be San Dieguito Academy, Carlsbad High School, Torrey Pines High School and Vista High School.
Schedule:
9AM – Game #1: San Dieguito Academy vs. Vista High
11AM – Game #2: Carlsbad High vs. Torrey Pines High School
1PM – Final: Game #1 winner vs. Game #2 winner
A special thanks to the Carlsbad, Vista, and Encinitas Firefighters Associations as well as the following companies support to help make the event happen: Surfinfire (Jon Peterson), Nixon, Boardworks, Liquid Force, Hansen's Surf Shop, Quiksilver, Pipe's Cafe, Moonlight Concessions stand and FUEL TV.
Jersey Shore’s Other Side Explored in MTV2 Surfing Show
Check out this write-up in the Wall Street Journal TV Blog about Season 2 of School of Surf on MTV2:
By Steven Kurutz via WSJ Blogs
A New Jersey surfer ready to dive into the icy winter waves. While MTV’s new reality show, “Jersey Shore,” has drawn much media attention (and criticism), another series chronicling East Coast beach life quietly premiered this week. “School of Surf” follows a group of high school surfers from Ocean City, N.J. as they hunt for elusive waves and advance through a surfing contest that takes them to California.
Click Here to continue reading and exclusive sneak preview of Episode # 2 of School of Surf
America’s Got Talent
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By: Jake Howard, ESPN
High school was an awkward time. I hoped I'd outgrown it, but then I went to the beach this weekend and realized that I'm more of an insecure, self-conscious kook than ever. With the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championships descending upon Trestles this weekend—my regular haunt—high school surf teams from around the country poured onto the sand, set up their little cliques, paddled out, and sadly, most every kid surfed better than me—with the exception of the one girl who pearled after every top turn, I reckon I'd barely beat her out.
Why the self-loathing you ask? Well, for one, it's that the level of a lot of high school-aged surfers never ceases to amaze me. READ MORE…
Gerr’s Championship Highlights
Wow! what a great weekend for High School competitive surfing!! We witnessed some of the most intense games of the year.
Here are some of my highlights:
Newport versus Satellite High with Chase Wilson looking like a WCT pro and getting the first 10 point ride in NSL High School surfing history!! With judges Damien Hobgood, Micah Byrne, Jason Bennett, and Head Judge Willy Smith, that is legit!!
Dane Zaun’s clutch 9.5 in the bottom of the 3rd period of the semi’s against Newport Harbor to put his team in the final showed that deep determination it takes to be a winner in "The Game" format. And then the final game that went to overtime.
Cooper Jones clutch 8.5 in the bottom of the 3rd period and J.D Lewis’ super clutch last wave with 10 seconds left in the game to tie it up and take it to overtime had the whole beach buzzing. But it was Mira Costa led by Senior and future pro surfing star Dane Zaun in O.T. that sealed the deal.
Congratulations to Mira Costa High School! They are the Red Bull Riders Cup 09 Champions and the best surfing high school in continental United States.
Next year we hope to include more high schools including Hawaii.
This season was a great success!! Thanks to all the pro surfers that helped out in every region, thanks to all the coaches, teachers, and helpers, thanks to Red Bull and all their people, Red Bull Girls for handing out trophies and hugging the groms, Thanks to Allisports.com for everything and thanks to my staff at the NSL, you guys are the best!!
Extra special thanks to Shaun Burrell for being the man!
peace and see you all next year!!!
commissioner of NSL
Brad Gerlach
PS. Check out this video of Mira Costa pre-claiming the title after winning the South Bay regional:
RBRC Quarter-Final Results
The Quarterfinal rounds of the Red Bull Riders Cup, the nation’s premiere high school surfing competition, took place today at Upper Trestles at San Onofre Beach. The event brought together eight of the best high school surfing teams in the nation to compete for bragging rights and the title of Red Bull Riders Cup National Champion. All eight teams had previously won Regional Championships to earn their spot in the National Championship. The victors will be back tomorrow for the Semi-Finals and Finals.
TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE:
8:00am-10:00am Semi-Final #1 Mira Costa High vs. Newport Harbor High
10:30am-12:30pm Semi-Final #2 Malibu High vs. San Dieguito Academy
2:00pm-3:45pm Final
4:00pm- 4:30pm Awards ceremony
RESULTS:
Mira Costa High vs. Aptos High
Winner: Mira Costa High
In the biggest blowout of the quarterfinals, Mira Costa High School, led by MVP Dayton Silva (who scored 7.5 in both first and second periods) simply overwhelmed Aptos High School.
Most Valuable Player – Dayton Silva (MC)
Most Radical Maneuver – Dayton Silva (MC) – Blow Tail of Disaster
Newport Harbor High vs. Satellite High
Winner: Newport Harbor High
This game of East vs. West was a real nail bitter, where victory was up for grabs until the final seconds. Newport Harbor started out with an early lead in the first period, and Chase Wilson’s perfect 10.0 score in the second period widened that lead, putting them ahead 5 points headed into the third period. But Newport Harbor failed to solidify their victory, posting low scores and giving Satellite High a chance to steal the win. Satellite High made a valiant attempt, and were well on their way when the waves decided to no longer cooperate. The team desperately waited for a wave that would give them the mere 2 points they needed for the win, but the wave simply did not come.
Most Valuable Player – Chase Wilson (NP)
Most Radical Maneuver – Chris Tucker (S) – Air Reverse to Floater
Ocean City High School vs. Malibu High School
Winner: Malibu High School
Led by strong performances by Conrad Carr (8.5 in third period) and Chance Lawson (8.0 in both first and third periods) Malibu High School was able to defeat Ocean City High.
Game Scores:
Most Valuable Player – Chance Lawson (M)
Most Radical Maneuver – Conrad Carr (M) – Big Backside Air
San Dieguito Academy vs. New Smyrna High School
Winner – San Dieguito Academy
Since New Smyrna High was unable to make it to California to compete, San Dieguito Academy won by default.
