School of Surf Season Two on MTV2
School of Surf – Season Two debuts Monday, December 7th at 9am on MTV2. The six-part series follows two high school surf teams as they compete and travel to the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship. One is from Malibu High School, situated in a classic California surf town with perfect waves, sunshine year ’round, and a vibrant surf scene. The other is from the OC of the East – Ocean City, New Jersey, with its freezing winters, crowded summers and unpredictable waves. The two towns couldn’t be any more different. But the thing the two teams share is the dream of becoming pro surfers and balancing their lives with an obsession with waves. But this isn’t another reality show, this is real life.
The six episode series airs every Monday at 9am on MTV2. Set your DVR (or VCR), call in sick, or skip 1st period but don't miss it!
2009 Red Bull Riders Cup Championship Video
Video from the 2009 Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship Semi-Final and Final Games held at Upper Trestles.
Semi #1 – Mira Costa High School defeats Newport Harbor High School.
Semi #2 – San San Dieguito Academy defeats Malibu High School.
The nail-biting final was decided in overtime with Mira Costa High edging out San Dieguito to take the national title.
Malibu High Wins Golden State Regional
The Golden State Regional Championships, the second event of the 2009 Red Bull Riders Cup season, took place this week in Ventura California. This stop of the Red Bull Riders Cup, the nations’ premier high school surfing competition, saw The Golden State region’s best high school surfers battle it out in fun but challenging conditions. Participating high schools included Ventura High, Santa Barbra High, Carpinteria High and Malibu High School. The week’s competition varied from major whitewashes to nail biting close finishes but was fierce at all times. In a repeat of last year’s regional title, it was Malibu High snatching victory and taking the win over Carpinteria High. Malibu has now booked a spot in the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship, which will be held on June 6-7 at Upper Trestles in San Clemente. The series now moves east to central Florida’s Pelican Beach Park on March 31 – April 2.
After a very close call in Wednesday’s game where Malibu squeaked by local favorites Ventura by only 0.5 points, Malibu was lucky to even make the regional championship finals. Carpinteria, on the other hand, breezed by Santa Barbra in their first game on Tuesday but even as defending champions, went into the final as underdogs with multiple time MVP and national rising star Conner Coffin being sidelined with a fever after Tuesdays qualifier.
Sunny conditions and waist-to-chest high sets greeted the finalists in the much anticipated match-up. Malibu won the toss and chose to get into the water and surf first. After a low scoring opening exchange of waves, Malibu picked up the pace and put through solid scores as the period progressed. With only two minutes remaining in the first period and already a solid 20.5 on the board, Malibu decided to take their second time-out. After time resumed, and with only 30 seconds remaining, a genius decision was made to sub in sophomore Skyler Lawson, who scratched into a wave and squeezed everything out of it, posting a period high score of 7.0 to bring Malibu’s first period total to 24 points.
This set the stage for a very tough battle for Carpinteria. With Conner Coffin out, they had no substitution players and had to rely heavily on all their team members to catch high scoring waves. Kokoro Tomatsuri opened the first period on the right track, posting a 7.0, but with Dustin Letinsky the only other Carpinteria surfer able to manage a score over 5 points, the team fell drastically short of Malibu’s first period total and trailed by 6.5 points.
In the second period however, with only Conrad Car posting a score higher than 5 for Malibu with a 7.5, and a heat total of only 19 points, Carpinteria was given a slight chance to make a comeback. Carpinteria rose to the challenge and improved on their first period performance, equaling Malibu’s second period total by posting 19 points. Still trailing, they needed a miracle in the final period if they were to have a chance to win.
This time Malibu was taking no chances and in their final period Conrad Car, Skyler Lawson and lone female team member and Wednesday’s MVP Chandler Parr all posted high scores to shut the door with a game high 25 points. This bought their total to 68 points, leaving Carpinteria the daunting task of scoring 32 points to win the game.
Carpinteria’s Kokoro Tomatsuri and Dustin Letinsky put up a good fight with solid final period waves, but in the end, team depth and the loss of Conner Coffin showed through and proved the difference, with Malibu taking the win by 13.5 points.
In a show of great sportsmanship during the presentation ceremony, Malibu High gave a victorious chant in their rival’s name, yelling “CARP!” with all hands in. While MVP Skyler Lawson celebrated in the parking lot with a joyous “We won!” it was Malibu coach Rich Lawson who had the last word, reminding his team “we still have some more to win,” referring to their shot at the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championships on June 6-7 at Trestles.
Final Scores | P1 | P2 | P3 | Final |
Malibu High School | 24 | 19 | 25 | 68 |
Aptos High School | 17.5 | 19 | 18 | 54.5 |
Most Valuable Player – Skylar Lawson, Malibu High
Most Radical Maneuver – Conrad Carr, Malibu High (Backside tail-out blast)
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Insane Game
Insane Game today at the Red Bull Riders Cup! It came down to the wire with Malibu edging out Ventura 56 to 55.5 points.
Everyone was here today. Tom Curren, Timmy Curran, Nathaniel Curran, Adam Virs, Sean Hayes, Matt and Mike McCabe, Pascal Stansfield and NSL Staff: Shaun Burrell, Zach Keenan, Jeremy Sherwin, Justin Swartz, Micah Byrne, Jesse Evans, Dave Shauber.
The kids were into it too! It was rad to see little Taylor Curran surfing the game for the first time. He watched his older brothers surf on Ventura’s Pelicanos team in ‘04 and ‘05 and finally got his chance today! Timmy was saying how excited his little brother was about competing in The Game here at C St. That was cool to hear.
Malibu’s Conrad Carr was ripping! This is the 3rd year I’ve had a chance to see him surf and grow. He had the highest scoring wave of the game in the 3rd period. Clutch!
Chandler Parr blew minds today. With Malibu’s win she is the first girl to win MVP in NSL history! So epic! She totally ripped today. There was another girl on Ventura’s team who surfed well too, Catherine Clark. She had the chance to win The Game and did a nice snap but couldn’t finish with her last turn… but she’ll be back.
Goofy footer Sam Reagan, the highest scoring surfer for Ventura, was surfing great riding a Channel Islands Biscuit. He was so smooth and has a fluid style, so much so that commentator’s Virs and Miestrell were dubbing him Rob Machado. Watch out for him as he has a great future with a pro surfer brother Spencer Reagan and a supportive Dad.
Pro surfer Sean Hayes was into it today as Ventura’s head coach. Great guy and a great surfer who is cut out to be a leader and coach. Thanks so much Sean!
After The Game everyone was talking about what a close game it was and how it had everyone on the edge of their seat! Funny how the game works like that with the waves only being 1-2 feet… I must say it was one of the greatest games we’ve ever watched.
Thanks to the Red Bull, Allisports.com, and NSL staff, for supporting High School Surfing. Everyone is psyched for tomorrow’s Championship Game!
