CHUBASCOS BODYSURFING ASSOCIATION

The 12th annual Huntington Beach Bodysurfing & Handplane Championships hosted by the Chubasco’s Bodysurfing Association was held on August 11th and 12th. This event fielded just under 200 competitors from several different countries including France, Brazil, Australia, and a handful of friends from the Hawaiian Islands. This event was also the second stop for the California Bodysurf Tour, and saw James Fenny III take the overall men’s ratings lead, with Meredith Rose solidifying her lead over a talented group of exceptional women.

As always, the Chubascos hosted an outstanding event. Mark Johnson, Ben Laurin, Robert Johnson, Roger Tilley, Carol Kappe, Kim Spraka, along with a handful of other Chubasco’s members saw to it that the event was run smoothly, and professionally, providing good times, and memorable experiences for all the contestants. The event location on the south side of the iconic Huntington Beach Pier featured waves in the two- to four-foot range with many great rides. Several of the contestants managed to catch larger set waves from the outer sand bar and connect them to the inside section scoring maximum points.

The highlights of the event were the younger generation of Bodysurfers, most of who are local Junior Lifeguards. These boys and girls braved the elements with big smiles and typical grommet frothiness. The waves were overhead for most of these brave and talented kids. At one point there was an 11-year-old girl who dominated her fellow competitors by swimming to the outside sandbar and riding one of the larger set waves all the way to the inside section (she won her heat).

Outstanding performances of the weekend included overall Grand Champion Greg Eisele who fought through one of the toughest divisions to win the Men’s 40-59 age group, along with the Men’s Grand Final heat which featured all of the other division winners. Natalie Pompa who placed second in the Women’s 19-39 age group put on a clinic for her fellow competitors in the Grand Final heat to claim the overall Women’s Grand Championship title. Handplane Grand Champion Sean Enoka from the Hawaiian Islands showed everyone how it’s done by winning the Handplane Grand Final in his typical stellar style.

Thank you all who attended and participated.
David Ford

Photos by Chubascos Surf Photographer Duncan Selby – many more pictures are available at his website https://www.selbyphotography.com/Sports/Surfing-

Results From Huntington

Women’s Grand Final     Handplane Grand Final     Men’s Grand Final

1^st Natalie Pompa     1^st Sean Enoka       1^st Greg  Eisele

2^nd Krista Hargrave                                   2^nd Kanealii Wilcox

3^rd Tish Denevan                                       3^rd “The Claw” Shearer

4^th Meredith Rose                                      4^th Tommy Kelly

5^th Leinani Mench                                     5^th Dylan Hazen

6^th Olivia Lane                                           6^th Gareth Cope

                                                                                 7^th Joe Nickerson

Bodysurf 60 + Men                  Bodysurf 40 + Women      Bodysurf 40-59  Men’s                  

1^st “The Claw” Shearer 1^st Meredith Rose  1^st Greg Eisele

2^nd Mark Cunningham 2^nd Tish Denevan  2^nd Sal Castro

3^rd Stephen Gleason     3^rd Joanne Zachau  3^rd Vince Trotter

4^th Mike Larson            4^th Dana Gilchrist   4^th Thorsten Hegberg

5^th Robert Johnson       5^th Lisa Apramian  5^th Charlie Piccaro

6^th Larry Erman           6^th Briguitte Linn    6^th Kevin Lorch

Bodysurf 19-39 Women    Bodysurf 19-39 Men        Bodysurf 13-18 Girls                 

1^st Krista Hargrave   1^st Kanealii Wilcox   1^st Leinani Mench

2^nd Natalie Pompa    2^nd James Fenny III   2^nd Olivia Lane

3^rd Alice Latuf           3^rd Kealii Punley        3^rd Briannah Herman

4^th Makena Magro   4^th Nathan Lehoux    4^th Bridget Angelovic

5^th Sunny Rickard    5^th Spencer Ford        5^th Ella Edmunds

6^th Lindsay Yocum   6^th Jacob Neller          6^th Ella Irwin

Bodysurf 15-18 Boys            Bodysurf 13-14 Boys         Bodysurf 11-12 Co-ed                

1^st Joe Nickerson              1^st Tommy Kelly      1^st Dylan Hazen

2^nd Caden Cunningham  2^nd Michael Doti     2^nd Oliver Ford

3^rd Sean Angelovic        3^rd Wyland Eisele    3^rd Michelle Urkov

4^th Wyatt Wood             4^th Michael Trujillo  4^th Jake Shaffer

5^th Toby Bumgardner  5^th Bodie Wick           5^th Gaby Kelly

6^th Cameron Castro      6^th Charles Cadiente 6^th Tyler Bennet

Bodysurf 10&Under  Coed      Handplane 18&Under     Handplane 19+ Co-ed

1^st Gareth Cope                 1^st Dylan Hazen        1^st Vince Trotter

2^nd Alexander Laurin     2^nd Michelle Urkov   2^nd Kealii Punley

3^rd Daxton Loughridge   3^rd Conrad Morgan  3^rd Sean Enoka

4^th Elijah Rothert             4^th Tommy Kelly       4^th Sal Castro

5^th Jackson Cadiente       5^th Michael Doti        5^th Vern Rogers

6^th Olivia Dillon               6^th Dax Loughridge  6^th Taylor Fah