Month: August 2018

There are so many people and organizations to thank, I will try to list them at the end of this short reprise of the weekend of August 11th & 12 on the Southside of the Huntington Beach Pier.

195 bodysurfers and 51 handplaners made 2018 a banner year for the Chubascos Bodysurfing Association’s 11th annual beach party and head-to-head competition. Starting at 7am Saturday with the Masters Men and finishing with awards by 2pm Sunday, we crowned three new Grand Champions for 2018. All the finalists received plaques plus swag from our new Corporate Sponsor – DMC Fins – headed by our past Grand Champion Don McCredie. Every competitor received a contest tee shirt (for those who needed a size which had run out, Coach Mark is on it). Artwork was by our inimitable Froggy – Bill Schiledge:

Our Grand Champions came from France, Hawaii and California:

Women’s Champ – Makena Magro from Oahu HI

Men’s Champ – Nathan Lehoux from Biarritz RF

Handplaning Champ – Dave Ford  from Ojai CA

Coming from afar meant these Grand Champions have to figure out shipping details for the massive trophies created by HB Tiki guru Bamboo Ben.

Not to be out done, Mrs. Bamboo designed and produced the finalists’ plaques for the top 6 finishers in every age.

All Junior Lifeguards really scored. In addition to the free  tee shirts, donuts and pizza, each junior guard received a free pair of DMC Repellor fins. Other swag came from Slyde Handboards, Tubeshredder Handboards, and DaFin.

Ace photographer Froggy started a rumor that DMC Fins will soon be selling Shark Fin soup, attracting baby Great Whites willing to trade their barely grown fins for the powerful Repellor Fins.

 

Legends Champ Larry Erman negotiated rights to corner the market of shark fin soup on behalf of President Trump in his trade war with China

Aussie McCredie tempted the sharks onto land with the unlimited pizza provided by the Chubascos.

World Peace through Bodysurfing Diplomacy. Ping Pong is so 20th Century.

-Tar Larner

 Infinite thanks to our incredible patron – Don McCredie, DMC Repellor Fins

THANKS:

Ben Lauren as announcer, Carol Kappe and Haley Kinlaw for data entry/ check-in ,  Peter Jung for scoring , and all the judges under the direction of Nick Wasiliew.

 

BODYSURFING FINALS

Kids 12 & Under

FINAL
Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Bobby Wright	34.0	4
Orange	Gaby Kelly	27.0	5
Yellow	Cole Charlier	24.0	6
No Cap	Jack Wright	42.0	1
White	Tyler Bennett	36.0	2
Blue	Gavin Sigmond	34.0	3

Girls 13-19

FINAL
Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Ichigo Zachau	24.0	5
Orange	Hannah Taylor	19.5	6
Yellow	Bridget Angelovic	35.0	3
No Cap	Emily Carter	37.5	2
White	Olivia Lane	29.0	4
Blue	Ella Jensen	42.0	1
Red/White	Kaysha Palacios	11.0	7

 

Women 20 – 39

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Sunny Rickard	0.0
Orange	Hannah Gergen	0.0
Yellow	Makena Magro	45.5	1
No Cap	Dana Willard	31.0	3
White	Morgan Launer	31.5	2
Blue		0.0

Masters Women 40+

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Joanne Zachau	31.0	3
Orange	Gwyneath Rand	30.0	4
Yellow	Meredith Rose	38.5	1
No Cap		0.0
White		0.0
Blue	Nancey Chennell	32.0	2
RW	Casey Ford	22.5	5

Boys 13-15

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Wyatt Wood	50.0	1
Orange	Graham Cope	42.5	3
Yellow	Jacob Bailey	42.0	4
No Cap	Tommy Kelly	42.5	2
White	Travis Ambrose	36.0	5
Blue	Dorian Quimby	29.0	6

Teens 16-19

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Dane Howell	37.0	5
Orange	Joe Nickerson	40.0	3
Yellow	Nathan Lehoux	46.0	1
No Cap	Toby Bumgardener	37.0	4
White	Alexander Reed	35.0	6
Blue	Dylan Montierth	44.0	2

Men 20 – 39

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Kenealli Wilcox	49.5	2
Orange	Taylor Fah	39.5	5
Yellow	Jack Bassham	40.0	3
No Cap	Aiden Weschler	0.0
White	Blake Bassham	42.0	4
Blue	Keali’i Punley	51.0	1

Masters Men 40-59

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	David Ford	37.5	6
Orange	Mark Drewelow	41.5	4
Yellow	Thorsten Hegberg	48.0	2
No Cap	Vern Rogers	49.5	1
White	Donald Davis	39.0	5
Blue	Richard Loughridge	44.0	3

Legends Men 60+

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Larry Erman	43.0	1
Orange	Donald J. Cheetham	41.5	4
Yellow	Doug Prichard	42.0	3
No Cap	Brad Miller	42.5	2
White	Mark Thon	40.0	5
Blue	Kevin Bryne	35.5	6

Grand Mariner 70+

Cap	Name	Score	Place
No Cap	Ernie Ford	23.0	1
No Cap	John Tipre	17.0	2
Yellow	Humphrey Sumner	5.0	3

 

HANDPLANING

JUNIORS 19 & Under

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Tommy Kelly	55.5	1
Orange	Caden Cunningham	52.0	3
Yellow	Nathan Lehoux	50.0	4
No Cap	Dorian Quinby	53.5	2
White	Wyatt Yee	48.5	5
Blue	Ethan Misiak	38.0	6

SENIORS 20+

Cap	Name	Score	Place
Lime	Don McCredie	47.5	4
Orange	Richard Loughridge	41.0	6
Yellow	Kanilili Punley	53.0	2
No Cap	David Ford	54.0	1
White	Jack Bassham	47.0	5
Blue	Kenealli Wilcox	50.0	3

GRAND CHAMPIONS

Men’s Bodysurfing – Nathan Lehoux (France)

Handplaning – David Ford (Ojai)

Women’s Bodysurfing – Makena Magro (Hawaii)

 

Full results of all heats have been posted.