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*The 2nd Annual Kenny Tooker Classic (right)
date is Oct 11 click for details & entry form
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4/16 Pomeroy.ssh
4/17 Zeh PPB
4/18 Zeh PPB
5/4 Jess S. PPB
OG CNJ Incitti
5/14 PPB Incitti
Rockaway Beach
AB3 Ann Coen
4.29 Jess
VQS Jess
Jedry - PPB
2712 Long Beach Blvd in Ship Bottom
Starts this week! ...... Foster's Belmar Pro Sept. 11-14
$25,000 purse. Pro Shortboard, Longboard, Womens, Pro Bodyboard and Standup Paddle Surf. World class shapers Bob McTavish, Steve Walden and Greg Webber will be there. Live music on the beach: Barry and the Penetrators, Scott Kirby, Predator Dub Assassins and Reform. Global Surf Industries along with a mass of local and national sponsors are bringing it at ya! www.belmarpro.com
Click for full poster
Ergophobia is pleased to announce its partnership with TransWorld SURF magazine in hosting the online surf video contest “America’s Next Top Grommet”. The contest, a spoof off of the ever-popular TV show “America’s Next Top Model”, will give up-and-coming surfers the chance to score a paid sponsorship with Ergophobia. The contest will open to the public on August 1, 2008 and will close on January 31, 2009. Each month, contestants aged 17 years or younger and sans an apparel sponsor, will have the chance to enter the contest by uploading original videos that include surf and lifestyle footage. The videos, at least 60 seconds in length, will then be reviewed by a panel of industry insiders from TransWorld SURF and Ergophobia. The entries will be judged on performance, difficulty of maneuvers, style, creativity and flare. Full Info Press Release: Click it.
6/28 Rivera
7/2 Haupt
16th Annual Manasquan Longboard Classic: sunday 9/14, inlet beach
The Annual No Flat Earth Free girls surf contest on the missing sand bar beach of Brick Bch 3. The girls battled tough conditions to the approval of vocal crowd.
***Grom Grudge Match 2008****
The Smith Optics Grom Grudge went down in solid 3-4' surf at D Street in Seaside Park. Over 50 competitors did battle for the bragging rights as top grom in the NJ and NY region.
Results: 16-20 Jr. Pro Semi #1 Rob Kelly defeated Ben Graef
Semi #2 Balram Stack defeated Ian Bloch
Final Balram Stack defeated Rob Kelly 15.5 to 10.75
Balram pockets $1000 for the win and $250 for the Skull Candy highest wave score of the day, 9.0 frontside alley oop. 15 Under Results 1. PJ Raia- $500 2. Mike Ciramela 3. Pat Schmidt
4. Sean Santiago 5. JD Porter 6. Zack Kreiser
Chip Miller Memorial Surf Fest in OC Small waves big stoke.
Bethany Hamilton and Dean Randazzo picked up the beach where the waves fell short. More info to come. The results are: Brittany Hickey of Ventnor won the Womens Division. In the Groms,
Micheal Ciaramella won the Juniors. was Jack Dennis of Cape May Courthouse. Pat Schmidt made his trip from Manasquan worthwhile by winning the Boys. Ocean City standout, Rob Kelly, took the Mens. The Masters went to Justin Casey, of Ventnor Heights and the Longboard to Rob Kulisek, of North Wildwood. This year’s Parent/Child Division, a Chip Miller classic, went to Bob and Shane Mathews, of Northfield. ///// full Jon Coen story in the Press of AC.
No Flat Earth Boys Contest No waves ... the show must go on!
With no chance of a rescheudle, a missing sand bar, and negative swell, No Flat Earth owner Mark Colino and his sponsors put their heads together for a way to get the major loot that was collected out to the competitors that were ready to rock even though mother nature was not. While the very youngest, 10-under, did do a surfing push-in heat, the rest did a run-paddle-run with the winner taking home a new board and those placing, taking home some serious loot ... hell, just entering
(for free) you took home a goodie bag worth about a hundred clams.
10-under push-in: 1. Nick Farrell 2.Cory Englehardt 3. Chris Castilglia
10- run/paddle/run: 1. Timmy Grable 2. Nik Tartas 3. Shawn Mayer
11-12-run/paddle/run 1. Bobby Reilly 2. Troy wolf 3. Mike McClemans
13-14 run/paddle/run 1. Liam Reilly 2. JD Porter 3. Kavin O'Connor
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PHOTOS (by Gina) of the Chip Miller Memorial
Blueclaws
Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation
"Surf Night"
Full Gallery(click right), photos by Pat Eichstaedt
Brought to you by Ergophobia and Surf Taco.
Dean, Luke Ditella, Matt Keenan and Shea Lopez on hand
NJ's Brittany Gomulka and Rachel Nessuno score big in the East Coast Wahines
Randy Townend - BIG air n big cash at Red Bull NIght riders AC 32 photo gallery
2nd Annual
Sea of Change 8/19 POAC (parents of autistic children) and Sea of Change held free event in Seaside park with 75 volunteers consisting of lifeguards, local surf schools, shop employees and local surfers in general, that gave of their time and a tremendous effort.
POAC and Sea of Change in the "2nd Annual Surf Day" took 120 kids over 3 hours out in the water and it was awesome!
Photo: Michele Martone
***Rob Kelly takes 2nd Oakley Jr.****
Ocean City's Rob Kelly took 2nd in the Oakely Jr. Pro in Sea Isle City on Saturday. Taking first for the second year in a row was Cory Arrambide of Ventura.
When Kelly made the final he became the first surfer from New Jersey to make it to a final in an ASP Junior event.
Making it to the round of 32 were Kelly , Ben Graeff and Zach Humphreys.
The full Jon Coen take on the event is HERE
Photo: Don Bernhardt
Sal Labrizzi
Manasquan Sept 1-2
by Alex Rivera
Bobby Duerr
Manasquan Sept 2
by Jess Swenson
Alex Califano
Bay Head Sept 1
by Spader
Sweet Empty
AC Sept 1 by Rich McMullin
Look for some very local tunes at the Belmar Pro on Sat.
Irie Sound (2pm Saturday on the beach), a young band out of Point that's cutting their teeth with the likes of Barry and the Penetrators will perform.
Also look for Dirtball and Re-Form
Grom Grudge 2008
younger div.
by Meatface
9/6 Dean Randazzo Surf for a Cause
8th Annual “Surf For A Cause” surf and beach festival to be held on September 6th, 2008 in front of Lucy the Elephant in Margate, NJ.
Kevin McCarty has been busy
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