NEWPORT BEACH SURF CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 26th Annual Newport Beach Surf Championships took place Sept 27th-28th at 54th Street. Once again the waves and weather delivered an epic weekend. We brought down some grom boards (4’7″ – 5’9″) to demo this year and raffled off a free Kolohe Andino surfboard. Special thanks to Jack’s, Arnette and the city of Newport Beach for co-sponsoring the event. Check out all the pics and complete results below.

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Open Girls champ Kaleigh Gilchrist. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Elementary winner Taj Miller. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Masters champ Eric Vallely. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Legends champ Todd Miller. His son Taj also won the Elementary. Photo: Dave Manning.

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“Was that wave a 6.9 or 7.5?” Photo: Dave Manning.

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“Chips are good”. Photo: Dave Manning.

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“That little kid’s ripping.” Photo: Dave Manning.

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Parker Cohn. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Bryce Marino. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Mike Estrada. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Jamie Reidling. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Meah Collins.

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“This Kei Kobayashi demo board is epic.” Photo: Dave Manning.

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Pat Downey. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Brent, Stephen, Daniel and Midas manning the …Lost surfboard demo. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Enjoying the show. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Banzai Bowl hooked up breakfast both mornings. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Brian Sanders. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Groms running for …lost prizes. First one who crossed the line got a copy of 5’5″ x 19 1/4. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Larry Christensen. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Duane Toole. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Nicolai Glazer. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Joe Alani. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Beau Irvine. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Chad LaBass. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Milo McGregor. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Ben Benson. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Lylah Collins. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Dylan Hord. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Billy McCoy. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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Griffin Foy. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Parker Ruiz. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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High School champ Sam Neiger. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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Parker Cohn. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Preston Dexter. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Nate Dorman. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Sam Neiger. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Brighton Brandenberger. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Open Mens champ Victor Done. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Stephen Kaltenbach. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Aryn Farris. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Chad “Tito” Towersey. Killed it on the mic too. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Daniel Shea. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Geoff Rill. Photo: Dave Manning.

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2013 Open Mens champ Nick Fowler. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Chris Lamenzo. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Arnette’s Beandip and Newport’s Todd Miller. Todd won the Legends division and in 1992 the Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz. Photo: Dave Manning.

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“This Kei Kobayashi kid has a lot stickers on his board.” Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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Contest director Darren Brillhart. Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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Photo: Dave Manning.

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“Check out all the stickers on my board”

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Chad Towersey beyond psyched on his Mason Ho poster.

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Stoked grom on his copy of 5’5″ x 19 1/4. He answered Nate Yeomans correctly in the trivia challenge. The question was who won this same contest (when they had a pro WQS contest attached to it) three times in a row?

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“This 4’7 is perfect for me.”

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Waxing the Tommy Coleman board.

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Milo McGregor charging.

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The 4’7 was a popular item.

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Bones, SpecialK and DShea.

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Winning the …lost hat by a toe.

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Movie maker Reagan Ritchie, Puerto charger Spencer Pirdy and our very own Daniel Shea (Open Mens finalist too).

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Ghetto Juice editor/owner Skip Snead.

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Not a bad day at the beach.

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Stephen Kaltenbach manning the board demo.

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Open Mens Champ Victor Done.

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Open Girls finalist.

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Open Girls champ and …lost surfboards rider Kaleigh Gilchrist.

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High School finalist.

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High School champ Sam Neiger.

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Middle School champ Griffin Foy.

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Elementary finalist.

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Elementary champ Taj Miller. His pops won the legends division.

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Masters finalist.

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Masters champ Eric Vallely.

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Legends champ Todd Miller.

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Hall of Fame finalist.

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Hall of Fame Champ Pat Downey.

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Middle school finalist Dylan Hord won the Kolohe Andino board in the raffle.

OPEN MENS

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
2nd – Nick Fowler
5th – Chris LoMenzo
1st – Bryce Marino
6th – Dakota Faircloth
3rd – Geoff Rill
4th – Artemus Gregurek

HEAT 2
2nd – Daniel Shea
4th – Cannon Call
3rd – Alex Colvin
1st – Aryn Farris
5th – Chad Towersey
6th – Jake Caughill

HEAT 3
2nd – Victor Done
4th – Jared Cassidy
5th – Comet Christian
3rd – Stephen Kaltenbach
6th – Ted Cook
1st – Parker Cohn

HEAT 4
2nd – Bones
6th – John Merrill
4th – Riley Peterson
5th – Axel Eaton
3rd – Sam Neiger
1st – Nate Dorman

ROUND 2

HEAT 1
3rd – Nick Fowler
4th – Alex Colvin
1st – Victor Done
2nd – Sam Neiger

HEAT 2
3rd – Geoff Rill
2nd – Daniel Shea
4th – Stephen Raltenbach
1st – Bones

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
4th – Bryce Marino
3rd – Aryn Farris
1st – Victor Done
2nd – Daniel Shea

HEAT 2
1st – Parker Cohn
2nd – Nate Dorman
3rd – Sam Neiger
4th – Geoff Rill

FINAL
1st – Victor Done
2nd – Parker Cohn
4th – Daniel Shea
3rd – Nate Dorman

OPEN GIRLS

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
1st – Meah Collins
2nd – Brooke Daigneault
6th – Tehya Corona
5th – Courtney McPhee
3rd – Mara Morales
4th – Becca Standt

HEAT 2
3rd – Juli Hernandez
1st – Kaleigh Gilchrist
2nd – Keisha Maghanoy
4th – Lani Morales
5th – Eva Ozimec
6th – Malia Thorne

REPERCHARGE

HEAT 1
3rd – Brooke Daigneault
4th – Mara Morales
2nd – Keisha Maghanoy
1st – Juli Hernandez

FINAL
2nd – Meah Collins
1st – Kaleigh Gilchrist
3rd – Juli Hernandez
4th – Keisha Maghanoy

HIGH SCHOOL

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
2nd – Preston Dexter
3rd – Noah Prevel
5th – Tim Donald
NS – Chris Kervin
4th – Gaetano Scalzo
1st – Parker Cohn

HEAT 2
2nd – Sean Flores
1st – Sam Neiger
5th – Andrew English
3rd – Kyle Rumsey
4th – Cole Schattinger
6th – Jayden Ernast

HEAT 3
4th – Brandon Clarke
1st – Sage Burke
3rd – Dane Finn
5th – Crren Lara
6th – Ayrton Ward
2nd – Ben Seaberry

HEAT 4
4th – Luke Ellis
2nd – Meah Collins
3rd – James Giordano
5th – Matt Manzano
6th – Graeme Whisenant
1st – Griffin Foy

HEAT 5
5th – Cole Cassidy
3rd – Dylan Cotton
4th – Billy Hardesty
2nd – Tanner Martinez
NS – Matt Duncan
1st – Chris Kervin

HEAT 6
1st – Daniel Fowlie
5th – Tyler Cox 5
3rd – Christian Kent
4th – Francisco Pfeifer
6th – Nathan Madigan
2nd – River Mungall

ROUND 2

HEAT 1
2nd – Preston Dexter
4th – Kyle Rumsey
1st – Ben Seaberry
3rd – James Giordano
6th – Tanner Martinez
5th – Christian Kent

HEAT 2
6th – Noah Prevel
4th – Sean Flores
2nd – Dane Finn
1st – Meah Collins
3rd – Dylan Cotton
5th – River Mungall

ROUND 3

HEAT 1
3rd – Ben Seaberry
2nd – Sam Neiger
1st – Parker Cohn
4th – Dylan Cotton

HEAT 2
4th – Sage Burke
1st – Griffin Foy
2nd – Preston Dexter
3rd – Dane Finn

HEAT 2
2nd – Chris Kervin
3rd – Daniel Fowlie
4th – James Giordano
1st – Meah Collins

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
2nd – Parker Cohn
1st – Preston Dexter
3rd – Meah Collins

HEAT 1
2nd – Sam Neiger
1st – Griffin Foy
3rd – Chris Kervin

FINAL
2nd – Griffin Foy
4th – Parker Cohn
3rd – Preston Dexter
1st – Sam Neiger

MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
2nd – Sage Burke
1st – Parker Cohn
3rd – Zander Adelshn
4th – Braden Conti
5th – Otto Krebs
6th – Bennett Ward

HEAT 2
1st – Griffen Foy
2nd – Parker Ruiz
6th – Chris Burri
3rd – Braydyn DeLeeuw
4th – Jack Phillips
5th – Dylan White

HEAT 3
1st – Ben Seaberry
3rd – Ty Burgess
5th – George Busick
6th – Matthew Duma
2nd – Jonny Schniepp
4th – Jack White

HEAT 4
3rd – Dylan Hord
2nd – Billy McCoy
4th – Nicolas Christiano
6th – Chase Groux
5th – Ryan Steinke
1st – Keanu Igarashi

ROUND 2

HEAT 1
1st – Sage Burke
3rd – Braydyn DeLeeuw
4th – Jonny Schniepp
2nd – Dylan Hord

HEAT 2
4th – Zander Adelshn
1st – Parker Ruiz
3rd – Ty Burgess
2nd – Billy McCoy

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
2nd – Parker Cohn
1st – Griffen Foy
3rd – Sage Burke
4th – Billy McCoy

HEAT 2
3rd – Ben Seaberry
NS – Keanu Igarashi
2nd – Dylan Hord
1st – Parker Ruiz

FINAL
1st – Griffen Foy
3rd – Parker Cohn
4th – Parker Ruiz
2nd – Dylan Hord

ELEMENTARY

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
3rd – Aaron Clark
4th – Aiden Gassel
2nd – Rowan Piani
1st – Lylah Collins

HEAT 2
2nd – Curren Lizares
4th – Hayden Chester
1st – Ben Benson
3rd – TJ Blue

HEAT 3
2nd – Justin McCoy
3rd – Riley Chester
4th – Allegra Morelli
1st – Hadyn Norwood

HEAT 4
1st – Joe Whelan
4th – Stein Aden
3rd – Milo McGregor
2nd – Taj Miller

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
3rd – Lylah Collins
1st – Curren Lizares
4th – Hadyn Norwood
2nd – Taj Miller

HEAT 2
4th – Rowan Piani
1st – Ben Benson
2nd – Justin McCoy
3rd – Joe Whelan

FINAL
3rd – Curren Lizares
1st – Taj Miller
2nd – Ben Benson
4th – Justin McCoy

MASTERS

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
1st – Chad LaBass
2nd – Ted Cook
4th – Joe Glurbino
3rd – Eric Coffey

HEAT 2
1st – Eric Vallely
3rd – Chiron Stewart
2nd – Beau Irvine
4th – Nick Mogaddam

HEAT 3
1st – Joe Alani
3rd – Mike Black
4th – John Merrill
2nd – Brian Sanders

HEAT 4
3rd – Duane Toole
4th – Brent Beardon
1st – Nicolai Glazer
2nd – Rex Adams

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
1st – Chad LaBass
4th – Beau Irvine
2nd – Joe Alani
3rd – Rex Adams

HEAT 2
3rd – Ted Cook
1st – Eric Vallely
2nd – Brian Sanders
4th – Nicolai Glazer

FINAL
3rd – Chad LaBass
2nd – Joe Alani
4th – Brian Sanders
1st – Eric Vallely

LEGENDS

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
2nd – Bob Buam
1st – Bill Seitz
3rd – Chris Cullen
5th – John Cecic
4th – Raymi Wun
6th – Kenny Norwood

HEAT 2
1st – Mike Estrada
2nd – Larry Christensen
4th – Matt Adelsohn
6th – Davis Manning
5th – Jason Miller
3rd – Gordy Brown

HEAT 3
1st – Nicolai Glazer
2nd – Brian Sanders
3rd – Jason Armstrong
4th – John Martinez
5th – Grant Collins

HEAT 4
3rd – Bill Buam
2nd – Jamie Reidling
5th – Gerald Cullen
6th – Peter Thorne
4th – Skip Snead
1st – Todd Miller

ROUND 2

HEAT 1
3rd – Bob Buam
4th – Gordy Brown
2nd – Brian Sanders
1st – Bill Buam

HEAT 2
3rd – Chris Cullen
1st – Larry Christensen
4th – Jason Armstrong
2nd – Jamie Reidling

SEMI-FINALS

HEAT 1
1st – Bill Seitz
4th – Mike Estrada
2nd – Bill Buam
3rd – Jamie Reidling

HEAT 2
3rd – Nicolai Glazer
2nd – Todd Miller
1st – Brian Sanders
4th – Larry Christensen

FINAL
2nd – Bill Seitz
4th – Bill Buam
3rd – Brian Sanders
1st – Todd Miller

HALL OF FAME

ROUND 1

HEAT 1
1st – Greg Ozimec
2nd – Kenny Clark
3rd – Clay Smith
4th – George Shunda

HEAT 2
3rd – Barry McPhee
1st – Alan Flores
4th – Rick Cohn
2nd – Pat Downey

FINAL
4th – Greg Ozimec
3rd – Kenny Clark
2nd – Alan Flores
1st – Pat Downey