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.

Open Girls champ Kaleigh Gilchrist. Photo: Dave Manning.

Elementary winner Taj Miller. Photo: Dave Manning.

Masters champ Eric Vallely. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

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

“Chips are good”. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Parker Cohn. Photo: Dave Manning.

Bryce Marino. Photo: Dave Manning.

Mike Estrada. Photo: Dave Manning.

Jamie Reidling. Photo: Dave Manning.

Meah Collins.

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

Pat Downey. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Enjoying the show. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Brian Sanders. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Larry Christensen. Photo: Dave Manning.

Duane Toole. Photo: Dave Manning.

Nicolai Glazer. Photo: Dave Manning.

Joe Alani. Photo: Dave Manning.

Beau Irvine. Photo: Dave Manning.

Chad LaBass. Photo: Dave Manning.

Milo McGregor. Photo: Dave Manning.

Ben Benson. Photo: Dave Manning.

Lylah Collins. Photo: Dave Manning.

Dylan Hord. Photo: Dave Manning.

Billy McCoy. Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

Griffin Foy. Photo: Dave Manning.

Parker Ruiz. Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

High School champ Sam Neiger. Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

Parker Cohn. Photo: Dave Manning.

Preston Dexter. Photo: Dave Manning.

Nate Dorman. Photo: Dave Manning.

Sam Neiger. Photo: Dave Manning.

Brighton Brandenberger. Photo: Dave Manning.

Open Mens champ Victor Done. Photo: Dave Manning.

Stephen Kaltenbach. Photo: Dave Manning.

Aryn Farris. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Daniel Shea. Photo: Dave Manning.

Geoff Rill. Photo: Dave Manning.

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

Chris Lamenzo. Photo: Dave Manning.

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.

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

Photo: Dave Manning.

Contest director Darren Brillhart. Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

Photo: Dave Manning.

“Check out all the stickers on my board”

Chad Towersey beyond psyched on his Mason Ho poster.

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?

“This 4’7 is perfect for me.”

Waxing the Tommy Coleman board.

Milo McGregor charging.

The 4’7 was a popular item.

Bones, SpecialK and DShea.

Winning the …lost hat by a toe.

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

Ghetto Juice editor/owner Skip Snead.

Not a bad day at the beach.

Stephen Kaltenbach manning the board demo.

Open Mens Champ Victor Done.

Open Girls finalist.

Open Girls champ and …lost surfboards rider Kaleigh Gilchrist.

High School finalist.

High School champ Sam Neiger.

Middle School champ Griffin Foy.

Elementary finalist.

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

Masters finalist.

Masters champ Eric Vallely.

Legends champ Todd Miller.

Hall of Fame finalist.

Hall of Fame Champ Pat Downey.

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