NSSA Southwest Conf. Exp. #3, #4

National Scholastic Surfing Assn
Huntington Beach Pier California
7 - 8 November 2009

HB Pier is rocking with a pumping 4-6 foot Northwest swell for latest event

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 10 November, 2009 : - - The 2009-10 Southwest Conference Explorer Season witnessed an action packed weekend with event #4 in its entirety and the make-up event #3 Men’s, Juniors and Boys divisions all competing in terrific surf on the southside of the Huntington Beach Pier. 

Mother Nature came through as a potent northwest swell pumped in solid 4-6 foot waves to Surf City’s center stage and our competitors were hungry to capitalize on the excellent conditions.  HB’s notorious onshore winds never made an appearance as calm winds and smooth sea surfaces prevailed throughout the two-day event.      

Explorer Men’s division leader Christian Saenz was in devastating form at his home break, especially on Saturday where he dropped two perfect 10 scores.  The much-focused Saenz won Saturday’s event #4 final and then continued to dominate Southside’s “Pier Bowl” lefts on Sunday where he claimed another victory in the event #3 make-up.  Taylor Clark was the honorary “Iron Man” of the event putting forth tons of energy and logging mega hours of heat time in both the Explorer Juniors and Boys divisions. 

Clark brought on an outstanding performance winning both event #3 and #4 Juniors finals while also placing fourth and second in the Boys finals #3 and #4 respectively.  This was great practice and momentum for the 14-year-old Encinitas standout as we will most likely be seeing him make a solid run for a National title in 2010!  Clark’s back-to-back Junior’s wins will put him within striking distance of the ratings lead going into mid-season with double finalist Mason DiRieux still holding on to the number one position.

Kanoa Igarashi was fired up for the contest in his home turf and was in-tune in the Explorer Boys division nailing back-to-back victories.  The double wins will boost Igarashi to the top of the Boys leader-board.  The level of the Southwest Explorer Menehuene division is red-hot this season with three different surfers winning the first three events on the 2009-10 schedule.  At this contest, the spotlight was on Griffin Colapinto who made a big impression with the judges. 

The talented San Clemente 11-year-old charged Southside’s outside bombs linking solid top to bottom turns to claim his first career NSSA victory.  Rick Takahashi continued his perfect streak with a sensational string of three straight victories in both the Masters and Seniors divisions.  In the Super Seniors, Tim Senneff has been unbeatable claiming his third straight.  Patrick Schlick utilized his muscular frame in the big conditions posting a near perfect 9.9 wave score en route to his third straight victory in the Duke division. 

The Doherty sister act enjoyed another successful contest showing with Lani sealing her third straight victory in the Explorer Womens and younger sister Kulia taking her second straight in Explorer Girls.  Lani will retain her place at the top of the Womens ratings and Kulia will take over the number one spot in the Girls.  All races should heat up when the 6-star rated Explorer event #5 rings in the new year on January 2-3, 2010 at San Diego’s Mission Beach!       

COMING UP IN CALI:  Southwest Open Season action returns to San Clemente for the 6-star rated event #5 at Church on November 14-15.  The following weekend, the Open will head up to Newport’s famed 54th Street for event #6.

RESULTS

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE EXPLORER SEASON EVENT #3 (make-up Men’s, Juniors, Boys Divisions)

EXPLORER MENS
1. Christian Saenz-Huntington Beach
2. Makito Shito-Costa Mesa
3. Britt Galland-Rancho Santa Fe
4. Stefano Esposito-San Clemente

EXPLORER JUNIORS
1. Taylor Clark-Encinitas
2. Mason DeRieux-San Diego
3. Shaw Kobayashi-San Clemente
4. Marco Passaquindici-Huntington Beach

EXPLORER BOYS
1. Kanoa Igarashi-Huntington Beach
2. Taylor Clark-Encinitas
3. Skip McCullough-La Jolla
4. Jake Marshall-Encinitas

RESULTS

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE EXPLORER SEASON EVENT #4

EXPLORER MENS
1. Christian Saenz-Huntington Beach
2. Shaw Kobayashi-San Clemente
3. Porter Hogan-Laguna Beach
4. Britt Galland-Rancho Santa Fe
 
EXPLORER JUNIORS
1. Taylor Clark-Encinitas
2. Jake Halstead-La Jolla
3. Zane Norman-Encinitas
4. Mason DeRieux-San Diego

EXPLORER BOYS
1. Kanoa Igarashi-Huntington Beach
2. Matt Passaquindici-Huntington Beach
3. Jake Saenz-Huntington Beach
4. Taylor Clark-Encinitas

EXPLORER MENEHUENE
1. Griffin Colapinto-San Clemente
2. Colin Deveze-San Clemente
3. Kanoa Igarashi-Huntington Beach
4. Jake Marshall-Encinitas
5. Tyler Killeen-Long Beach
6. Kirk Weissinger-Huntington Beach

EXPLORER MASTERS
1. Rick Takahashi-San Diego
2. Mat Deveze-San Clemente
3. Tom Matthews-San Diego
4. Steve Moore-San Diego
5. Craig Macia-Imperial Beach
6. Tim Senneff-Del Mar

EXPLORER SENIORS
1. Rick Takahashi-San Diego
2. Mike Glevy-San Diego
3. Jason Penning-Huntington Beach
4. Buggs Arico-Palos Verdes Estates
5. Tim Senneff-Del Mar
6. Mike Gillard-Coronado

EXPLORER SUPER SENIORS
1. Tim Senneff-Del Mar
2. Rusty Phillipy-Cardiff by the Sea
3. Rick Fignetti-Huntington Beach
4. Mike Gillard-Coronado
5. Kyle Twitchell-San Clemente
6. Chris Escobosa-Huntington Beach

EXPLORER DUKE
1. Patrick Schlick-La Mirada
2. Terry Carmadella-Huntington Beach

EXPLORER WOMENS
1. Lani Doherty-San Clemente
2. Harley Taich-La Jolla
3. Natalie Anzivino-Torrance
4. Kulia Doherty-San Clemente
5. Kylie Loveland-Carlsbad
6. Filippa Ferrara-Rolling Hills Estates

EXPLORER GIRLS
1. Kulia Doherty-San Clemente
2. Harley Taich-La Jolla
3. Kylie Loveland-Carlsbad
4. Samantha Lamirand-Cardiff by the Sea
5. Danielle Wyman-Laguna Niguel
6. Natalia Palmatier-Imperial Beach

EXPLORER LONGBOARD
1. Job Ishiki-Huntington Beach
2. Kelly Kraushaar-Placentia
3. Mike Gillard-Coronado
4. Tony Bartovich-Huntington Beach
5. Chritian Stutzman-San Clemente
6. Shaun Thompson-Huntington Beach

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