NSSA College Event #2

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

NSSA West Coast College Season scores epic surf in HB

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 12 November, 2009 : - - What a blessing in disguise.  When the fog rolled in at Blacks Beach during College event number one, who knew that the rest of the contest would be surfed in impeccable 4’-6’ waves.  That’s what happened when the teams converged at Ninth St. for College Event #2 in Huntington Beach. 

That’s not to say that the surf at Blacks wasn’t bad either. Both Saturday and Sunday were around the 4’-6’ foot range and glassy.  Unfortunately, fog made it impossible to finish event #1 at Blacks.

The first couple of days at Blacks there were a few highlights worth mentioning. For instance, SDSU’s Andrew Gahan was off to a great start posting a 7.0 for two vertical front side hits on Saturday and coming back Sunday to obtain an 8.33 for a radical hit driving his board into a cut-back, followed by a floater and a huge ending re-entry. 

UCSD’s Kokoro Tomatsuri also had a solid wave with two vertical backside blasts resulting in a 7.5 average. Nick Suhadolnick from Mira Costa’s Red team eased through his second round with a 7.5 and a 6 for a combined heat score of 13.5.  Matt Chellimi from UCSB’s Gold team also cruised through the second round with three backside blasts earning an 8.5 and a reverse 360 posting a 5.5.

The highest scoring wave at Blacks however went to Cameron Pappas who had a rail carving gouge, an off-the-lip, and a huge standard air to finish with a 9.5. In the women’s quarter finals, Allie Brown and Erica Cook stole the show Allie had a two turn wave that earned an 8.0 and a single turn wave that received a 6.0. Erica Cook posted a 6.5 for two god turns assuring her advancement into the Huntington portion of the event.

When we moved to Huntington the waves were “going off” with a 4’-6” with some bigger sets out of the northwest and some of the waves were perfect!  For sure, Ninth Street was at its best!   The 2009 NSSA College Mens National Champ Marty Weinstein from UCSD missed advancing in event one, he came out with a vengeance in event #2. Marty went on to win event #2 with the best single turn I have EVER seen in all my years of judging NSSA events (which is over twenty years).

Marty took off on a huge set wave, floated a giant section outside, raced down the line and finished with an inverted, tail-release, upside down re-entry for an almost unanimous 10.0.  Marty also backed it up on a wave with two critical backside turns earning an 8.0. Before Marty was able to get things going in the final, Nick Suhadolnick opened the heat with a 7.5. Nick hit the lip, followed it up with a figure-eight cutback and finished with a reverse 360.  However Nick couldn’t find a solid scoring back-up wave and finished in second.

In the College Women’s division, SDSU’s Allie Brown cruised to the victory in event #1 but suffered a loss in round one of event #2.  In event # 2 College Womens final, Saddleback’s Erica Cook received a 5.5 for a solid backside slash in the hook that would be enough for the win.   Lily Howard from UCSB and Rikki Alley from CSULB both surfed super good and were able to take home a trophy in both events!

In the College Longboard final of event #1, UCSB’s Cole Robbins was on his game and ripped his way to first but made an early exit in the semi’s of event #2.  Point Loma’s Troy Mothershead and UCSB’s Kevin Osborne surfed impressively in both events with long critical nose rides and progressive rail carves. Both surfers scored some hardware in both events.  Troy earned an 8.5 for a figure eight cutback into a stylish hang ten on the nose and another hang five throughout another critical section to seal the deal in event #2.

The College Team ratings are tied after two events with SDSU and UCSB trading off first and second in event #1 and #2 respectively.  SDSU came on strong in event #1 placing five surfers in the combined finals.  Andrew Gahan and Hawaii transplant Drew Irons placed first and second with team captain Tyler Smith placing forth in event #1 and Allie Brown scored huge as well for SDSU with a win in the College Womens.  Their longboarder Mick Rodgers also placed in the College Longboard final helping SDSU claim the victory in event #1. 

UCSB came back with a vengeance in event #2 with Matt Chellemi and team captain Colin Anderson placing in the College Mens final and Lily Howard helped the team take the win by placing in the College Womens final.  The surfing in both events was super good and I can tell it’s going to get hot and heavy for the teams going into event #3 which will be held on December 5-6 at Ventura Harbor.  See you there!

RESULTS-COLLEGE TEAM SEASON EVENT #1

COLLEGE MENS
1.      Andrew Gahan-SDSU A
2.     Drew Irons-SDSU A
3.     Nick Suhadolnick-Mira Costa Red
4.     Tyler Smith-SDSU A
5.     Cameron Pappas-USD White
6.     Colin Andersen-UCSB Gold

COLLEGE WOMENS
1.      Allie Brown-SDSU A
2.     Camille Collett-UCSB Blue
3.     Lily Howard-UCSB Gold
4.     Chelsea Rauhut-UCSD A
5.     Rikki Alley-CSULB A
6.     Alana Hendrickson-CPSLO A

COLLEGE LONGBOARD
1.      Cole Robbins-UCSB White
2.     Kevin Osborne-UCSB Gold
3.     Troy Mothershead-PLNC Gold
4.     Brian Franz-UCSD A
5.     Wyatt Harrison-USD White
6.     Mick Rodgers-CSUSM A

COLLEGE TEAM                                          
1.      SDSU A                                            
2.     UCSB Gold                                       
3.     UCSD A                                             
4.     PLNC Gold                                       
5.     Mira Costa Red                              
=6. CSUSM A                                         
      =6. UCSB Blue                                      
8.  USD White                                             
9.  CPSLO A                                                 
=10.  Saddleback                                       
=10.  Mira Costa White                           
12.  UCSB Dream                                       
13.  SDSU Blue                                           
14.  USC                                                       
15.  Golden West                                      
16.  CSULB A                                               
17.  LMU Crimson                                     
18.  UCSD B                                                 
19.  UCLA                                                     
20.  Mira Costa Blue                                 
21.  UCSB Yellow                                       
22.  PLNC Green                                        
23.  UCI                                                        
24.  Pepperdine                                         
25.  CPSLO B          
26.  CSULB B
27.   CSUSM B
28.   LMU Blue
29.  USD Blue

RESULTS-COLLEGE TEAM SEASON EVENT #2

COLLEGE MENS
1.      Marty Weinstein-UCSD A
2.     Nick Suhadolnick-Mira Costa Red
3.     Drew Irons-SDSU A
4.     Colin Andersen-UCSB Gold
5.     Kokoro Tomatsuri-UCSD A
6.     Matt Chellemi-UCSB Gold

COLLEGE WOMENS
1.      Erika Cook-Saddleback
2.     Katelyn Norcross-Mira Costa Blue
3.     Chloe Buckley-Mira Costa Red
4.     Lily Howard-UCSB Gold
5.     Rikki Alley-CSULB A
6.     Alexa Thornton-CSUSM A

COLLEGE LONGBOARD
1.      Troy Mothershead-PLNC Gold
2.     Josh Gandulla-CPSLO A
3.     Kevin Osborne-UCSB Gold
4.     Chris Koerner-SDSU A
5.     Blaine Lewis-CSULB A
6.     Lars Rathje-UCSB Yellow

COLLEGE TEAM                                          
1.      UCSB Gold                                      
2.     SDSU A                                             
3.     Saddleback                                     
4.     UCSD A                                             
5.     UCSB Blue                                        
6.     CSUSM A                                         
7.     Mira Costa Red                              
8.     PLNC Gold                                       
9.     Mira Costa Blue                             
10.  UCSB Yellow                                 
11.    CSULB A                                       
12.     USD                                              
13.    UCSB Dream                                
14.    CPSLO A                                         
15.    SDSU B                                       
16.    Mira Costa White                        
17.    LMU Crimson                               
18.     USC                                               
19.     PLNC Green                                 
=20.UCLA                                                  
=20.CPSLO B                                             
22.  Golden West                                      
23.  UCI                                                       
24.  Pepperdine                                         
25.  CSULB B
=26.  USD                                       
=26.  UCSD B
28.  CSUSM B
29.  LMU B

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