Contest #7 Results

"Jackie Chan and Capt. Morgan"

Contest #7 was held on Saturday, October 31st at Hargrove st. in South Nags Head in once again very fun surf. The Outer Banks district has scored in the last 3 events, having really fun conditions for each contest. For the final contest of the 2009-20010 district season, the surf was 2'-3' with the occasional 4' set. The winds were forecasted to be strong from the south, but held off just enough to keep conditions clean to semi-clean all day. The lowering tide during the contest produced some dumpy barrels, but unlike contest #6 a few weeks ago, no boards or bones were broken. As a bonus, Seth Burnett was on site to catch all the action. Visit www.sethburnettphotography.zenfolio.com to see the photos for the day.

"Which one is the tacky tourist?"

Since this contest was held on all hallowed eve, there was a special event that went down at noon. Both adults and groms joined in for 2 heats to battle for the "Best Costume Award" and "Best Trick in a Costume Award". For the groms, Morgan Taylor Leavel won "Best Trick" as he did his best impression of "Captain Morgan". In the adult category, Joe Gillen won "Best Trick" during his heat. Best Costumes were awarded to Jackie Thomas for her "Jackie Chan" costume and Elizabeth Payne as a "Tacky Tourist".

Who would win in a fight? Jackie Chan or Tacky Tourist??

Though fun was being had during the Halloween antics, many local surfers were a bit more serious as important points towards regional qualification and the newly added "Surf Shop Team Rider Cup" were on the line. In the largest and most competitive division, the Open division, the same faces seemed to make the final. Pat Mcmanus edged out Jason Breiholz for his third consecutive victory. Julian Payne finished a close third and other finalists were Joe Gillen, Reese Patterson, and Prescott Metcalf.

In other highly competitive divisions, the Juniors battled it out with Julian Payne coming out on top over Morgan Taylor Leavel. These two young surfers have dominated this division since contest #1.

In the Boys division, Daniel Brake surfed an excellent heat against Christian Van Vliet and new Pit Surf Shop team rider Grant Tyler. Brake was able to score two excellent waves and take the win over Van Vliet and Tyler.

Quentin Turko again showed his dominance in the Menehune division taking another solid win, catching several rides that scored extremely high according to the judges.

In the Sr. Mens division, Jason Breiholz scored his 6th win of the season over Pit Surf Shop owner/manager Steve Pauls. Pauls put up an excellent fight against Breiholz as he caught several high scoring waves, but it was Breiholz's first and last wave of the heat that put him in first securing the divisional title.

Reese Patterson scored double victories for the day in the Grandmasters and Masters Longboard division.

The awards banquet is scheduled to be December 5th or 6th at the Hilton in Kitty Hawk. The top 6 surfers in each division will be recognized and district also gives several specialty awards. The inaugural Surf Shop Team Rider Cup will also be awarded during the banquet recognizing the surf shop team riders that scored the most points during the district season.

Complete results are listed below.

Menehune
1 Quentin Turko
2 Jahfar Christ
3 Nohea Futrell
4 Beau Douglas

3A Boys
1 Daniel Brake
2 Christian VanVliet
3 Grant Tyler
4 Ryan Jones
5 Joey Gillen
6 Hunter Matthews

3A Juniors
1 Julian Payne
2 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
3 Dillon Pratt
4 Michael Foard
5 Hunter Whitfield
6 Max Lingg

Masters
1 Prescott Metcalf

Senior Men
1 Jason Breiholz
2 Steve Pauls
3 Brad Higginbotham
4 Brian Breiholz
5 Lewis Molton
6 Greg Sherman

Grandmasters
1 Reese Patterson
2 Joe Gillen
3 Jay Hawekotte
4 Ricky Brake

Legends
1 Ray Gray
2 Gary Smith

Open Shortboard
1 Pat McManus
2 Jason Breiholz
3 Julian Payne
4 Joe Gillen
5 Reese Patterson
6 Prescott Metcalf

Girls
1 Codie Patterson

Jr Women
1 Jackie Thomas

Women
1 Jeanne-Marie Destefano
2 Chrissy Swain

Ladies
1 Cayce Patterson
2 Jessica Delosreyes

Menehune Longboard
1 Joey Gillen
2 Ryan Jones
3 Beau Douglas
4 Hunter Matthews

Jr Longboard
1 Morgan-Taylor Leavel
2 Hunter Whitfield

Mens Longboard
1 Prescott Metcalf

Masters Longboard
1 Reese Patterson
2 Joe Gillen
3 Steve Pauls
4 Jason Breiholz
5 Greg Sherman
6 Brian Breiholz
7 Scott Williams

Legends Longboard
1 Ray Gray
2 Jay Hawekotte
3 Gary Smith

Ladies Longboard
1 Cayce Patterson

Menehune Bodyboard
1 Joey Gillen
2 Beau Douglas

Open Bodyboard
1 Charles Shelton
2 Brian Breiholz
3 Joey Gillen