Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Bobby Martinez did pretty well at Trestles earlier in the month, making it to the Quarterfinals where he was defeated by the contest winning machine Kelly Slater. He moved up to 7th in the standings after that contest. He is now currently surfing in the France contest where he is also doing well, winning his Round 2 and 3 heats to advance to Round 4 against Ben Dunn. That heat will probably take place around 1am Wednesday PDT, which works out well for those working or watching the Vandenberg launch tonight at 11:30pm.
- Tom is at it again on Goleta Surfing with "Little Secrets", chronicling some of the windswell we finally had around these parts.
- NSSA SouthWest Open. Not as many local kids surf the SW Open, but a few did quite well in the 1st event of the season in HB. Conner Coffin won the Open Juniors, Patrick Curren placed 3rd in Open Boys, and Lakey Peterson placed 2nd in Open Women's.
- Kevin Steele has some photos from the Surfrider paddle out this past weekend.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
We did a quick photo essay on some of the easier to access beaches along the Gaviota Coast in our Edhat.com column today. This was inspired by a reader commenting on the Caltrans crew putting up guardrails along the Southbound side of the 101. Although Caltrans is installing many hundreds of yards of guardrails we didn't see a whole lot of access cutoff.
We didn't get a whole lot of bites on our comments on the shark incidents in North County and Campus Point but we do have one link to a shark being caught, tagged, and released and a site called The Fear Beneath with some more good fear mongering, followed by a post disputing the details. In shark related news your Santa Barbara City Council has been hard at work this week, establishing next week as Sea Otter Awareness Week. Don't forget about the Surfrider Foundation paddle out this Saturday at Stearns Wharf at 11am.
The kids are back in school and the NSSA contests have started up again. They had three contests down in Oxnard and here are how how the locals placed:
Gold Coast Event #1
EXPLORER MENS
2. Kokoro Tomatsuri-Carpenteria
4. Shane Orr-Santa Barbara
6. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER JUNIORS
6. Dustin Letinsky-Carpenteria
EXPLORER BOYS
4. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER MENEHUENE
2. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
3. Decker McAllister-Santa Barbara
5. Vinny Leonelli-Goleta
EXPLORER MASTERS
6. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER WOMENS
4. Glennie Rodgers-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER LONGBOARD
2. JP Garcia-Santa Barbara
3. Tim Smith-Goleta
Gold Coast Event #2
EXPLORER MENS
1. Kokoro Tomatsuri-Carpenteria
5. Shane Orr-Santa Barbara
6. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER JUNIORS
1. Conner Coffin-Santa Barbara
2. Kokoro Tomatsuri-Carpenteria
5. Parker Coffin-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER BOYS
1. Parker Coffin-Santa Barbara
5. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER MENEHUENE
3. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
4. Decker McAllister-Santa Barbara
5. Vinny Leonelli-Goleta
EXPLORER MASTERS
1. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
2. Eric Knowles-Santa Maria
EXPLORER WOMENS
1. Lakey Peterson-Santa Barbara
6. Glennie Rodgers-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER GIRLS
1. Lakey Peterson-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER LONGBOARD
2. Shayne Millhollin-Santa Barbara
3. Tyler Millhollin-Santa Barbara
4. JP Garcia-Santa Barbara
5. Gabe Biancone-Santa Barbara
6. Tim Smith-Goleta
Gold Coast Event #3
EXPLORER MENS
1. Kokoro Tomatsuri-Carpenteria
3. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
4. Dustin Letinsky-Carpenteria
EXPLORER JUNIORS
1. Conner Coffin-Santa Barbara
4. Parker Coffin-Santa Barbara
6. Kokoro Tomatsuri-Carpenteria
EXPLORER BOYS
1. Parker Coffin-Santa Barbara
4. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER MENEHUENE
2. Patrick Curren-Santa Barbara
6. Vinny Leonelli-Goleta
EXPLORER MASTERS
1. Chris Keet-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER WOMENS
1. Lakey Peterson-Santa Barbara
4. Lindsey Hingst-Santa Barbara
6. Glennie Rodgers-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER GIRLS
1. Lakey Peterson-Santa Barbara
EXPLORER LONGBOARD
2. Shayne Millhollin-Santa Barbara
3. Gabe Biancone-Santa Barbara
4. Tyler Millhollin-Santa Barbara
5. Tim Smith-Goleta
6. Alec Ledbetter-Ventura
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Monday, September 15, 2008
We're back from some time in Central America and we will try to get in gear for the Fall swell season. There were a few waves in the County last week but this week is looking pretty bad so far. This is that lovely time of year for the working stiffs out there, when the groms are back in school and UCSB has not started yet, so let's hope for at least one little pulse. Tom has a great ode to our flat summer at Goleta Surfing.
Gaviota Coast: CalTrans Guardrails Limit Access
A North County surfer emailed to tell us about access to the beaches along the 101 dwindling on the Gaviota Coast. Lately CalTrans has been installing guardrails on the southbound side of the freeway which is cutting off some of the dirt parking lots that beachgoers have been using for half a century. We're going to try to get some more information on this from Cal Trans. If any readers out there have any info let us know cause we'll try to document what is going on.
Sharks Gaining Popularity
The shark stories are multiplying faster than the Harbor Seals in a Carpinteria rookery. Another North County surfer emailed us about an attack on a surfer in the North County where the surfer was OK but the board was not. The board is pictured to the right. Yet another surfer emailed us about a 20' White Shark sited at Campus Point a few weeks ago by a reliable source. Usually these stories start coming around right before a macker NW swell in December, but to happen in these flat times is interesting.
ESPN To Feature Locals Gone Good
Apologies but this is straight out of a press release but seems worthy of note:
This Tuesday at 4pm ESPN's primetime news magazine E:60 will feature a story about Santa Barbara local, and 805 ink Co-Founder, J.J. Ortiz.
E:60's Lisa Salters tells the story of two Santa Barbara locals, Manny Raya and J.J. Ortiz, whose discovery of surfing helped them turn their lives around. Through their love of the sport, both Manny Raya and J.J. Ortiz managed to overcome their tough upbringings and earn their B.A.'s from University of California at Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge, respectively. But instead of turning their backs on their local childhood community, for the past 6 years, Manny and J.J. have set aside a full month of their busy schedules to run a camp called "Turf 2 Surf" where they teach surfing to kids that remind Manny and J.J. of themselves at earlier ages.
ESPN brings the story of the kids and their mentors to life - both on the surf of the 805 beaches and the turf of the hardened urban streets the kids are trying to escape. Viewers can join Manny and J.J. passing on surfing and life skills at legendary beaches like Rincon and Malibu as they transfer their hopes and dreams of a better tomorrow to kids who'd been given up for lost.
ESPN E:60 Showtimes
Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 4pm on ESPN HD
Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8:30pm ESPN2 HD
Monday, Sept. 22 at 4pm on ESPN2 HD
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