NSSA - National Scholastic Surfing Association

The National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage and assist its members in their interest to learn and develop the fundamentals and skills of surfing competition while competing in structured and quality events. The NSSA promotes the qualities of discipline and competitive excellence while supporting the merits of academic achievement to young surfers. The NSSA strives to provide a fun surfing experience for all of its members.

The NSSA is one of the few national youth sports organizations that require its participants to maintain academic standards in order to compete. Since 1978, the NSSA program philosophy has been that athletics and scholastics go hand in hand. More than 80 NSSA events are run nationwide that culminate with the annual National Championships which is regarded as the highest profile youth surfing event in America.


NSSA COLLEGE TEAM SEASON KICKED OFF AT BLACKS BEACH

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

NSSA SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

COLLEGE TEAM SEASON EVENT #1

BLACKS BEACH, SAN DIEGO

OCTOBER 22-23, 2011

CONDITIONS: 2-3 feet, clean and glassy rights and lefts

 

By Gayline Clifford

 

(Huntington Beach, Ca – October 24, 2011) – Twenty three of the West Coast’s College Teams descended the cliff at Blacks Beach for the first stop of the Southwest Conference College Team Season.   It was an exciting race as San Diego State cinched UCSD by one point with a 122 – 121 win.  Not far behind was Mira Costa College with 117 points in third.

 

College Mens Finalists

 

In the College Mens division Mira Costa’s Dayton Silva took his first win of the season in the fun 2-3 foot beachbreak peaks.  With time winding down Dayton picked off a set wave and threw a huge tail slide followed by a huge lip gouge to seal the deal for the first place trophy.  Second place went to UCSD’s Shaun Burrell who threw three huge frontside snaps of his own to impress the judging panel.  Rounding out the final was Derrick Disney from Mira Costa in third, Josh Morse from SDSU in fourth, Shaw Kobayashi from Saddleback in fifth and Cody Canzoneri also from Saddleback in sixth.

 

 

College Womens Finalists

 

In the College Womens division, east coast transplant Keenan Lineback from USD scored a unanimous first place decision.  Midway through the heat Keenan paddled into a fun one and pulled off 2 big backside hits to take the win.  SDSU’s Marissa Shaw took second followed by UCLA’s Taylor Pitz in third, USC’s Kaleigh Gilchrist in fourth, Emmy Merrill from Point Loma in fifth and CSULB’s Erika Cook in sixth.

 

College Longboard Finalists

 

In the College Longboard final it was UCSB’s Josh Gandulla who took the unanimous win.  Josh found the longer fun lined up waves and used his old school nose riding skills, hanging 5’s and 10’s then finishing it off with a re-entry to score the victory.  Saddleback’s Dennis White scored a couple of good waves but it was not enough to keep Josh from the win.  Coming in third was SDSU’s Dan Truax followd by CSULB’s Cody Watten in fourth, UCSB’s Kai Medeiros in fifth and UCLA’s freshman Jason Schechter in sixth.

 

The NSSA Southwest Conference is proud to have support from Nike 6.0, Huntington Surf and Sport, Java Point, Surfing Magazine, Sex Wax, Channel Islands, Vitaminwater, Sugar Shack and the Laguna College of Art + Design. The NSSA is a member of Surfing America, the ISA-recognized National Governing Body for Surfing in the United States.  

 

COMING UP IN CALI: The Southwest Conference will head south to San Diego’s Mission Beach for the Explorer Season event #3 on October 29.  The College Team Season will continue with event #2 on Nov 13 at Seaside Reef in Cardiff by the Sea.

 

THE SCOREBOARD

RESULTS

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE COLLEGE TEAM SEASON EVENT #1

BLACKS BEACH,  SAN DIEGO


COLLEGE TEAM                       PTS

  1.  SDSU BLACK                    122
  2. UCSD A                            121
  3. MIRA COSTA RED               117
  4. SADDLEBACK RED              110
  5. UCLA                                  82
  6. POINT LOMA A                     79
  7. USD                                   72
  8. CSUSM A                             64
  9. UCSB GOLD                         63

=10.  USC                               58

=10.  SADDLEBACK WHITE        58

12.  UCSB WHITE                      57

13.  UCSB BLUE                        54

14.  CSULB A                            52

15.  CPSLO A                            46

=16.  MIRA COSTA WHITE          38

=16.  SDSU RED                       38

18.  UCSD B                             31

19.  CPSLO B                            29

20.  CSULB B                            28

21.  CSUSM B                           20

22.  LOYOLA MARYMOUNT           19

23.  POINT LOMA B                    13

 

COLLEGE MENS

  1. Dayton Silva-Mira Costa Red
  2. Shaun Burrell-UCSD A
  3. Derrick Disney-Mira Cost Red
  4. Josh Morse-SDSU A
  5. Shaw Kobayashi-Saddleback White
  6. Cody Canzoneri-Saddleback Red

 

 COLLEGE WOMENS

  1. Keenan Lineback-USD
  2. Marissa Shaw-SDSU Black
  3. Taylor Pitz-UCLA
  4. Kaleigh Gilchrist-USC
  5. Emmy Merrill-Point Loma A
  6. Erika Cook-CSULB A

 

      COLLEGE LONGBOARD

  1. Josh Gandulla-UCSB White
  2. Dennis White-Saddleback White
  3. Dan Truax-SDSU Black
  4. Cody Watten-CSULB A
  5. Kai Medeiros-UCSB B
  6. Jason Schechter-UCLA