SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE OPEN SEASON AT OCEANSIDE SOUTH JETTY: RESULTS ARE IN!
Thursday, March 26, 2015 | Written by Janice Aragon
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE OPEN SEASON EVENT #9
OCEANSIDE HARBOR SOUTH JETTY
MARCH 21-22, 2015
3-4 FEET
AND WELL SHAPED SANDBARS PROVIDE LONG RUNNING LEFTS AND RIGHTS WITH LOTS
OF SCORING OPPORTUNITY ON OFFER FOR THE COMPETITORS
MENS FINALISTS MICKY CLARKE AND BRADEN JONES photo: Aragon
RESULTS
OPEN
MENS – MAN ON MAN FORMAT
1.
Micky Clarke-Ventura 17.17
2.
Braden Jones-Pismo Beach 13.84
OPEN JUNIORS
1.
Eithan Osborne-Ventura 18.17
2.
Kade Matson-San Clemente 14.84
3.
Cole Houshmand-San Clemente 14.07
4.
Parker Cohn-Newport Beach 12.66
OPEN BOYS
1.
Kade Matson-San Clemente 15.03
2.
Jackson Butler-Encinitas 14.67
3.
Jett Schilling-San Clemente 14.50
4.
Dimitri Poulos-Ventura 12.67
OPEN MINI GROMS
1.
Hayden Rodgers-Laguna Beach 13.50
2.
Cole McCaffray-Cardiff 13.43
3.
Dax McPhillips-San Clemente 10.36
4.
Callahan Corn-Del Mar 8.67
OPEN WOMEN
1.
Steffi Kerson-Thousand Oaks 13.87
2.
Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 13.26
3.
Tiare Thompson-La Jolla 10.97
4.
Malia Osterkamp-San Clemente 10.10
OPEN GIRLS
1.
Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 14.04
2.
Tiare Thompson-La Jolla 12.70
3.
Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 11.17
4.
Sydney Tisdel-Carlsbad 8.54
ANOTHER WINNING PERFORMANCE FROM KADE MATSON! photo: Steinmetz
PERFORMERS OF THE EVENT
*Micky
Clarke – First Open Men’s win of the season
*Eithan
Osborne – First Open Juniors win of the season scoring a perfect 10.0 and an
excellent 8.17 in the final.
*Kade
Matson– Open Boys winner and stepped up big with a runner up placing in the
hotly contested Open Juniors final.
*Jett
Schilling – Surfed a perfect heat in the Open Boys round one scoring two
perfect 10.0 rides for a 20 out of 20 total score.
*Dimitri
Poulos – posted a perfect 10 in the Open Boys round one
*Samantha
Sibley – Won the Open Girls for her 14th overall win of the 2014/15
season and also took runner-up in the elite Open Womens division.
Be sure
to keep up with all the NSSA action via the website at nssa.org and social
media platforms Facebook and Instagram.
The
NSSA Southwest Conference is proud to have support from Body Glove,
Huntington Surf and Sport, Java Point, Surfing Magazine, Sex Wax, Scosche and
Channel Islands. Many thanks to the City of Oceanside, and the NSSA staff for
assisting us in staging a professional quality event at Oceanside South Jetty
for the elite Southwest Open Season series. And a big shout out to
commentator Christian Saenz for calling the action.
About
NSSA
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.
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