THE SCOREBOARD

RESULTS

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE OPEN SEASON EVENT #6

NEWPORT BEACH 54^TH STREET

NOVEMBER 21-22, 2015

CONDITIONS:  Good 2-4 foot left and right beachbreak peaks.

OPEN MENS

1. Kade Matson-San Clemente 15.00

2. Nolan Rapoza-Long Beach 14.94

3. Jake Marshall-Encinitas 11.70

4. Eithan Osborne-Ventura 7.56

 

OPEN JUNIORS

1. Eithan Osborne-Ventura 15.03

2. Jett Schilling-San Clemente 13.20

3. Kade Matson-San Clemente 12.73

4. Cole Houshmand-San Clemente 9.03

 

OPEN BOYS

1. Jett Schilling-San Clemente 15.10

2. Levi Slawson-Encinitas 11.26

3. Nicholas Coli-San Clemente 9.80

4. Patrick O’Connor-San Juan Capistrano 9.20

 

OPEN MINI GROMS

1. Dane Matson-San Clemente 17.00

2. Cole McCaffray-Cardiff 11.84

3. Tenchi Iwami-Japan 10.53

4. Jake Chandler-Pacific Palisades 9.77

 

OPEN WOMENS

1. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 12.37

2. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 12.13

3. Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 11.90

4. Bethany Zelasko-Dana Point 9.94

 

OPEN GIRLS

1. Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 14.63

2. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 13.50

3. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 12.10

4. Olivia Pessanha-San Diego 10.77

 

PERFORMERS OF THE EVENT

Kade Matson: Matson’s incredible roll continued at the Newport Open where he achieved his fourth straight double finals appearances in the Mens and Juniors divisions. His double finals streak started in October at the Seaside Open and now includes Salt Creek, Church and Newport. Matson now has two wins in Open Mens and two in Open Juniors. Combined with his five Explorer wins he has nine total NSSA victories this season. He currently sits with a number one ranking in the Open Mens, Open Juniors and Explorer Boys!  

 

Jett Schilling: Schilling was on fire at the Newport Open taking his fifth win of the season in the Open Boys division and an impressive runner-up finish in the upper bracket hotly contested Open Juniors. Jett currently maintains a huge lead in the Open Boys rankings and is in the number two spot in Open Juniors gaining some ground on leader Kade Matson.

The Southwest Conference Open Season is regarded as the leading competition for west coast surfers. Divisions are offered in Men’s, Juniors, Boys, Mini Groms, Womens and Girls.  This event was the sixth of 10 events in the Southwest Conference Open Season series. The NSSA Open Season is open to student surfers only.     

Many thanks to the City of Newport Beach and lifeguards and the NSSA staff for assisting us in staging a professional quality event for the prestigious Southwest Open Season series.  

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.

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.