SOUTHWEST OPEN EVENT 7 RESULTS FROM SEASIDE REEF!
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | Written by Janice Aragon
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE OPEN SEASON EVENT #7
SEASIDE REEF, CARDIFF BY THE SEA
DECEMBER 19-20, 2015
CONDITIONS: Fun 2-4 lefts and rights off the reed increasing to 3-5 feet for Sunday’s divisions.
OPEN MENS
1. Kei Kobayashi-San Clemente 17.80
2. Cole Houshmand-San Clemente 15.86
3. Ryland Rubens-Pacific Beach 13.20
4. Kade Matson-San Clemente 12.77
OPEN JUNIORS
1. Cole Houshmand-San Clemente 17.04
2. Eithan Osborne-Ventura 16.80
3. Tommy McKeown-Oxnard 10.67
4. Levi Slawson-Encinitas 7.80
OPEN BOYS
1. Levi Slawson-Encinitas 15.57
2. Tex Mitchell-Oceanside 14.37
3. Jett Schilling-San Clemente 13.90
4. Dane Matson-San Clemente 9.67
OPEN MINI GROMS
1. Hayden Rodgers-Laguna Beach 11.97
2. Lucas Owston-Oceanside 9.23
3. Cole McCaffray-Cardiff 8.33
4. Dane Matson-San Clemente 5.66
OPEN WOMENS
1. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 13.47
2. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 12.20
3. Tiare Thompson-La Jolla 11.94
4. Bethany Zelasko-Dana Point 10.90
OPEN GIRLS
1-Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 15.06
2-Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 13.73
3. Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 9.23
4. Tiare Thompson-La Jolla 7.70
PERFORMERS OF THE EVENT
Cole Houshmand: Cole took command at Seaside Reef tearing it up heat after heat in both the Open Mens and Open Juniors divisions. In a total of eight heats surfed he won six of them. He took a dominating victory in the Juniors (his second win of the season in Open Juniors) along with a super impressive runner-up finish in the premier Mens division. He posted the highest wave score of Saturday’s divisions with an excellent 9.53.
Levi Slawson: Levi was on fire at his homebreak of Seaside Reef scoring the event’s only perfect 10 in the Open Boys semis. In those semis, he also posted the event’s highest total score of a 19.20 out of a possible 20. He took command in the Open Boys final sealing his first win of the season along with stepping up with a big 4th place finals showing in the hotly contested Open Juniors division.
Kirra Pinkerton: After a big victory a couple weeks ago at the Northwest Open at Steamer Lane, Kirra has been surfing strong and confident. She was killing it at Seaside Reef claiming her first win ever in the premier Southwest Open Womens division and also placed runner up in the Open Girls.
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.