SOUTHWEST OPEN EVENT 8 RESULTS FROM SALT CREEK!
NSSA SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
OPEN SEASON EVENT #8
SALT CREEK, DANA POINT
FEBRUARY 5-6, 2016
CONDITIONS: Solid west/northwest swell offers consistent and clean shoulder to head high lefts and rights with unseasonably warm weather and light Santa Ana conditions prevailing.
ALYSSA SPENCER TOO COMMAND! photo: Steinmetz
THE SCOREBOARD
OPEN
MENS
1. Kairi Noro-Huntington Beach 13.83
2. Micky Clarke-Ventura 11.00
3. Kade Matson-San Clemente 6.69
4. Eithan Osborne-Ventura 2.30
OPEN JUNIORS
1. Cole Houshmand-San Clemente 15.90
2. Kade Matson-San Clemente 12.90
3. Eithan Osborne-Ventura 12.60
4. Dylan Hord-Huntington Beach 11.30
OPEN BOYS
1. Levi Slawson-Encinitas 16.00
2. Taj Lindblad-San Clemente 14.77
3. Patrick O’Connor-San Juan Capistrano 9.07
4. Raphael Castro-La Jolla 6.10
OPEN MINI GROMS
1. Lucas Owston-Oceanside 18.34
2. Cole McCaffray-Cardiff 14.97
3. Hayden Rodgers-Laguna Beach 14.10
4. Dane Matson-San Clemente 12.93
OPEN WOMENS
1. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 18.63
2. Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 17.80
3. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 12.50
4. Malia Osterkamp-San Clemente 6.90
OPEN GIRLS
1-Samantha Sibley-San Clemente 14.80
2-Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente 12.83
3. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad 10.67
4. Chiasa Maruyama-Huntington Beach 6.77
PERFORMER OF THE EVENT
Alyssa Spencer: Alyssa was dismantling everything in her path in the solid Salt Creek conditions putting consistent scores in the excellent range on the board including a perfect 10 in the Open Womens final. She backed the 10-point score with another outstanding 8.63 giving her an 18.63 out of 20 combined heat total – the highest of the entire event.
Lucas Owston: The up and coming 10-year-old from Oceanside dominated the Open Mini Grom final earning a near perfect 9.67 score along with another excellent 8.67 ride. His winning total of 18.34 out of 20 was the second highest totals of the day and third highest of the weekend (Kade Matson posted an 18.50 total in Saturday’s competition)
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 eighth of 10 events in the Southwest Conference Open Season series. The NSSA Open Season is open to student surfers only.
Many thanks to the Dana Point Beaches and Harbors, Salt Creek, 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.
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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.