ARTICLE. HMB finished out the season with 3rd place out of 6 in the Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League, tied at 261 points with the #2 team of SC Mountain, but a place behind after a 53-52 loss at Pleasure Point. http://www.
From left ~ Ryan Bair, Clay Johnson, Ella Catalano-Dockins, Max Ladabaum, Ren Terway, Emma Stone, Dayton Lindsey, Mitchell King, Nic Bouchard, Nate Feix, Ricky Johnson, Luca Padua.
Individual top finishers:
Men’s Shortboard (MSB): Clay Johnson (5), Ryan Bair (8), Luca Padua (17), Nate Feix (26)
Women’s Shortboard (WSB): Emma Stone (1), Ella Catalano-Dockins (8), Tessa daRosa (16)
Men’s Longboard (MLB): Clay Johnson (4), Dayton Lindsey (12), Ricky Johnston (16), Dex Tribble (25), Jonathon DeGrandpre (26), Mitchell King (30), Ren Terwey (32)
Women’s Longboard (WLB): Emma Stone (1), Tessa daRosa (8), Ella Catalano-Dockins (11), Maddie Hauscarriague (17), Kacie Sorfleet (19)
Special recognition goes to Emma Stone who scored a very rare double win for the season in BOTH women’s shortboard and longboard. Emma has been one of our most consistent competitors since she joined the team three years ago and has a nose for the podium. Also, we have three graduating seniors: Team Captain Nate Feix, Ryan Bair and Mitchell King, who we will miss sorely as they move on to epic new adventures.
Scholastic Surf Series State Championships:
An inspired performance by our individual competitors at States in Oceanside on April 15 saw the majority advance out of the first round, several quarter finalists, four semi-finalists and one finalist. A small combo swell at the Harbor Jetties offered clean high tide conditions in the morning, followed by the usual low tide, onshore chaos by the late afternoon. https://surfsss.
Round I: (top 3 advance)
MSB: Nico Simrock (5), Clay Johnson (2), Dex Tribble (1), Ryan Bair (2)
WSB: Ella Catalano-Dockins (3), Emma Stone (1), Maddie Hauscarriague (5)
MLB: Dayton Lindsey (3), Clay Johnson (2)
WLB: Angie McAdams (5), Ella Catalano-Dockins (4), Tessa daRosa (3), Maddie Hauscarriague (3)
Quarters:
MSB: Ryan (2), Dex (6), Clay (4) WSB: Ella (4), Emma (1) MLB: Dayton (5), Clay (2) MLB: Maddie (5), Tessa (3)
Semis/Repechage:
MSB: Ryan (4) WSB: Emma (2) WLB: Tessa (6), MLB: Clay (5)
Finals:
WSB: Emma (6)
Congratulations to all who took part in States and to the Surf Club, which enjoyed an epic weekend camp out at Pendleton. Big mahalos to Marty and Emily Phelps of www.VentureFreeFoundation.org
Mahalo,
Coach Mike Wallace
The High School State Championships is held over 3 days of competition at the Oceanside South Jetty. Saturday is the Team vs Team competition for the Coastal High Schools, Sunday is for Inland Teams and Monday is an Individual competition for surfers throughout California whose teams compete in an organized competitive league during the 2018-19 season. There are 5 divisions: Men’s Shortboard, Men’s Longboard, Women’s Shortboard, Women’s Longboard and Coed Bodyboard. This year we had 42 teams compete over the 3 days of competition. We would like to thank all the Teams, parents and coaches that traveled to Oceanside to make the 2019 High School State Champs another successful year. We want to thank our sponsors who have supported the SSS thru the season: Sharp Eye Surfboards, BOS Iced Tea, Surface Sun Systems, Sticky Bumps, Standard Graphics, Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club and the WSA. Monday, April 15, 2019 results High School State Champs Individuals: The conditions for Monday were similar to Saturday with a peaky combo south and northwest swell in the water. Surf returned in the 3 to 4 foot range with offshore in the morning and light winds in the afternoon. Outstanding performances from all the teams that made the trip to Oceanside from Marin County, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara to the north and Coronado and La Jolla to the south.108 competitors showed up to compete in the Mens Shortboard Division. It was a grueling and grinding competition with all the top talent competing on one stage for State Champs Titles.