First Annual Interscholastic Surf Games Results
Ditch Plains, June9th - 10th 2007
The Surfrider Foundation, Eastern Long Island Chapter,
held our first
annual Interscholastic Surf Games on Saturday, June
9, 2007 at
Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk. Sixty students from
eight Long Island
schools came out to compete for the title of Long
Island's best
school surf team, while having fun in the water and
raising awareness and money for the chapter. Each
participant received a one year membership to the
Surfrider Foundation along with great food, SOBE water
and other fun prizes.
Teams included The Montauk School, The Ross School,
Southampton High School, Bayshore High School, William
Floyd High School, Sag Harbor, Riverhead and
Westhampton.
FIIRST PLACE
Montauk Varsity Team
Mike Poli
Chris Poli
Quincy Davis
Brendan Damm
Philip Yashinowsky
Lindsay Murphy
SECOND PLACE
Sag Harbor
Chris Duffy
Bobby Bori
James McMahon
James Bayrami
Sam Guest
THIRD PLACE
Ross School
Brian Pollack
Jason Pollack
Grant Monahan
Jeremy Whelan
Lulu Stelle
Marine biologist and Surfrider Foundation member, Joe
Warren, from
Stony Brook University in Southampton was on hand to
talk to all the
students about the Surfrider Foundation's mission and
its Respect the
Beach program.
The surf on Saturday was classic Ditch Plains - 2 foot
with clean but slow
peaks. Unfortunately, an electrical storm blew in
mid-way through
the contest forcing us to finish the event on Sunday
morning.
A team of expert judges was assembled by contest
co-organizer Jay
Fruin that included Tony Caramanico, Kathy Engstrom,
Dalton Portella, Steve White, Tom Cassidy, Sean Fruin,
Danny DiMauro, Eugene Alper and Phil McConnell.
Chapter secretary Jay Levine sat on the sidelines and
tallied the scores.
Chapter member and event co-organizer Bruce Lieberman
worked hard to collect raffle prizes from local
sponsors including
Equilibrium Surf Shop, Espos, Main Beach, Sunrise to Sunset,
Viking Fleet, The
Publick House, Roxy, Sobe, Rist Liquors and Corwith Farms that raised an
additional $1000 for the chapter. Thanks to all these
sponsors for
their support! Thanks to Jimmy Olson, Rip Curl and
Equilibrium Surf Shop for
arranging the color coded rashies to make judging
easier.
We thank all of our other volunteers including Walt
Bridges, Marilyn
Levine, Peggy Fruin, Ron Parisi, Marilyn and Mike
Lieberman for their invaluable help making our first
contest a huge success.
We look forward to doing it all again next year with
more schools
from around Long Island and the lightning coming from
the surfers and not the sky.
Tom Naro and Mara Dias
Chair and Vice-Chair
Surfrider Foundation
Eastern Long Island Chapter
First Annual Interscholastic Surf Games Results
Ditch Plains, June9th - 10th 2007
The Surfrider Foundation, Eastern Long Island Chapter,
held our first
annual Interscholastic Surf Games on Saturday, June
9, 2007 at
Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk. Sixty students from
eight Long Island
schools came out to compete for the title of Long
Island's best
school surf team, while having fun in the water and
raising awareness and money for the chapter. Each
participant received a one year membership to the
Surfrider Foundation along with great food, SOBE water
and other fun prizes.
Teams included The Montauk School, The Ross School,
Southampton High School, Bayshore High School, William
Floyd High School, Sag Harbor, Riverhead and
Westhampton.
FIIRST PLACE Montauk Varsity Team |
|
| Mike Poli | |
| Chris Poli | |
| Quincy Davis | |
| Brendan Damm | |
| Philip Yashinowsky | |
| Lindsay Murphy | |
SECOND PLACE Sag Harbor |
|
| Chris Duffy | |
| Bobby Bori | |
| James McMahon |
|
| James Bayrami | |
| Sam Guest | |
THIRD PLACE Ross School |
|
| Brian Pollack | |
| Jason Pollack | |
| Grant Monahan | |
| Jeremy Whelan | |
| Lulu Stelle |
Marine biologist and Surfrider Foundation member, Joe Warren, from Stony Brook University in Southampton was on hand to talk to all the students about the Surfrider Foundation's mission and its Respect the Beach program.
The surf on Saturday was classic Ditch Plains - 2 foot with clean but slow peaks. Unfortunately, an electrical storm blew in mid-way through the contest forcing us to finish the event on Sunday morning.
A team of expert judges was assembled by contest co-organizer Jay Fruin that included Tony Caramanico, Kathy Engstrom, Dalton Portella, Steve White, Tom Cassidy, Sean Fruin, Danny DiMauro, Eugene Alper and Phil McConnell. Chapter secretary Jay Levine sat on the sidelines and tallied the scores.
Chapter member and event co-organizer Bruce Lieberman worked hard to collect raffle prizes from local sponsors including Equilibrium Surf Shop, Espos, Main Beach, Sunrise to Sunset, Viking Fleet, The Publick House, Roxy, Sobe, Rist Liquors and Corwith Farms that raised an additional $1000 for the chapter. Thanks to all these sponsors for their support! Thanks to Jimmy Olson, Rip Curl and Equilibrium Surf Shop for arranging the color coded rashies to make judging easier.
We thank all of our other volunteers including Walt Bridges, Marilyn Levine, Peggy Fruin, Ron Parisi, Marilyn and Mike Lieberman for their invaluable help making our first contest a huge success.
We look forward to doing it all again next year with more schools from around Long Island and the lightning coming from the surfers and not the sky.
Tom Naro and Mara Dias
Chair and Vice-Chair
Surfrider Foundation
Eastern Long Island Chapter
