SOUTHWEST OPEN EVENT 9 SCORES BOMBING SURF AT C STREET!
NSSA SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
OPEN SEASON EVENT #9
C STREET PIPE, VENTURA
FEBRUARY 27-28, 2016
CONDITIONS: Solid west/northwest swell offers solid overhead rights with long, peeling walls.
THE SCOREBOARD
OPEN
MENS
1. Liam Gloyd-Carlsbad
2. Kade Matson-San Clemente
3. Jordy Collins-Carlsbad
4. Josiah Amico-Ventura
OPEN JUNIORS
1. Kade Matson-San Clemente
2. Dimitri Poulos-Ventura
3. Tommy McKeown-Oxnard
4. Jabe Sweirkocki-Ventura
OPEN BOYS
1. Taj Lindblad-San Clemente
2. Levi Slawson-Encinitas
3. Jett Schilling-San Clemente
4. Nicholas Coli-San Clemente
OPEN MINI GROMS
1. Dane Matson-San Clemente
2. Cole McCaffray-Cardiff
3. Lucas Owston-Oceanside
4. Jake Chandler-Pacific Palisades
OPEN WOMENS
1. Bethany Zelasko-Dana Point
2. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente
3. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad
4. Tiare Thompson-La Jolla
OPEN GIRLS
1. Kirra Pinkerton-San Clemente
2-Samantha Sibley-San Clemente
3. Alyssa Spencer-Carlsbad
4. Tiare Thompson-La Jolla
PERFORMER OF THE EVENT
Kade Matson: A first place in Juniors and second place in Open Mens has San Clemente’s Kade Matson clinching for both the Open Mens and Open Juniors Conference titles with one event still remaining on the schedule. The finals showing in the Mens is his seventh straight. At 13 years and 9 months old, Kade becomes the youngest surfer ever to claim an Open Mens conference title. He has two wins in the Mens this season and three wins in the Juniors.
Kirra Pinkerton: Kirra Pinkerton may be from the San Clemente hotbed of amazing surf breaks but she shines like a Ventura local in the waves at C Street. At last year’s event, she scored a perfect 10 en route to the Open Girls victory. This year, history repeated itself when she took command in the Open Girls final winning it with huge wave scores of a near perfect 9.60 ride and an 8.33. She also took an impressive second place in the premier Open Womens category.
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.
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.