SurferMag Message Boards: RESULTS: Interscholastic Surfing Federation (ISF) Cal High School Champs

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FROM: ISF / Diane Steuer Phone & Fax: (760) 931-1450
E-Mail: isfsurfteams@aol.com
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WHO: Interscholastic Surfing Federation (ISF).

WHAT: High School Surfing State Championships

WHEN & WHERE: Saturday thru Monday, May 6th, 7th, 8th, 2006, Oceanside Harbor, So. Jetty

CONDITIONS: Saturday ranged from 6’ to 8’, Sunday 5’ to 7’ and Monday 4’ to 6’.
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The Interscholastic Surfing Federation (ISF) ended its 17th season May 6, 7, & 8, 2006 with the California High School Surfing State Championships. The 3-day event was held at Oceanside Harbor’s South Jetty where students from 41 high schools were greeted with the first south swell of the season. Sets ranged from 6 to 8 feet on Saturday, 5 to 7 feet on Sunday and 4 to 6 feet on Monday.

13 coastal teams and 9 inland teams competed in a team vs team format on Saturday and Sunday until champions were named in each of five divisions. Carlsbad High School was crowned overall State Champion in the Coastal Division and Los Alamitos High School in the Inland Division.

After two days of team competition the event switched gears and began a one-day individual contest to name the top high school surfers in the state. Each surfer in this event must be a member of his or her school surf team and maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA.

As 248 students, representing 41 high schools from throughout the state, battled against each other in one of five divisions, Men’s Shortboard and Longboard, Women’s Shortboard and Longboard and Bodyboard, families and friends on the beach had a great time being entertained my some of the best high school surfers in the state. Scotts Valley High School, from Santa Cruz County, fired up the grill and surprised everyone when they provided breakfast burritos, hamburgers and hotdogs to everyone on the beach that was hungry. What a treat! After more than 10 hours of duel heats, champion individuals were named and trophies awarded.

ISF currently has 3 separate sections conducting school surf competitions in California. They are; San Diego/Orange Section, Channel Section and Santa Cruz Section. In addition to it’s own teams, ISF invites all other surf teams to enter it’s State Champs. By the time the individual competition came down to the final heats, it wasn’t surprising that the top ranked students from each section of the organization were still in the battle to win. When trophies were handed out and leis adorned the winners, five students began their journeys home as State Champions. Tommy Pearson from Rancho Buena Vista was named Champion in Men’s Shortboard, Christian Clark from La Costa Canyon in Men’s Longboard, Sophia Sarlo from Malibu in Women’s Shortboard, Kaitlin, Maguire from Torrey Pines in Women’s Longboard and Collin Chambers from Oceanside in Bodyboard.

The ISF has been sponsored this season by Transworld Surf, Santa Cruz Sheriffs Activity League, Gatekeeper Locking Racks and Shark Bait Wax. The Oceanside Longboard Surfing Club, San Diego Woody Club and La Jolla Shores Surfing Club have all supported ISF with generous donations to help the program continue its work in support of student surfers.

For questions about ISF or how you can bring a surf program to your school, contact the ISF at www.isfsurfing.org.

For complete results of this event, see the following pages
High School
State Championships
The following are the winning teams of the ISF 2006 High School Surf Team State Championships. Twenty-two teams from Santa Cruz to San Diego, California competed in the competition held on May 6th and 7th, 2006 at the Oceanside Harbor, South Jetty. Surf was 6ft to 8ft on Saturday and 5ft to 7ft on Sunday. Conditions were excellent.

TEAM WINNERS, COASTAL DIVISION

OVERALL TEAM
1st Carlsbad
2nd Ventura
3rd Redondo

MEN’S SHORTBOARD WINNERS
1st Carlsbad 34
2nd Torrey Pines 29
=3rd Soquel 26
=3rd Redondo 22
=5th Aptos 27
=5th Santa Barbara 25
=5th Santa Cruz 24
=5th Palos Verdes 24
=9th Mission Bay 31
=9th Point Loma 30
=9th Ventura 27
=9th Palisades 23
13th La Jolla 6

MEN’S LONGBOARD
1st Ventura 12
2nd Carlsbad 9
=3rd Soquel 7
=3rd Santa Cruz 7
=5th Redondo 10
=5th Palos Verdes 10
=5th Santa Barbara 9
=8th Torrey Pines 10
=8th Palisades 6
=8th Mission Bay 3
=8th Point Loma 0

WOMEN’S SHORTBOARD
1st Ventura 11
2nd Carlsbad 10
3rd Santa Barbara 6
4th Point Loma 0
=5th Torrey Pines 10
=5th Palos Verdes 7
=5th Aptos 6
8th Redondo 9

WOMEN’S LONGBOARD
1st La Jolla 12
2nd Carlsbad 9
=3rd Santa Barbara 7
=3rd Point Loma 0
=5th Ventura 10
=5th Torrey Pines 9
=5th Palos Verdes 6
=5th Redondo 6
9th Aptos 8

BODYBOARD
1st Redondo 13
2nd Carlsbad 8
3rd Aptos 6
4th Palos Verdes 0
=5th Point Loma 9
=5th Soquel 8
=5th Santa Cruz 7
8th Palisades 0
=9th Torrey Pines 10
=9th Ventura 9
=9th Santa Barbara 9
=9th Mission Bay 6

TEAM WINNERS, INLAND DIVISION

OVERALL TEAM
1st Los Alamitos
2nd Wilson
3rd Rancho Buena Vista

MEN’S SHORTBOARD WINNERS
1st Rancho Buena Vista 136.6
2nd Los Alamitos 133.8
=3rd Wilson 20
=3rd Cathedral Catholic 20
=5th Capistrano Valley 18
=5th Tesoro 17
=5th University City 17
=5th Thousand Oaks 13
9th Aliso Niguel 20

MEN’S LONGBOARD
1st Capistrano Valley 11
2nd University City 10
=3rd Los Alamitos 10
=3rd Cathedral Catholic 6
=5th Wilson 10
=5th Tesoro 9
=5th Rancho Buena Vista 6
=5th Thousand Oaks 10
9th Aliso Niguel 9

WOMEN’S SHORTBOARD
1st Wilson 13
2nd Los Alamitos 8
=3rd Rancho Buena Vista 10
=3rd Capistrano Valley 10
=5th Thousand Oaks 8
=5th University City 8
=5th Cathedral Catholic 3
=5th Tesoro 6

WOMEN’S LONGBOARD
1st Wilson 12
2nd Los Alamitos 9
=3rd Rancho Buena Vista 9
=3rd University City 9
=5th Capistrano Valley 9
=5th Capistrano 9
=5th Tesoro 7
=5th Thousand Oaks 6

BODYBOARD
1st Tesoro 13
2nd Los Alamitos 8
=3rd Capistrano Valley 10
=3rd Wilson 9
=5th Cathedral Catholic 9
=5th Thousand Oaks 8
=5th University City 6
8th Rancho Buena Vista 6

High School
State Championships
The following are the finalists of the ISF 2006 High School Surfing State Championships. 248 students representing 41 high schools from Santa Cruz to San Diego participated in the event on May 8th, 2006 at the Oceanside Harbor, South Jetty. Surf was 4ft to 6ft with excellent conditions.

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

MEN’S SHORTBOARD
1st Tommy Pearson, Rancho Buena Vista
2nd Gabe Donatelli, Cathedral Catholic
3rd Austin Smith-Ford, Soquel
4th Charley Stevens, Carlsbad
5th Mike Lonson, Santa Barbara
6th Kyle Buthman, Soquel

MEN’S LONGBOARD
1st Christian Clark, La Costa Canyon
2nd Jon Hoover, Grossmont
3rd Maxx Dexter, Aliso Niguel
4th Charlie May, Army Navy Academy
5th Chris Zambetti, Carlsbad
6th Larry Ugale, Ventura

WOMEN’S SHORTBOARD
1st Sophia Sarlo, Malibu
2nd Heather Jordan, El Camino
3rd Chloe Seaman, Malibu
4th Savannah Shaughnessy, Scotts Valley
5th Sophia Bartlow, Wilson
6th Lexie Wilson, Scotts Valley

WOMEN’S LONGBOARD
1st Kaitlin Maguire, Torrey Pines
2nd Kasie Perkins, Oceanside
3rd Chelsea Zaniboni, Santa Barbara
4th Sophia Sarlo, Malibu
5th Natalie Pompa, Rancho Buena Vista
6th Tatiana Young, La Jolla Country Day

BODYBOARD
1st Collin Chambers, Oceanside
2nd Casey Heitchew, Carlsbad
3rd Brett Curran, Los Alamitos
4th Walli Sani, El Camino
5th Cody Hemmah, Dos Pueblos
6th Chris Bathurst