14 n Thursday, August 22, 2019
Coastal View News • Carpinteria, California
Local surfer/skaters shine in Surf Happens comp
PHOTOS BY SURF HAPPENS
On Saturday, Aug. 10, Surf Happens held its second-annual Board Riders U14 Surf and Skate contest at Santa Claus Lane. Fifty local youth participated in the event in one- to three-foot surf and clean conditions. The premise of the competition was “low pressure and high fun,” according to Surf Happens owner Chris Keet. Three age divisions—U8, U12 and U14—gave competitors the opportunity to test themselves against their peers both in surfing and skateboarding on the Surf Happens shop ramp on Santa Claus Lane. “U14 was the biggest skate division,” Keet noted, “and it was clear from the get-go that the lads had the intention of showing the judges and everyone on hand their skills.” Bree Smith won the Wahines division in surfing with power and style, as well as savvy competitive skills. Smith is “one to look for in the future,” Keet said, “she surfed like a WQS stand out.”
2019 Surf and Skate Champions U8
U12
Maddox Keet
Santi Greenberg
U10
U14 Logan Curry
Dominic Arce
Carver Skate Jam Dominic Arce
Surf Results
U 8 Push-in Division
Charlie De Groot Avery Oretsky Jack Keet Ryker Abing Henry Goldstein Coral Castorino/ Kai Landers
U8
Maddox Keet Eli Sears Avery Oretsky Mason Powers William Bertelsem Jack Keet
U10
Ronin Castorino Hawkins Darrah Dominic Arce Eli Sears
Beckett Eason Maddox Keet
U12
Maddox Keet Ronin Castorino Aiden Albada Dominic Arce Joey Penueta Louis Waters
U14
Curtis Jacobs Caleb Faoro Hamilton Jacobs Logan Curry Holden Osborne Joey Penueta Wahines U17 Bree Smith Jesse Engel Malaya Morente Coral Castorino
Skateboard Results
U8
Jack Keet Maddox Keet Kai Landers Mason Powers
U10
Tait Likens Sawyer Abing Santi Greenberg Dominic Aguilar
Maddox Keet breaks free of gravity’s hold, bringing his already-developing point break style to U8 surf/skate division victory.
U14 Surf and Skate Champion Logan Curry blasts the end section en route to his victory in the surf division.
Bree Smith’s form was unbeatable in the Wahines division.
U12
Koa Guy Tait Likens Bobby Comstock Santi Greenberg Dominic Arce
U14
Morgan Ellis Logan Curry Holden Osborne Ryder Sapp
Jack Keet claims his trophy, reveling in his U8 skateboarding win.
Duke Sharp uses nimble footwork to pop an ollie in the U14 skate competition.