O’Neill Cold Water Classic South Africa
ASP 4-Star WQS Mens event
Cape Peninsula South Africa
20 – 24 June 2009
Organisers of the O’Neill Cold Water Classic international surfing event to be staged on the South Peninsula beaches of Cape Town from 20-24 June have ensured that it will have minimal impact on the environmentally sensitive coastline at the venues that it uses while simultaneously benefitting the local economy.
“O’Neill has pulled out all the stops to make the Cold Water Classic in Cape Town an environmentally friendly event,” says Paul Canning, O’Neill South Africa Marketing Manager. “We will be implementing a comprehensive Environmental Management Plan to reduce the impact on the various beaches where the event will be run.”
If you plan on doing more than just surf on international surfing day read on…
Come celebrate International Surfing Day this Saturday with the Quiksilver Foundation and the Bolsa Chica Wetlands Conservatory at Bolsa Chica State Beach. The event is free and open to the public.
Schedule:
- 7:00am – Beach Clean-Up Begins (south parking lot at Bolsa Chica State Beach)
- 9:00am – Open Surf Session
- 11:00am – Lunch with Taco Bell and Sambazon
The morning is set to kick-off at the south end of the park with a beach clean-up and an open surf session to follow. Surftech will be demoing their quiver of the latest surfboards and SUP boards. Entrance into the park is free for volunteers who show up between 7:00am and 9:00am.
Taco Bell will roll up in their new taco truck to hand out free lunch for the first 300 volunteers. Sambazon will also give away free smoothies. And as an extra special thank-you, Quiksilver will give away special event tee-shirts. Check-in at the Quiksilver tent to get a wristband for lunch, smoothies and tee-shirt.
Bud Frietas threw down a 9.3 and an 8.2 in the final to lock up the win in the Pro division. Gabe Godfrey squeaked out the win over Austin Smith-Ford in the Junior Men’s final, and Nic Hernandez pulled out a late 8.0 in his Boys final to down Willy Eagleton. Camila Gerard jumped out to an early lead on the women’s side and never looked back, and John John Mel was impressive in his Mini Grom final that, in addition to the win, he inked a deal with Oakley.
RESULTS:
Mini Grom
1-John John Mel
2-Sam Coffey
3-Olin Borgeson
4-Taj Carpenter
Boys
1-Nic Hernandez
2-Willy Eagleton
3-Wyatt Barrabee
4-Max Nunes
5-Tenzin Mendenhall
6-Ben Coffey
Jr. Men
1-Gabe Godfrey
2-Austin Smith-Ford
3-Patrick Shanghessy
4-John Wilson
5-Nate Zoiler
6-Chad Underhill
Girls
1-Camila Gerard
2-Carly Wilson
3-Asia C
4-Laruen Mackey
ProAm
1-Bud Freitas
2-Noi K
3-Josh Loya
4-Tyler Fox
5-Aaron LaBlanc
6-Kyle Boothman
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