AND WHAMMY, VENTURA FOR THE WIN!
In a West Coast Board Riders’ heat, there are a total of 50 points that a team can earn. This would require each surfer scoring a perfect 10, including the Double Whammy surfer.
On their way to the win at yesterday’s WCBR North Division Event #3, which also secured their spot in the WCBR Championships at Lower Trestles on Saturday 9 May 2020, the Ventura Board Riders Club almost achieved it!
In the very first heat of the day, Ventura’s Whammy Surfer Jabe Swierkocki (don’t even try to pronounce it) dropped a perfect 10 to give Ventura an early lead over the field with a total heat score of 33.97.
In the Women’s heat a few hours later, Ventura’s Makena Burke also Whammied a 10 to take the heat win.
And it was in the last heat of the day when the Ventura 20’s dropped the hammer, turning in wave scores of 7.5, 18.26, 8.5 and 6.43 for a total heat score of 40.69.
Ventura claimed the cup on their home turf with a total event score of 213.69.
For the Division the Santa Cruz Board Riders Club won the north, with Ventura claiming 2nd, South Bay taking 3rd and first-year club SLO County coming in 4th.
SEASON TOTALS
Santa Cruz—372.89
Ventura—315.35
South Bay—272.57
SLO County—260.69
As we look ahead to our final events in the 2019/20 Season we want to thank all of our clubs and partners for the stoke and energy everyone puts into our events, in particular the following:
Santa Cruz
Shane Skelton
Anthony Ruffo
Christina LoFranco
Matt Myers
Peter Mel
SLO County
Dave “Mouse” Friesen
Scott Vanderripe
Steve Denham
Ventura
Brett Jordan
Sean O’Toole
Sean “Purpele” Hayes
Adam Virs
South Bay
Dickie O’Reilly
Tom Horton
Matt Walls
Dane Zaun
And to all of our Partners!
O’Neill
Clif Bar
Sun Bum
Olloclip
805 Beer
Surfing Heritage and Culture Center
The Surf Network
FUEL TV
Surfline
Freesurf Magazine
Brillo Productions
Ron Lyon Photo
Action Sports Canopies
Hot Shoppe
Live Heats
We look forward to seeing everyone at the WCBR All Stars presented by Jack’s Surfboards on Wednesday 25 March at the Huntington Beach Pier!