3rd Annual CSO Open
June
25-26th,
2005
Nelscott Beach,
Lincoln
City,
Oregon
As everything was beginning to come together
for the contest, the weather forecast continued to
look grim. As I was driving to the contest site Saturday
morning at 5 am it was sprinkling. The contest beach,
Nelscott Beach in Lincoln City, was the only bright
spot in the entire area. Everywhere else was fogged
in! We took this to be a good sign. Our "surfer
friendly" contest format allowed us to obtain
four different beach permits. A week before the contest
a nice sandbar formed at Nelscott, and shortly after
we made the call for that beach.
We had a record 60+ surfers in the contest,
a lot of whom were surfers we've been praying a number
of years for. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful
day, reaching the mid 70's. The wind stayed down enough
to allow for surfable conditions. Everyone was stoked!
A free BBQ and Surfchurch on the beach closed the evening.
The next day we were greeted with
glassy conditions and 2-4' A-frame peaks. The level
in the water was outstanding and everyone on the
beach was treated to quite a show as the tide filled
in for the finals. Deeper and
more meaningful relationships developed with many
local surfers. Each surfer walked away with a Surfer's
Bible!
Here's what one of our judges had to
say about the contest, "I
think it really accomplished its goals on many, many
levels. I think 60+ surfers getting together, setting
such a positive example of brother-and-sisterhood
is a powerful expression of God's love for all men
and women. I am honored to have been a part of that." That
sums up why we go to all the effort of putting on
a contest. We kept hearing from non-believing competitors
that they really enjoyed the atmosphere at our contest.
It was obvious to us that the contest had been covered
in prayer. By the way, the day after the contest,
we got dumped on with a lot of rain.
–Jason Menke, Chapter Director
Click here to see contest photos
Shortboard Open
1st Jeremy Rasmussen, Lincoln
City
2nd Irwin Langeberg, Lincoln
City
3rd Matt Jenkinson, North
Bend
4th Ernie Martella, Lincoln
City
5th Tony Perez, Lincoln
City
Shortboard Masters (40+)
1st
Irwin Lnageberg, Lincoln City
2nd
Tony Gile, Lincoln
City
3rd
Buzzy Morales, Salem
4th Scott Seigel, Pacific
City
5th Mike Jipp, Lincoln
City
Longboard Open
1st Pete "Skeeter" DiRusso, Ophir
2nd
Gary Smither, North
Bend
3rd
Mark Wilkinson, Albany
4th
Tony Gile, Lincoln
City
5th
Rob Russo, Lincoln
City
Women Open
1st Hayley Espelund, Seaside
2nd
Sierra Gjerde, Rockaway
3rd
Jessie Claussen, Coos
Bay
4th
Laurie Milligan, Beaverton
5th
Hannah Nichols, Neotsu
Grom (16 & Under)
1st
Zack
Booth, Eugene
2nd
Eric Horbatiuk, North
Bend
3rd
Cameron Malamed, Coos
Bay
4th
Kaylor Hollen, Newport
5th Eugene Blundell, Coos
Bay
2004
Contest Results [ click
here ]
2003
Contest
Results
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here ]
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