52nd Surfing International Surf Festival 2013
“Let’s not forget about the surfing, we had top surfers from mainland Mexico to Pismo Beach”
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by John Joseph
The festival committee, Scott Hubble Productions and LA County Lifeguards all had significant roles in making this the surfing event of the summer in the South Bay. Nine divisions, surfing two sites, a fun 3 foot swell on the south side of the Manhattan Pier on August 3rd, little or no wind with plenty of sunshine made this the place to be Saturday morning. 
Along with the US Body Surfing Championships on the north side of the pier, the scaffoldings, pop ups, vendors with plenty of free samples, banners, flags and terrific crowds gave the event the look and feel of a major surf happening
Let’s not forget about the surfing, we had top surfers from mainland Mexico to Pismo Beach. Two new divisions, Grom 12 and under, plus Stand up Paddle were really a hit. Both the men’s short and long board divisions were hotly contested with terrific surfing going on
South Bay Surf League standouts Codee Stamis and Luke Meyers tied for first after all tie breakers were exhausted. La Jolla’s Issac Woods was third with South Bay Board Rider and breakwater standout Matt Walls fourth.
Dave Schaefer showed once again why he is one of the best in the South Bay by winning the Longboard Division. Issac Woods was a close second. 
Matt Determan finished third while Scotty Bredesen carried on the family tradition by finishing fourth. Spyder Surfs Tamera Lunz and Casper Elizaga from Venice put on a tremendous exhibition of women’s surfing with Lunz narrowly edging out Elizaga. 
The highly anticipated SUP did not disappoint. Geo Perez from mainland Mexico put on quite a performance while Nicholas Huante was second and Tamera Lunz showed that the women will not be out done in this new event by placing third. 
This years event indicates to me that if we continue to make the adjustments and improvements that were incorporated this year the surfing competition can once again be considered one of the can’t miss contests of the summer. DZ
Results
Grom 12 and under Jr Men 13-15 Men 16 and up Masters 36 and over
Zack Rosenberg Cody Purcell Luke Meyer t1 Tim Ferguson t1
Joshua Terry Matt Hodges Cody Stamis t1 Matt Walls t1
Rodney Buck Max Cajuste Issac Woods Jorge Barba
Kiernan Walls Andrew Neal Matt Walls
Charlie Winkworth William Allen Geo Perez
Matt Hahn Eli Champagne Trevor McCormick
Matt Determan
Longboard 20 and under Longboard 21 and over Longboard 46 and over
William Allen Dave Schaefer Biff Collins
Peter Neal Issac Wood Tim Ferguson
Andrew Neal Matt Determan Able Yberra
Diego Enriques Scott Bredesen
Chris Hall Biff Collins
Tim Ferguson
Women Stand up
Tamera Lunz Geo Perez
Casper Elizaga Nicholas Huante
Emma Welding Tamera Lunz
Erica Villaraza Jason Leeds
Hail Honea Dave Schaefer
Page Sullivan Jason Shanks
