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MARYLAND ESA CONTEST #4 8/11/03

While cold water and cloudy skies don't seem like the perfect recipe for an August surfing competition, the combination worked out just fine for the Maryland ESA's previously postponed 4th contest of the 2003 season. The contest, which ran on Sunday, August 11, at 72nd street in Ocean City, experienced only a few sprinkles and the competitors enjoyed consistent surf throughout the day. Moderate south to southwest winds allowed the conditions to stay surfable throughout the day. In all slightly over 100 competitors participated in the event in 21 different divisions and the event wrapped up by 5:00 pm.

The next and final competition of the Eastern Surfing Association's Maryland District 2003 competition season will be the Maryland State Surfing Championships scheduled for Saturday August 30 at 47th St. in Ocean City, Md. Visit www.MarylansESA.org for events, news, surfing links and more than 4,000 surfing images from local contests.

Results are as follows:

Menehune
1. Dillon Harrington
2. Brad Flora
3. Spencer Ashton
4. Brian Miller
5. Anthony Montague

Boys
1. Taylor Ballard
2. Jake Buchler
3. Vince Boulanger
4. Roy Harrell
5. Logan Helmuth
6. Will Heuring

Junior Mens
1. Wyatt Harrison
2. Dean Jackson
3. Ian Tilghman
4. Toby Gilbert
5. Mike Lawson
6. John Miller

Mens
1. Ted Smith
2. Clifton Rogers
3. Gaty Dawkins
4. Kevin Daisey
5. Robbie Mears
6. Brian West

Menehune LB
1. Jake Buchler
2. Taylor Ballard
3. Paul Kramer
4. Waldon Remington
5. Logan Helmuth
6. Will Heuring

Junior LB
1. Wyatt Harrison
2. Ian Tilghman
3. Dean Jackson
4. Toby Gilbert
5. Mike Lawson

Mens LB
1. Ted Smith
2. Chris Makibbin

Masters LB
1. Chris Vaxmonsky
2. Art Baltrotsky
3. Chris Shanahan
4. Craig Garfield

Open
1. Gaty Dawkins
2. Ted Smith
3. Mike Dedrick
4. Robbie Mears
5. Chris Vaxmonsky
6. Chris Makibbin

Masters
1. Craig Garfield
2. Drex Harrington
3. Chris Makibbin

Sr. Mens
1. Art Baltrotsky
2. Chris Shanahan
3. Chris Vaxmonsky
4. Wally Abrams
5. Ray Wimbrow

Grandmasters
1. Chris Tilghman
2. Josh Merritt
3. Scott Webb

Legends
1. Jeff Phillips
2. Charlie Birch
3. Bill Helmuth

Girls
1. Jenna Ruppert
2. Hannah Preziosi

Womens
1. Jenn Abrams
Sr. Women
1. Bonnie Preziosi

Senior LB
1. Chris Tilghman
2. Mike Harrington
3. Wally Abrams

Legends LB
1. Scott Webb
2. Josh Merritt
3. Bill Helmuth
4. Charlie Birch
5. George Smith

Womens LB
1. Jenna Ruppert
2. Hannah Preziosi

Menehune BB
1. Taylor Ballard
2. Jake Buchler
3. Logan Helmuth
4. Paul Kramer
5. Waldon Remington
6. Matt Meinhardt

Junior BB
1. Joe Ferrara
2. Michael Lawson
3. Travis Stultz

The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA), a non-profit, IRS tax-exempt corporation, is the largest amateur surfing organization in the world. It is dedicated to the sport of amateur surfing, to the operation of a program of amateur competition for surfers of all ages and abilities, and to the establishment and preservation of free access to a clean shoreline and ocean environment. The association’s activities are organized in a total of twenty-eight districts, which extend along nearly 2,000 miles of coastline, stretching from Maine through the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama and also around the Great Lakes.

For more information about the Eastern Surfing Association contact:

Art Baltrotsky
Maryland ESA District Director
Tumbling Monkeys
314 N. Main Street
Berlin, MD 21811
410-641-3329
art@tumblingmonkeys.com