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3RD ANNUAL SURFER GIRL AND GUY "BEGINNER BEACHFEST"

Each of the past three summers Surfer Girl and Guy Surf Shop in Ocean City, Maryland in cooperation with the Maryland District of the Eastern Surfing Association has sponsored a specialty surfing event designed to introduce novice and younger surfers to competition. This year's event, held Saturday, August 9th at 72nd street in Ocean City, featured challenging conditions for surfers and spectators alike. Intermittent rain showers tested parental resolve and the 3'-4' surf and sweeping current tested the surfers. 

All ages wound up coping with the difficult conditions extraordinarily well. Even the youngest competitors charged the waves, even though for some of the smallest competitors, the waves were well overhead. Boards and bodies survived intact and the kids and their parents exhibited a tremendous level of stoke throughout the long day's competition.

Prizes for the event were supplied by Surfer Girl and Guy surfshop, Oakley, Freestyle, and Billabong.

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:

Girls 10 and under Novice
1. Kelly Chandler

Girls 11-14 Novice
1. Kelcey Bodolus
2. Ellie Tilghman
3. Ali Miller
4. Katie Blazer
5. Mickie Meinhardt

Girls 15-17 Novice
1. Leah Kramer
2. Chelsea Remines

Girls 18+ Novice
1. Allie Faucher

Girls 11-17 Advanced
1. Jenna Ruppert
2. Leah Kramer
3. Chelsea Remines

Girls Longboard Novice
1. Leah Kramer
2. Ali Miller
3. Chelsea Brown
4. Katie Blazer
5. Chelsea Remines
6. Eli Tilghman

Boys 10 & under Novice
1. Dillon Harrington
2. Shaun Wooleyhan
3. Ben Tishman
4. Brad Flora
5. Avery Seig
6. Kaelan Patterson

Boys 11-14 Novice
1. Vince Boulanger
2. David Miller
3. Brian Miller
4. Roy Harrell
5. Nick Hogan
6. Axel Moore

Boys 15-17 Novice
1. Toby Gilbert
2. Keyen Mears
3. Andrew Webster
4. Corey Toth
5. Ryan Baczek

Boys 18+ Novice
1. Jordan Farrell
2. Stephen Fletcher
3. Bryan Babcock
4. Dustin Mason
5. T.J. Shultheis

Boys 10 & under Advanced
1. Spencer Ashton
2. Shaun Wooleyhan
3. Dillon Harrington
4. Aver Seig

Boys 11-14 Advanced
1. Waldon Remington
2. Taylor Ballard
3. Chase Remington
4. Logan Helmuth
5. Paul Kramer
6. Dane Wooleyhan

Boys 15-17 Advanced
1. Wyatt Harrison
2. Ian Tilghman
3. Toby Gilbert
4. Dean Jackson
5. Keyen Mears
6. Mike Lawson

Boys 14 & under Longboard Novice
1. David Miller
2. Nick Hogan
3. Avery Seig

Boys 14 & under Longboard Advanced
1. Taylor Ballard
2. Logan Helmuth
3. Paul Kramer
4. Roy Harrell
5. Avery Seig

Boys 15 + Longboard
1. Wyatt Harrison
2. Dean Jackson
3. Ian Tilghman
4. Jordan Farrell
5. Toby Gilbert
6. 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