2006 Quiet Storm Delaware State Surfing Championships

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NEW JERSEY SURFER WINS DELAWARE STATE SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brian Williams of Williamstown, NJ won the Quiet Storm Delaware State Surfing Champion title at the 2006 Quiet Storm Delaware State Surfing Championships, Saturday, June 3. Williams received a $200 Quiet Storm Surf Shop gift certificate as his prize and also took the Mens Shortboard division title. Nearly 100 surfers from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey met at the Delaware Seashore Tower Road beach to compete for state titles and $1,200 in prizes from Quiet Storm Surf Shops in Rehoboth Beach and Lewes at the annual championship event. Waist-high surf dampened by downpours lasted throughout the day, but the rain couldn't stop some of the best surfers in the Mid-Atlantic region during the 13-hour event. Competitors and spectators on the beach were all treated to free Nicola pizza in between the downpours.

Along with the 21 regular age divisions there were 4 open events that determined the state champion for shortboard, longboard, bodyboard and womens shortboard. Art Baltrotsky of Berlin, Maryland won the open longboard division while Jake Buchler of Frankford, Delaware once again took the bodyboard title. Kaitlyn Curran of Ocean City, Md. upset the defending champ, Jenna Ruppert of Selbyville, Delaware for the Womens title.

Quiet Storm Surf Shop in Rehoboth Beach also donated a new 7S fish surfboard to be given away to one lucky competitor in a drawing at the end of the event. Thirteen-year-old Colton Clazey of Chestertown, Md. turned out to be the lucky competitor.

The next Delmarva ESA event is the 2nd Annual Wahine Contest on June 17 at North Side Indian River Inlet or the Tower Road State Park just south of Dewey Beach. This is a regular points event for women and girls divisions only. There will also be special divisions for beginner women and girl surfers that have never competed before. Check out the Delmarva ESA web-site for more information on the Delmarva District of the Eastern Surfing Association and to view a schedule of upcoming events at www.DelmarvaESA.org or call the toll-free contest info line at 1-888-632-4742.

UPDATED Delmarva ESA 2006 events schedule:

- 2nd Annual WAHINE CONTEST - June 17 - girls and womens events only - Delmarva ESA points event - North Side Indian River Inlet, DE or the Tower Road State Park just south of Dewey Beach

- USA SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS - July 11-19 - Oceanside, CA

- MALIBUS CLASSIC - July 22 & 23 - Delmarva ESA #3 - 8th Street, Ocean City, MD

- SURFER GIRL & GUY - July 29 & 30 - Delmarva ESA #4 - 72nd Street, Ocean City, MD
- MARYLAND STATES - August 12 & 13 - Delmarva ESA #5 - 48th Street Ocean City, MD

- EASTERNS - September 17-23 - Cape Hatteras, NC

- K-COAST OPEN - October 14 - 35th Street, Ocean City, MD

- SEA WITCH SURF FEST - October 28 - Delmarva ESA #6 - in Delaware at the Tower Road State Park in Dewey Beach or North Side Indian River Inlet.

Delmarva ESA contest #1 results are:

Open Shortboard (all ages)
1. Brian Williams - 2006 Delaware State Surfing Champion
2. Art Baltrotsky
3. Roy Harrell
4. Robbie Mears
5. Jake Buchler
6. Gatey Dawkins

Open Longboard (all ages)
1. Art Baltrotsky - 2006 Delaware State Longoard Champion
2. Logan Helmuth
3. Justin Weismiller
4. Bill Willem
5. Jake Buchler
6. Kate Bassett

Open Bodyboard (all ages)
1. Jake Buchler - 2006 Delaware State Bodyboard Champion
2. Nick Leonard
3. Robbie Mears
4. Matt Meinhardt
5. Garrett Faulkner
6. Brady Faby

Open Womens (all ages)
1. Kaitlyn Curran - 2006 Delaware State Womens Surfing Champion
2. Rachel Harrell
3. Kate Bassett
4. Ali Faucher
5. Brandi Zirkel
6. Jenna Ruppert

Menehune Shortboard (boys/girls 11 & under)
1. Dallas Harrington
2. Tyler Clazey

Girls Shortboard (14 & under)
1. Rachel Harrell
2. Courtney Haldeman

Boys Shortboard (12-14)
1. Dillon Harrington
2. Caleb Buchler
3. Avery Sieg
4. Colton Clazey

Jr. Women Shortboard (15-17)
1. Charlotte Deck
2. Kaitlyn Curran
3. Mackenzie White

Jr. Men Shortboard (15-17)
1. Roy Harrell
2. Joey Boulanger
3. Jake Buchler
4. Chase Remington
5. Dam Baungardner
6. Travis Knight

Men Shortboard (18-24)
1. Brian Williams
2. Gatey Dawkins
3. Robbie Mears
4. Scott Tetzner
5. Jonathan St. Cyr
6. Dan Malone

Women Shortbaord (18-29)
1. Jenn Abrams
2. Kate Bassett
3. Brandi Zirkel
4. Ali Faucher
5. April Zebron
6. Hanna Preziosi

Masters Shortboard (25-34)
1. Dennis Cappo
2. Jack Thomas
3. Bryan Athey

Sr. Mens Shortboard (35-44)
1. Art Baltrotsky
2. Keith White
3. Craig Garfield

Grand Masters Shortboard (45-54)
1. Bill Willem
2. Roy Harrell
3. Dave Whigam

Legends Shortboard (55-64)
1. Jeff Phillips
2. John Ochs
3. Bill Helmuth

Menehune Bodyboard (boys/girls 14 & under)
1. Brady Faby
2. Matt Landon
3. Josh Mohun

Jr. Longboard (15-17)
1. Justin Weismiller
2. Logan Helmuth
3. Jake Buchler
4. Nick Hogan
5. Ben Kelleher
6. Mike Noygs

Mens Longboard (18-34)
1. Bryan Athey

Womens Longboard (29 & under)
1. Kate Bassett
2. Jenna Ruppert
3. Chelsea Remines
4. Kaitlyn Curran
5. Hanna Preziosi

Masters Longboard (35-49)
1. Art Baltrotsky
2. Craig Garfield

Legends Longboard (50+)
1. Bill Willem
2. John Ochs
3. Bill Helmuth

For more information about the Eastern Surfing Association contact:
Art Baltrotsky
Delmarva District ESA Director
http://www.DelmarvaESA.org
P.O. Box 207, Ocean City, MD 21843
410-641-3329
delmarva@surfesa.org

The Eastern Surfing Association (ESA), founded in 1967, a non-profit, IRS tax-exempt corporation, is the largest amateur surfing organization in the world with more than 7,000 members. 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 public access to a clean shoreline and ocean environment. The association's activities are organized in a total of twenty-six 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. The Delmarva District currently has more than 350 active members and is operated by a non-paid, all volunteer staff. Visit the Delmarva ESA on-line at www.DelmarvaESA.org.