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K-COAST BEGINNER'S BASH DRAWS 119 SURFING COMPETITORS

K-Coast Surf Shops in Ocean City, MD donated $5,000 in prizes for 90 beginner surfers during the K-Coast Beginners Bash at 35th Street in Ocean City, MD, Saturday, July 21, 2007. K-Coast also held an Open Shortboard division for advanced surfers. Out of the 29 advanced Open division competitors, Travis Knight of Ocean City, MD walked away with the first place trophy and a Sector Nine longboard skateboard. A junky, knee to waist-high, wind swell in the morning gave way a solid, waist-high, ground swell in the afternoon creating excellent conditions for the 34 heats of surfing.

Roxy, O'Fish'l Fin Systems and Freestyle helped with the prizes while Ponzetti's Pizza of Ocean City fed everyone on the beach with 35 large pizzas.

Richard D'Onofrio, 13, of Frankford, DE had his name drawn as the winner of a brand new custom TK Performance Shapes Surfboard donated by Ted Kearns of North Carolina's Outer Banks.

The next Delmarva ESA event is the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Maryland State Surfing Championships on August 11 and 12 at the inlet jetty in Ocean City, MD. Anyone interested in competing can enter on the beach between 7 and 8 am the morning of the event. Call the toll-free contest info-line at 1-888-632-4742 for the latest contest update and location. Check out the Eastern Surfing Association Delmarva District's web-site at www.DelmarvaESA.org for more information and to view a schedule of upcoming events.

K-Coast Grom Bash results are:

Open Shortboard - Advanced surfers (all ages)
1. Travis Knight of Ocean City, MD
2. Art Baltrotsky of Berlin, MD
3. Dillon Harrington of Ocean City, MD
4. Chris Vaxmonsky of Ocean Pines, MD
5. Roy Harrell of Ocean View, DE
6. Jasset Umbel of Melbourne Beach, FL

Menehune Shortboard - Novice (boys/girls 11 & under)
1. Jimmy Edmunds of Ocean City, MD
2. Simon Hetrick of Harrisburg, PA
3. Joey Pruitt of Frankford, DE
4. Danton Boulanger of Ocean City, MD
5. Tyler Clazey of Chestertown, MD
6. Grant Rosenblatt of Berlin, MD

Girls Shortboard - Novice (14 & under)
1. Claire Zurkowsky of Havre de Grace, MD
2. Austyn Shields of Glenn Dale, MD
3. Alexandra Bruder of Berlin, MD
4. Meredith Soule of Ocean City, MD
5. Olivia Overton of Salisbury, MD
6. Molly Soule of Ocean City, MD

Boys Shortboard - Novice (12-14)
1. Dallas Harrington of Ocean City, MD
2. John Moore of Berlin, MD
3. Johnny Soghomonian of Bishopville, MD
4. Richard D'Onofrio of Frankford, DE
5. Zach Mitchell of Berlin, MD
6. Dustin Whittles of Lexington Park, MD

Jr. Men Shortboard - Novice (15-17)
1. Thomas Edmunds of Ocean City, MD
2. Coleman Zurkowski of Havre de Grace, MD
3. Adam Bartoshesky of Salisbury, MD
4. Trevor Britt of Ocean City, MD

Men Shortboard - Novice (18-24)
1. Taber Bartoshesky of Salisbury, MD
2. Max Press of Berlin, MD
3. Michael Rock of Ocean City, MD
4. Trip Colonell of Fenwick Island, DE
5. Matt Slentz of Ocean City, MD
6. Paul Zurkowski of Havre de Grace, MD

Grand Masters Shortboard - Novice (45-54)
1. Landy Taylor of Ocean City, MD
2. Paul Zurkowsky of Havre de Grace, MD

Menehune Bodyboard - Novice (boys/girls 14 & under)
1. Kelly Powell of Ocean City, MD
2. Jenna Landon of Newark, MD
3. Anthony Clisalli of Silver Spring, MD
4. Zach Jacobs of Berlin, MD
5. Ben Vaxmonsky of Ocean Pines, MD
6. Erik Geiser of Ocean Pines, MD

Open Bodyboard - Novice (all ages)
1. Michael Murray of Ocean City, MD
2. Dallas Harrington of Ocean City, MD
3. Brad Flora of Phoenix, MD
4. Zach Mitchell of Berlin, MD
5. Jenna Landon of Newark, MD
6. Anthony Clisalli of Silver Spring, MD

Menehune Longboard - Novice (boys/girls 14 & under)
1. Shane Moore of Berlin, MD
2. Jimmy Edmunds of Ocean City, MD
3. Johnny Soghomonian of Bishopville, MD
4. John Moore of Berlin, MD
5. Noah Vaxmonsky of Ocean Pines, MD
6. Simon Hetrick of Harrisburg, PA

Men's Longboard - Novice (18-34)
1. Jacob Lahr of Berlin, MD
2. Max Press of Berlin, MD
3. Phill Blush of Bethany Beach, DE
4. Nathan Bourne of Berlin, MD
5. Thomas Buchness of Ocean City, MD

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 surfing organization in the world with more than 11,000 members. It is dedicated to the sport of surfing, to the operation of a program of 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-seven districts, which extend along nearly 2,000 miles of coastline, stretching from Maine through the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama and also including the Great Lakes and Puerto Rico. The Delmarva District currently has more than 550 active members and is operated by a non-paid, all volunteer staff. Visit the Delmarva ESA on-line at www.DelmarvaESA.org.