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July 18, 2007

Rhode Island Surf Championships

After cancelling three straight contests in the past two months, ESA officials were wary on the night before last week’s scheduled event. The original site of the contest was Whitecrest Beach in Cape Cod, which was not a viable choice, due to the fact that the sandbar shifts had caused the waves to be unridable throughout most of the tides.
With the town beach having been very ridable for the three days before the contest, everyone figured it would just go flat, as it had happened for the past three events. “We were very surprised to see a solid 3-4 foot ground swell on Saturday morning,” said ESA Competition Director Mario Frade. “And the waves stayed strong right through the entire day of competition. We really lucked out.”
“There were lots of nice, well formed waves coming in,” said local rider Ryan Richer. “But the sets would shift from one sand bar to another. I sat through most of my short board heat without a set coming through, although the other peak kept pumping 3-4 footers.”
“No doubt,” said double winner Chuck Barend. “You had to keep hustling to make sure you grabbed the set waves, because the peaks were shifting.”
With the quality waves, came many hot performances in just about every possible category. Scituate’s Chad Bruce continued to remain undefeated in the Menehune competition, while the Madden brothers from Portsmouth took the top spots in the Boys and Junior Men’s finals.
Cape Cod’s Eric Dranginis topped Narragansett’s Ryan Richer in the shortboard Men’s Final, while Richer returned the compliment in the Men’s Longboard stanza. North Kingstown’s Joe Black returned to the competition scene after 15 years, and showed he had not lost his winning form, as he topped Nick Carter in the Masters Final.
In the older categories, it was Little Compton’s Chuck Barend sweeping both the Senior Men’s and Senior Longboard Finals, with some great wave selection. Narragansett’s Peter Pan did likewise in taking both the Legends and Legends Longboard titles.
Pembroke’s Nora Vasconcellos moved up to the Junior Women’s and Women’s Longboard ranks for the first time, and styled her way to easy wins in both.
Boston’s Pat Redmond continued to remain undefeated in the Open Bodyboard category, while Little Compton’s Pat Brown took the highly competitive Open Shortboard title.
The next ESA contest is again scheduled for the Narragansett Town Beach on July 28th. The event will be on call for the night before, after 6:00 PM.
Interested surfers can call the ESA hotline at 401.727.2605 at that time.

Final Results of the 2007 Rhode Island
State Surfing Championships
Held in 3-4 foot surf at the Narragansett Town Beach on July 14, 2007

Menehune Final- 1.Chad Bruce Boy’s Final- 1.Cole Madden 2.John Ryan 3.Blake Erwin 4.Brett Erwin 5.Andy Carlier

Junior Men’s Final- 1.Wade Madden 2.Pat Brown 3.Carl Berg 4.Luke Ryan 5.Donovan Sullivan

Men’s Final- 1.Eric Dranginis 2.Ryan Richer 3.Ronaldo Lima 4.Misha Miller-Sisson

Masters Final- 1.Joe Black 2.Nick Carter

Senior Men’s Final- 1.Chuck Barend 2.Matt Richard 3.Eric Webber

Grandmaster’s Final- 1.Mike Salvadore

Legends Final- 1.Peter Pan 2.Janice Causey 3.Larry Kilmer

Junior Women’s Final- 1.Nora Vasconcellos

Women’s Final- 1.Katie Imswiler 2.Jen McGovern 3.Fallon Barker 4.Katie Ryan

Menehune Longboard Final- 1.John Ryan 2.Chad Bruce 3.Brett Erwin 4.Andrew Carlier 5. Cole Madden 6.Blake Erwin

Junior Longboard Final- 1.Luke Ryan 2.Wade Madden 3.Carl Berg 4.Pat Brown 5.Donovan Sullivan

Men’s Longboard Final- 1.Ryan Richer 2.Eric Dranginis 3.Ronaldo Lima

Senior Longboard Final- 1.Chuck Barend 2.Gil Chalstrom 3.Eric Webber 4.Nick Carter 5.Joe Black 6.Matt Richards

Legends Longboard- 1.Peter Pan 2.Larry Kilmer 3.Mike Salvadore

Women’s Longboard Final- 1.Nora Vasconcellos 2.Katie Imswiler 3.Jen McGovern 4.Fallon Barker 5.Katie Ryan

Senior Women’s Longboard Final- 1.Janice Causey

Open Final Results- 1. Pat Brown 2.Eric Dranginis 3.Cole Madden 4.Wade Madden 5.Matt Richards 6.Chuck Barend 7.Nora Vasconcellos 8.Larry Kilmer 9.Misha Miller-Sisson 10.John Ryan 11.Katie Ryan 12.Luke Ryan 13.Ronaldo Lima 14.Chad Bruce 15.Fallon Barker

Open Bodyboard Final- 1.Pat Redmond 2.Mike Salvadore 3.Katie Ryan 4.Peter Pan 5.Janice Causey 6.Dave Graziano

------PETER PAN

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