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Rain or Shine, Seal Beach Surf Contest Is On

This weekend is the 2012 Seal Beach Surfing Championship

Surf’s up, and that means that the 2012 Seal Beach Surfing Championship is on for this weekend.

Spectators are encouraged to bring their umbrellas. The National Weather Service is expecting a 100 percent chance of rain on Saturday, but with the storm comes some decent swells. Surfline is predicting some 3’ to 4’ surf to move in Friday evening with waves reaching about 5’ on Saturday. The rain is expected to be light, and forecasters predict that it will pass by Sunday.

The contest starts at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday

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Each year, for the past 14 years, the lifeguards have hosted a winter surf contest to raise money for local charities such as J. H. McGuagh Elementary and Project SEEK. This year’s donation will help the families of the victims in the Salon Meritage shooting. This year, organizers have added a new category to the contest for Best Trick.

The format for the contest will consist of a 30-minute heat on a first come, first serve basis for the first 30 surfers to enter. Within the 30 minutes the surfer to perform the best trick will win a new Body Glove wetsuit and a pair of booties.

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The 2012 Seal Beach Surfing Championships divisions will consist of:

Men’s Shortboard

  • Men’s Longboard
  • Master’s Shortboard
  • Master’s Longboard
  • Seniors
  • Women
  • Juniors
  • Grom
  • Menehune

Every surfer will receive a contest t-shirt and a meal at the awards banquet. Sign-up forms can be found at local businesses, surf shops, and at the Seal Beach Lifeguard Headquarters (888 Ocean Ave). Competitors can also register at sbsurfcontest.com.

Sponsors for the 2012 Seal Beach Surfing Championships include: Kanvas by Katin Surf Shop, Monstrositee LLC., Surfrider Foundation, Harbor Surfboards, Bruce Jones Surfboards, Chas Surfboards, Foam-EZ, R Payne Surfbaords, Labreau Shapes and Designs, Arbor Skateboards, Body Glove, Smith Optics, Champion Chiropractic, Get In The Wild, SnowBoarding.com, Seal Multi, Z Pizza, Hennessey’s Seal Beach, Yucatan Grill.


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