NOR-Cal Surf Kayak Classic First Day!!!!

There was a little concern this morning looking at the conditions when we arrived at Davenport. With waves in the 3-5 foot range, and a 5.2 ft tides at 11:00, with no wave breaking on the north side, it proved to be a stressful day. But we where in luck, the south side(which is run by the board surfers) opened up to us and was breaking. The local board surfers, who rightly own the south break, didn't give us any grief when we moved on over. So I want to give a huge THANK YOU to the davenport locals, for being the coolest F--king locals on this planet!!!!!
Stiff competition landed on this sunny day, with impressive rides and window shades from everyone.
The First Annual Commander of California heat 1 proved to be a good one, with ripping rides from the four representatives. Because the conditions were small there will be two Commander heats and the cumulative scores from each representative will be totaled. The drama is unfolding. Dave the wave(Bay area) showed that he owns the landing with winning heat 1. North Coast was represented well with Jeff Burlingham coming in 2nd. Vince Shay, central coast, was third and Byron Olsen from So-Cal coming in fourth; but only because of an interference call. Byron's rides where impressive and it would have been a tough call if there was no interference.

Here are today's heat scores:

Wave ski
Heat 1
1. Fletcher Burton
2. Mark Pastik
3. Kate Smith

Heat 2
1. Vince Shay
2. Alexander Stubbs
3. James Lohr
4. Gina Trojani

Heat 3
1. Sean Morley
2. Chris Russ
3. Devon Pearse

IC
Heat 1
1. Dave Johnston
2. Demany Smith
3. Matt Hudgens
4. Jared Noceti

Heat 2
1. Dan Crandall
2. Eric Sadler
3. Erik Miller
4. Mark Pastik

Heat 3
1. Jono Stevens
2. Kevin Tinney
3. Buck Johnson
4. Wayne Waddington

Women's HP
Heat 1
1. Kate Smith
2. Gina Trojani
3. Diane Gaydos

Men's HP
Heat 1
1. Rusty Sage
2. Matt Radis
3. Shawn Hartje

Heat 2
1. Dave Johnston
2. Ian Buckley
3. Buck Johnston
4. Jason Kozun

Heat 3
1. Jono Stevens
2. Eric Sadler
3. Eric Connor
4. Demany Smith

Heat 4
1. Dick Wold
2. Erik Miller
3. Kevin Tinney
4. William Campbell

Heat 5
1. Josha Stark
2. Jeff Hille
3. Desmond Harrington
4. Taylor Robertson

Heat 6
1. Vince Shay
2. Jared Noceti
3. Dan Crandall

Heat 7
1. Sean Morley
2. Kris Soderman
3. Greg Didriksen
4. Matthew Fitney

Heat 8
1. Byron Olsen
2. Chris Russ
3. John Bonaventure
4. Devon Pearse

Heat 9
1. Jeff Burlingham
2. Matt Hudgens
3. Galen Licht
4. Andy Hill

Commander of California
1. Dave Johnston
2. Jeff Burlingham
3. Vince Shay
4. Byron Olsen(INT)

Stay tuned for tommorrows action!