To All,

 Practice will be moved to Saturday the 28th. We will meet at the Jetty (Surfers Beach) - [if it is real small at the Jetty we will move to Kelly Ave - but I blieve the forecast for the surf says this won't happen].  The reason for changing is that 3 Santa Cruz Schools are coming up to surf our local beach.  We are going to try and have some freindly heats between schools.  Everyone should arive around 9:00AM.

Rocky

Our surf team really stepped it up last weekend in pristine conditions for their first competition in Santa Cruz. Many of competitors, who had begun to surf only as recently as 6-months ago, excelled in the sunny, clean, shoulder-high conditions.
 
HMB won their dual meet against Shoreline by just 2 points with a team score of 61 points that put them in third place overall out of 6 teams. Several kids made it all the way through the qualifying rounds into the finals in a marathon effort their first time out.
 
The top finisher for HMB girls was Kyla Kemp, who took 3rd in women's longboard, while for the boys Jason Cagle placed 4th in men's longboard. Others who placed were Zander Dragony who finished 6th in men's shortboard, while in women's shortboard Sasha Takata, Helen Fisher and Juliet Shelton respectively placed 4th, 5th and 6th.
 
Well done to the team, which showed hidden reserves of talent and great depth, especially in the women's division. The next contest is on Sunday, December 6, likely to be held at Francis State Beach, conditions permitting.

 
Coaches Rocky Raynor, Oliver Keeton, Mike Wallace and Dave Westendorf
 

We'd like to give a big shout out to Coach Dave for taking the pictures and congratulations to all the surfers who showed up to compete and for everyone making it a fun day for all of us!

For all the pics, go to the flickr site (using the "follow us on Flickr" link  bottom right corner of the home page)

Updated...  the contest will be at Capitola State Beach. 

The CSSL Contest will start  at 7:00am ---BUT--- HMB Surfers need to be at the beach by 9:00am (we won't be competeing TEAM vs TEAM against Shorline till 10:00am) though we need the kids there by 9:00am to get ready and check in with the Coaches! We will have the trailer parked in the parking lot at the main Parking lot at Capitola Beach towards the end of Esplanade. If your surfer needs to send boards or the like with the trailer please drop them off at Rocky's house on Friday night. before 9:00 pm.

Click here to get the heat sheet for all the competeing surfers.

Ifyou haven't been to Waddell before it's just south of Ano Nuevo on Hwy 1

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Check out this linked video of Mavericks from Nov 7th of 09. There was a massive cleanup set that shredded five boards, including a friend of mine's (Dave W). Note Hunter & Carson fetching broken board pieces at the very end of the video.

I've also included a shot of me that day on the green board.

To all:

 Our Normal Weekend practice will move to Saturday the 28th.  3 Schools from  Santa Cruz are coming up to surf our local, spot ( Kelly Ave.) if conditions are not to big.  We are going to try and have some friendly  heats between schools.  I think it will be a great deal of fun for all of us. Please try and be at the beach around 9:00.

Rocky

... a test photo set out of the Flickr acount  HMBSURFCLUB

...no fun being had here.

To All:

There will be a Free Surf at Roosevelt Beach on Thanksgiving morning, with last years High School Surf Team. They have all come home from Collage and want spend some time in the water with you all. The gates will be open at 6:30AM. I hope you all can make it.

Rocky