Keoni Cuccia & Demi Boelsterli Mugu Champions 2010
Perfect A-Frames Graced Pelican Point Saturday Morning
Third Annual Mugu Contest Arguably Best Yet!
Building on the success of the previous two years’ events, the United States Navy executed this operation to perfection, as contestants and fans alike report an overdose of stoke following the conclusion of PMSC-3. With the talent pool richer than ever before—including Dane Reynolds and big-wave hellman Peter Mel, and a host of other local stars like Adam Virs and Sean (“Purple”) Hayes, the level of surfing on display was clearly and undeniably higher than past events. The surf Gods must have been listening as a solid Southern-Hemi swell charged in after a month of flat calm. Fog was a problem for the judges early in the morning, but bright and sunny skies combined with offshore breezes in the 15 mph range to make for some classic Point Mugu A-Frames…
When the dust settled and after 2 days of grueling competition, top dog of the event was none other than J7’s Keoni Cuccua in Open Men’s division. Matched by the victory of J7’s Demi Boelsterli in the Open Women’s division, marking the second year in a row that J7 has dominated the winner’s podium. Congratulations to all of the winners as posted below, and special thanks to all of the men and women involved in staging the contest from the United States Navy, as well as Presenting Sponsor Quicksilver and the rest of the sponsoring vendors.
Enjoy the slideshow below, and also check back later this week for the Gallery slideshows of Brent Lieberman and Steve Bissell.
Naval Base Ventura County 3rd Annual Pt. Mugu Surf Contest 2010
Military Men
1st Matt Merel
2nd Jonathan Flick
3rd Brent Travis
4th Nicholas Barringer
Women
1st Demi Boesterli
2nd Chelsea Rauhut
3rd Chloe Buckley
4th Amanda Host
Young Guns
1st Jake Kelly
2nd Joe Rickabaugh
3rd Jacob Davis
4th Matty Parker
Bodyboard
1st Jason Livingstone
2nd Jacob Reeve
3rd Thomas Gaulke
4th Mark Gruber
Open Men
1st Keoni Cuccia
2nd Jeremy Ryan
3rd Matt McCabe
4th Jessie Mota
5th Matt Merel
» wrote on 08.23.10 @ 10:14 PM
Hey Jon, really beautiful work as usual. Your use of different focal length lenses just made it all that much better of a presentation. Your choice of music fit the show perfectly. I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with us.
» wrote on 08.23.10 @ 10:38 PM
perfection is right….perfect day…perfect weather…perfect swell…although at moments the waves seem to crash into each other…all in all great coverage here js. just keeps gettin’bettah. thanks, as always, the prize goes to the guy with the keen eye!!!!!
» wrote on 08.24.10 @ 05:37 AM
Thank you Jon, the stoke is ALIVE!! What beautiful conditions, and a hearty thank you to Pt. Mugu Navy Base!
Way to go Joe!!
» wrote on 08.28.10 @ 07:56 AM
Thanks for the great Slideshow ! glad the event was good , looks like event is getting better and better each year.
» wrote on 09.01.10 @ 06:47 AM
I really wanted to attend, Looks like I really missed out. Next year fer sure. Great photos and audio, Thanks for giving me the motivation for next year!
