Monday, July 18, 2011

For Immediate Release        

 

Updated Results: 7th Annual Reef/Sweetwater 

Pro-Am Surf Fest and Music & Art Festival

 

Rob Machado, Cardiff, CA    

First Place, Professional Division Winner: Rob Machado, Cardiff, California

Victory for Rob Machado  

                                                                  

Wrightsville Beach, NC... Spectators numbering in the tens of thousands converged on Wrightsville Beach for the 7th Annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro-Am Surf Fest. Intense competition ended Sunday featuring a $20,000 prize purse. The weather was perfect with blue skies, temperature in the 80's, lower humidity, and great surfing conditions. The Wrightsville Surf Fest has grown into one of the largest surfing contests on the East Coast and attracts surfers from around the world. In all, dozens of amateur surfers and 96 professional surfers from around the world participated in the 3-day event. Event Organizer, Tony Butler, thanked everyone on the committee for making this the most successful event since inception. "It is amazing to see everyone's hard work, planning and execution flawlessly come together", Butler said.

                                                                                                  

This year, a Music & Art Festival was added to the event on Saturday, from 4 to 9:30pm in Wrightsville Beach Park.  Local artists along with musicians Selah Dubb, Fuzz and Mac, and Rob Machado (First Place Professional Winner) with Jon Swift entertained the crowd. Games, activities, and good food from Tower 7 made the evening a family friendly event. Chairwoman for the Park Festival, Kelly Barnes, said crowd estimates exceeded expectations with attendees hailing from all parts of the United States. Barnes was very pleased with the outcome of the first Music & Arts Festival, a true family event, with wonderful growth prospects for the future.

 

Here are the Winners:

 

Professional Division 

 

First Place: Rob Machado, 13.50 Cardiff, California; $5,000 

Second Place: Fisher Heverly, 13.10 Emerald Isle, North Carolina; $3,000

Third Place: Aaron Cormican, 12.77 New Smyrna, Florida; $2,000

Fourth Place: Phillip Gould, 7.90 Virginia Beach, Virginia; $1,500 

Fifth Place: Jay Thompson, Tonino Benson, $900

Seventh Place:  Michael Powell, Michael Dunphy $700

Ninth Place:  Gabe Garcia, Sebastian Moreno, Jeremy Johnston, Mark Dawson $500

Thirteenth Place:  Paul Fisher, Jeff Myers, Evan Barton, Cole Richards $300

Seventeenth Place:  Kyle Busey, Ben Powell, Giorgio Gomez, Chris Tucker, Vince Boulanger, Austin Clouse, Dylan Goodale, Brent Riley $175
Twenty-fifth Place:  Cody Leutgens, Daniel Glenn, Nick Prange, Nick Rupp, Hunter Heverly, Corey Howell, Brian Carpenter, Ross Stevens $150

Women's Open Long board

First Place: Cayce Patterson, Outer Banks, North Carolina
Second Place: Jo Pickett, Wilmington, North Carolina
Third Place: Carleigh Sion, Manasquan, New Jersey
Fourth Place: Hope Henderson, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Women's Open Short board

First Place: Katie Gordon
Second Place: Jessica Stabile
Third Place: Leilani Pickett, Wilmington, North Carolina
Fourth Place: Jo Pickett, Wilmington, North Carolina

Men's Open Long board

First Place: Tony Silvagni, Kure Beach, North Carolina
Second Place: Bradley Rose, Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Third Place: Steve Mangiacarre, Wilmington, North Carolina
Fourth Place: Kyle Sumer, Wilmington, North Carolina

Guys 14 and Under

First Place: Tyler Faulkner, Carolina Beach, North Carolina
Second Place: Luke Gordon, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Third Place: Josh Burke, Bathsheba, Barbados
Fourth Place: Gabe Morvil, Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Guys 15 and Over

First Place: Knox Harris, Oak Island, North Carolina
Second Place: Daniel Glenn, Florida
Third Place: Cody Leutgens, Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Fourth Place: Cole Richards, Garden City Beach, South Carolina 

 

Women's Finalists  

 

For more information visit www.wblivesurf.com or contact:

Tony Butler at 910-617-3176, tony@wblivesurf.com

Brad Beach at 757-373-0608, beach520@beachent.hrcoxmail.com

Kelly Barnes, 910-297-0448, kb@bizec.rr.com        

 

 

Photos courtesy Brad Butler http://www.cooldudesdiving.com/Reef-Sweetwater/album/

 

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