A 14-year-old boy lost his arm on Sunday after a Dory boat struck him while surfing. Other surfers were able to recover his arm and administer aid. The boy was air lifted to Emanuel Hospital in Portland where he underwent surgery to reattach his arm. No word yet on the outcome of the surgery.
Witnesses say the Dory boat approached the beach at a high speed with no warnings even though its mandated to blare the boat’s horn within 100 yards of the beach. The incident may lead to more ordinances from the city, with possible restrictions within the convergence zone. A sad and unfortunately easily preventable accident.
Shortboard Open
1. Jeremy Rasmussen - Lincoln City
2. Kirk Tice - Waldport
3. Irwin Langeberg - Lincoln Beach
4. Rex Adams - Portland
5. CC Unger Meyer - Tofino, BC
6. Tony Perez - Lincoln City
Longboard Open
1. Kainoa Casco - Maui
2. Bill Bourdon - Brookings
3. Ollie Richardson - Newport
4. Ray Benner - Brookings
5. Nolan West - Eugene
6. Ernie Martella - Pacific City
Masters Shortboard (over 40)
1. Irwin Langeberg - Lincoln Beach
2. Buzzy Morales - Salem
3. Nolan West - Eugene
4. Tony Gile - Lincoln City
5. Garry Link - Pacific City
6. Ben Cockcroft - Seaside
Grom (Under 16)
1. Tyler James Muth - Waldport
2. Decklyn Wood - Lincoln City
3. Marcus Muth - Waldport
4. Gavin Flynn - Lincoln City
5. Travis Cockcroft - Seaside
Women
1. Sierra Gjerde - Rockaway Beach
2. Angela Haynie - Lincoln City
3. Hannah Nichols - Depoe Bay
4. Susan Russo - Lincoln City
5. Kelsey Bales - Milwaukee
6. Alisa Hideg - Spokane
Menehune (child with parent in the water)
1. Izzy Martinez-Ybor - Nahalem
2. Savannah Russo - Lincoln City
3. Jackson Butler - McMinnville
4. Wyatt Link - Pacific City
5. Talicia Hixson - Salem
6. Averi Afford Anderson - Lincoln City
The 6th Annual CSO Open is set for June 28th and 29th in either Road’s End, Nelscott, Gleneden Beach or Otter Rock, Oregon - depending on the conditions. Proceeds of this year’s contest will go to benefit North Bend surfer Gary Smither who has battled cancer last past year.
More info
Entry Form
Mail to: Taylor
CSO Contest Entry
P.O. Box 1135
Lincoln City, OR 97367
If you’ve come to this blog you’ve probably seen the homepage that says the site is currently under construction. For your patience we wanted to give you a little sneak peek at the look and feel of surfPioneer. Here are a few screen shots:
Should be live by the end of the month. Stay tuned.
The 5th annual Surfing and Traditions event will be taking place this 4th of July in La Push, Washington. The weekend-long event is indented to help instill an “appreciation and love of outdoor recreation in youth.” On Sunday there will be a Pro/Am surfing contest featuring men’s shortboard and longboard, women’s and juniors.
Entry is $20 and you can download your forms here.
The 2008 Clean Water Classic went off this weekend with overhead waves and plenty of sun. The contest displayed great surfing talent from all regions of the Pacific Northwest but was ultimately dominated by the crew from Canada.
The contest is a benefit for the Surfrider Foundation chapters of the Pacific Northwest and attracted over 1,000 spectators and 150 contestants.
The results of the 2008 Clean Water Classic:
Best Wave - Peter Hamilton
High Score Shortboard - Peter Hamilton
High Score Longboard - Kapono Nahina
Pro/Am -
1st Noah Cohen
2nd Kirk Tice
3rd CC Unger
Master’s Shortboard -
1st Perry Abedor
2nd Matt Loughran
3rd Nolan West
Women’s Shortboard -
1st Leah Oke
2nd Annie Atkinson
3rd Anne Beasley
Men’s Longboard -
1st Kapono Nahina
2nd JP Canlis
3rd Andrew Cordeiro
Master’s Longboard-
1st Kevin Todd
2nd Anthony Redpath
3rd Ben Cockcroft
Women’s Longboard -
1st Monica Todd
2nd Leah Oke
3rd Annie Atkinson
Juniors -
1st Kye Peladeau
2nd Ryan Gardner
3rd Chad Hoh
Stand-up Paddle -
1st JP Canlis
2nd Kevin Todd
3rd Peter Miller
Keiki with Parent -
1st Isabella Martinez-Ybor
2nd Noah Martin
3rd Scarlett Redpath
4th Nicole Simpson
Good news for central Oregon coast surfers, the proposed 300ft x 300ft wave energy project off the coast of Florence, OR was canceled. Pressure from environmental groups, including the Surfrider Foundation raised concerns about the wave energy project. The concerns included the size of the platforms, location, impact on recreation (wave height), and environmental impacts.
If you haven’t seen the photos, they’re shocking. This aerial shot over Newport, Oregon isn’t digitally enhanced or altered. The big black spot off the coast is know as the black plume, which is a result of years of environmental degradation by the paper mill, Georgia Pacific.
Staying true to it’s infamous reputation, Georgia Pacific has been releasing by-products of it’s Toledo, Oregon paper mill into local streams. Local streams lead to a larger watershed and watersheds lead to the coast.
See the black plume for yourself by visiting Newport, Oregon on Google Earth.
The Port of Seattle estimates that 150 cruises leave for Alaska from Seattle from May to September. These cruise ships generate approximately 35 tons of biomass (poop), each day and currently discharge this partially-treated material just 12 nautical miles from Washington’s shoreline.
The Cruise Ship Wastewater Management Report states that this issue and impacts to the environment that can be avoided through the diversion of waste from cruise ships through King County’s wastewater management system.
The Seattle Surfrider chapter is currently involved and monitoring progress on this issue. Contact seattle@surfrider.org to learn more.
This season has produced some serious winter storms including a swell in early December that produced 50ft. + waves. While this season’s storms have unearthed some buried treasure and ancient forest they’ve also added to the growing problem of coastal erosion. Erosion along the coast is a common problem but one that is only perpetuated with the use of ripraps.
Rock ripraps are a conventional approach to bank erosion yet one that does not provide a long term solution. Ripraps may solve an immediate problem but may only accelerate erosion over time. As the beach is eroded in front of a riprap, the supply of sand available to nearby beaches is substantially reduced, thereby accelerating erosion at adjacent beaches.
Maine, South Carolina and North Carolina have all outlawed the use of ripraps. South Carolina had this to say “…..without adequate controls, development unwisely has been sited too close to the system (ocean beach / dune). This type of development has jeopardized the stability of the beach/dune system, accelerated erosion, and endangered adjacent property….hard erosion control devices such as seawalls, bulkheads, and rip-rap to protect erosion-threatened structures adjacent to the beach has not proven effective.”
Coastal erosion is a natural process which becomes a significant problem only when structures are erected in close proximity to the coastline. The town of Neskowin, Oregon has been experiencing massive beach erosion for many years and the use of ripraps has only turned natural erosion into a disaster, threatening a publicly-treasured resource.
Here’s a great breakdown of the events leading up to the erosion of more the 600 yards of destroyed beaches in Neskowin, Orgeon.
