Steve Ward photo

CSO Surf Contest wrap up

The 5th annual CSO surfing contest has just wrapped up in Lincoln City, Oregon. This event was held at Road’s End State Park on June 30th and July 1st. This event was a benefit for the Christian Surfers of Oregon. The two day event drew more than 75
competitors and many families. The event was judged by the Pacific Northwest Judges.

On Saturday June 30th, the first heats started at 7:00 AM. The event concluded at 2 PM on Sunday with the awards ceremony immediately following the competition. Over the course of Saturday and Sunday, 30+ heats were run with most being 15 minute heats. The weather was windy and foggy at times on Saturday, and cleared up nicely on Sunday for the finals with a blue sky and great beach temperatures. The waves varied in the two to six foot range with wind an issue on Saturday. The event was family friendly with a special Menehunes Division. In this division, youth 11 and younger surfed with their parents in the water which was a crowd favorite. This was a new division for 2007, as was the two-man final heats in which the top two finalists in the Open Divisions had to face off and surf against each other to determine the overall division winner.

2007 CSO division winners:

Shortboard Open Division:
1st = Kirk Tice (Waldport, OR)
2nd = Irwin Langeberg (Lincoln City, OR)
3rd = C.C. Unger- Mayor (Tofino, BC)

Longboard Open Division:
1st = Bill Bourdon (Brookings, OR)
2nd = Mike Jipp (Lincoln City, OR)
3rd = Rob Russo (Lincoln City, OR)

Shortboard Master Division (40+ years old):
1st = Irwin Langeberg (Lincoln City, OR)
2nd = Scott Seigel (Pacific City, OR)
3rd = Mike Jipp (Lincoln City, OR)

Longboard Master Division:
1st = Bill Bourdon (Brookings, OR)
2nd = Gary Smither (North Bend, OR)
3rd = Mike Jipp (Lincoln City, OR)

Women Division:
1st = Hayley Espelund (Seaside, OR)
2nd = Hannah Nicholls (Depoe Bay, OR)
3rd = Nancy Maxwell-Mathias (Portland, OR)

Groms Division (16 and younger):
1st = Colton Stiles (Tofino, BC)
2nd = Frazor Mayor (Tofino, BC)
3rd = Deklyn Wood (Lincoln City, OR)

Menehunes (11 and younger):
1st = Makenna Wood (Lincoln City, OR)
2nd = Savannah Russo (Lincoln City, OR)
3rd = Caleb Barrett (Lincoln City, OR)

These contest photos were taken by Steve Ward of Falconview Photography. If you want to contact the photographer, his email is falconview@aol.com. I left the file names as he submitted them for easy reference. He'll gladly make you a print.