2009 US National Spearfishing Championships

[Shawn Alladio]

2009 Nationals-USA Spearfishing Championships

K38 Water Safety is proud to support the 2009 US National Spearfishing Championships on July 6th, 2009 at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California.

K38 will be working on the water in concert with staff and volunteers supporting the USA Spearfishing Championship event. K38 will be using Kawasaki Jet Skis and rescue boards as working platforms for water extrication or management needs for equipment support. K38 is honored to be a part of this event and to serve those who are passionate about their sport.

Please visit their associate websites and support their conservation efforts and responsible spearfishing.

Website www.nationals09.com
Contact Email: nationals09@socal.rr.com


http://www.glacd.org/ The Greater Los Angeles Council of Diving homepage

http://www.underwater-society.org/ The USOA homepage

About the Nationals:




Schedule of Events






Monday, August 3, 2009 Competitors’ Mandatory Briefing


21150 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu California 90265







Thursday, August 6, 2009 National Championships Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu California


7:30 a.m. Roll call, assembly and mandatory sign in


8:00 a.m. Competitors briefing

8:30 a.m. Tournament starts (1/2 hour of travel time)

9:00 a.m. Divers can enter water
3:00 p.m. Divers are done hunting. Travel time begins
3:30 p.m. Divers must be through staging buoys
4:00 p.m. Divers must be on beach
4:30 p.m. Weigh-in begins
Friday, August 7, 2009 Banquet of Champions Dinner at DUKES in Malibu
5:00 pm Drinks and appetizers
6:00 pm Entertainment Dinner and Awards


K38 Event Link: http://k38watersafety.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2263

[Shawn Alladio]

Wow! Fun time!
Pirate thanks for the throw down on the event, really good of you.
I'm back at Pu'us...its very LATE, i'm so tired! The awards were fun, good people..good times.
back to bed.
C U soon Pirate!

[pirate33]

Are you sure you mean throw down? or throw ..?

You should have kept that winning spear gun, you'd be the little girl that carries big -O- gun for shark protection for her fellow big boy racers that are "riding while scared" to make them feel better

That was a boss time around both days. Nice to see others just living life the way they choose, but in the brotherhood to fight to keep our right to Live Free that the special interest groups are taking away each day - that shore break is the line in the sand for us

[Shawn Alladio]

and the winners are:

2009 USA Spearfishing National Championships Results

1st Place Team Division
CenCal #1Team Imersion (151.70)
- Justin Allen
- Bob Humphrey
- Dennis Haussler

2nd Place Team Division
GLACD / LA Fathomiers #3 (126.20)
- Brandon Wahlers
- Richard Balta
- Ryan Moore

3rd Place Team Division
CenCal #2 Team Omer / Sporasub (120.00)
- Daniel Silveria
- Paul Young
- Harold Gibson

1St Place Team Mixed Division
GLACD / LA Fathomiers #3 (62.02) – Bill & Amanda Ernst

2nd Place Team Mixed Division
Alii Holo Kai Mixed (53.10) – Kimi Warner & Wayde Hayashi

Men’s Division Individual High Aggregate score

1st Place
Dennis Haussler (62.80)

2nd Place
Harold Gibson (58.00)

3rd Place
Justin Allen (50.70)

4th Place
Hanalei Adric (48.68)

5th Place
Richard Balta (44.64)

Women’s Division Individual High Aggregate score

1st Place
Anne Doherty (29.76)

2nd Place
Kelsey Albert (24.26)

3rd Place
Kimi Werner (19.30)

“Men’s Largest Fish” – Justin Allen, Sheepshead, 19.9 lbs.

“Women’s Largest Fish” – Amanda Ernst, Sheepshead, 6.56 lbs.

“Men’s Novice Diver” – Richard Balta

“Women’s Novice Diver” – Kelsey Albert


Men’s All American

Dennis Haussler, Bob Humphrey, Hanalei Adric, Justin Allen, Harold Gibson

Women’s All American

Anne Doherty, Kelsey Albert, Kimi Werner, Amanda Ernst

[pirate33]

few pictures from the event - boy was the sea state lively on this day - I would lose a small hand radio and feed the fish for most of the day

Some pic's can be found at the K38 flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/k38shaw...7621958836088/

Getting the gear ready


the rescue of a sunk Kayak and the skin driver
Shawn on K38 RWC #1 and the rescue swimmer Craig Noreen in the background securing the swamped kayak within the kelp bed, pirate assisting the diver


On the beach


Quote from the K38 Flickr photo set
"Post Operations of our K38 gear and boats after the completion of the 2009 National Spearfishing Championships. We left Leo Carrillo state beach north of Malibu and drove back in choppy seas 24 miles to Ventura Harbor. We spent the next 3 hours cleaning and conducting our final gear checks, evaluations and debriefing."

Justin Mellon RWC #2, Swimmer Craig Noreen, and a pirate RWC #3, In the background the fantastic RWC from Kawasaki two 15f's and one Ultra 250LX


Shawn K38 RWC #1


couple of nights later at the awards ceremony in Malibu Hell Woman would win a spear gun, wet suit during the raffle...which of course she would donate- this picture was taken by the Infamous photographer David Pu'u World renowned photographer, cinematographer and surf photographer - check out his site and blog - you'll be there for days looking and reading
http://www.davidpuu.com/

neat picture taken in a mirror - If I remember right that guy in the picture was a little concerned since she had the big gun