The 11th Annual Surf for the Sea surf contest was held at the Oceanside Pier on Saturday and Sunday, September 29 & 30, 2007. This surfing event is in loving memory of the late Harry Bennett, Steve Leighton, Tore Bonura, Chuck"Clubber" Hundley, Banning Capps and John Craven. They are all local surfers who have passed away. This is a memorial benefit for the Environment with all proceeds going to the Surfrider Foundation-San Diego and other environmental organizations that help to raise awareness and help protect our ocean, waves and beaches. Over 150 competitors were treated to awesome summer like conditions with 2 to 4 foot surf. A fun time was had by all and competitors received an event T-shirt, lunch catered by Johnny Manana's Restaurant and a chance at raffle prices including 5 surfboards.
Local merchants and sponsors who help make this event a success year after year are: Johnny Manana's Restaurant, Asylum Surf Shop, Byrne Surfboards, CHEMISTRY SURFBOARDS, Custom-X Bodyboards, Dragon Optical, Electric Sunglasses, Fox Deluxe, Future Fins, GLS Surf and Rescue Boards, Headhunters, Jimmy Linville Bodyboard Designs, INT Soft Surfboards, K-5 Surfshop-Oceanside, Carolyn Krammer-Realtor, Leucadia Surf Shop, Nixon, North County Trophies, O'Fishl Fin Systems,
Point Conception, Potter Designs, Skate Designs, Stay Covered, Sticky Bumps Wax, Surf Zone Surf Shop, Transworld Magazines, U M Surfboards, Vitamin Water, Vivid Graphx and the Western Surfing Association (WSA).
The raffle was made possible by all the generous donations of the surfing industry.
 
 
 
 
 
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