KilGarz Land: Parker Coffin

This year The Rincon Classic was really exciting and I was stoked to have surfed in it. The waves were pretty good on Saturday with clean green Queen walls. The next day saw a bit bigger surf and had more bump on the face. I saw a ton of divisions and every final was very fun to watch. The Mens was more stacked then ever, The Masters were ripping, and the Women were charging. One final that sticks out was the Longboard Final, Oliver Parker and Cole Robbins were going head to head with Cole focusing on more progressive surfing and classic doggie tricks, and Oliver switching foot and surfing the Queen with classic finesse. I am personally stoked with my finish of 3rd place. The Pro Final was really stacked and all the surfers were giving it their all. The southwest wind created a bump making it difficult to get speed or do real maneuvers. In the end Conner Coffin was the champ after putting his board on rail and surfing the point waves with great style. Congrats to Conner, Mike Mccabe, and Peter Mussio for all surfing an excellent event. Congrats to Mens Champ Simon Murdoch!! Congrats Demi on her Ninth Rincon Classic victory!! Congrats to Gabe Venturelli for highest heat total!! Aaron Smith congrats on the Masters Win!! Tony Degroot GrandMaster's win congrats!! Kit Cossart congrats on a Legends win!! Abby Brown good job taking the Wahines!!
Pat Curren great performance in the Juniors!! Congrats to Andres Barbieri for Most Insprational Performance award!! Boys Josiah Amico great job!! Also Mickey Clarke for an outstanding weekend!! Then last but not least the winner of the Gramlins Tommy Mckeown and Zane Booth congrats boys!!!
Big thank you to Chris Keets at surfhappens for always going an extra mile for the surfers from the area.
ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY CATERINA CALIGIURI

I am really hyped on this edit Nick Liotta and Adam Lambert put together!!!!

Josh Pomer event filmer.

Acai is great for the body.

Abby Brown winner of the Wahines

Need to get cracked? Talk to Alki.

Da boys

Britt Merrick is an awesome person to know.

This is Classic...Chris Brown (Warp around) Petey (Give it to Tweety) Mussio

Catherine Clark took a second in the Womens division, giving Demi a good battle for the win.

The Coffin Brother's both put on a great display of surfing over the weekend.

Oh hey ladies!!!

The Shaaaub Man. (Dave Shauber and friend)

Demi getting her game face on.

Demi and Toyo from Salt Water Divas share a moment. For more on Salt Water Divas click below
saltwaterdivas

This is a great choice for a before surf meal.

My lady Caterina and I preheat.

Young Gavin Eason stoked on some goods.

Adam Lambert sucker face

Roger Nance accepting a well deserved lifetime achievement award for helping The Rincon Classic run in the past.

The Longboard finalist were all stoked to surf the Queen.

Cole Robbins showing off his ukelele.

The Mens division.

The Sundance Beach crew.

Andrew Bennett getting psyched.

For more info check out these links
http://www.sundancebeach.com/blog/
http://www.rinconclassic.com/

The 2012 Rincon Classic was one awesome event!! I made my way back from Santa Cruz just in time to catch the finals. I had never shown up so late in the day as I mostly get to the beach early to surf heats.So when I got there I was not able to find parking near the con I ended up parking about a mile away. I was on set for the Of Men and Mavericks at Steamer Lane. So I did not get to compete this year. It was really cool to just watch the event from a spectator's point of view. Then when you add Bobby Martinez and Dane Reynolds to the pro final you get some exciting performance surfing. The other two surfers to compete against Bobby and Dane were Parker Coffin and Pete Mussio. They both have with the capability of dropping high scores and taking down a classic victory.It was a nail bitter till the end with Bobby in the lead till right before the buzzer. Dane who had been trying his air tricks after pulling one in the start of the heat finally stuck one right in front of the judging tower. It was not announced( that dane won) until later that night at the Maritime Museum. At the Classic every division is fun to watch. I was so stoked to see all the finals this year.I will be ready to surf in the event next year though.
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