Yesterday, Rusty’s Corey Howell placed 2nd in the Boys Under 16 Division at the Surfing America Prime held at Sebastian Inlet. Corey will also be competing in the Ron Jon’s Sebastian Inlet Jr. Pro starting Thursday. This will be Corey’s first Jr. Pro! Congratulations and good luck at the Jr. Pro!
Click here for more photos from the event!
BU16 Final Results
1. Cam Richrds
2. Corey Howell
3. Jake McGuire
4. Noah Schwietzer
Rusty rider Corey Howell participated in the Slater Bros Surfing with the Stars event to raise money for skin cancer awareness. Corey and his buddy ended up contributing $560 for the cause and for their awesome effort they also got to pick two pros to surf alongside with in the contest. As a Florida native Corey choose Kelly Slater and CJ Hobgood and got hang out with the two world champs during the day in addition to surfing with them in the comp!
Florida native and Rusty rider Corey Howell had a sick performance this past weekend at the 2009 ESA Championships that landed him in the number 2 spot in the boys division! Congratulations Corey! After the comp was over the Rusty team headed over to hang out at Real Watersports Surf shop. For the full photo gallery from the last day of the event click here. Also check out Spencer Regan’s crazy step-off on a body board!
For even more coverage head on over to Transworld Surf and ESM for their photo galleries!
Click here to check out the full gallery. If you have photos of the ESA Championships you want to share, upload them on Rusty’s site! All you you have to do is enter the gallery, hit UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS, enter you name and email, and select a photo from your computer.
The grom divisions kicked off yesterday at the ESA Championships in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Head on over to Transworld Surf for all the photos featuring Rusty’s Mikey Ciaramella and Corey Howell! Click here to enter the photo gallery.
Photo from Transworld Surf
The ESA Championships just kicked off in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Though the conditions weren’t the best, overcast and windy with chest high waves, the surf is supposed to pick up on Wednesday when the grom divisions start up. Check out this photo gallery from Transworld Surf of the first day of the comp. Look out for Rusty’s Corey Howell and check back to see how he fares against his fellow East Coast rippers!
Melbourne charger and supergrom Corey Howell won the Rip Curl Gromsearch in New Smyrna Beach, FL! Corey placed first in the 14 and under division and even managed to pull out third in the 16 and under division. Not to mention, he also pulled off the H20 Overdrive Maneuver of the Event, earning him a not too shabby 100 bucks! Congratulations Corey!!!
For photos of the event and a blow by blow recap head on over to Surfline for this awesome article and even more stuff over at Eastern Surf.
Jake Halstead
NSSA Nationals is a great time to be a grom…
What better way to amp up for a heat than a little Black Sabbath on Guitar Hero? What better way to rejuvenate after an exhausting paddle battle than an extra large shaved ice and fresh BBQ fish tacos? What beats a post heat massage?
The Rusty Groms got to enjoy the V.I.P. treatment. Jake Halstead, Keto Burns, Tayler Brothers, Mikey Ciarmella, Corey Howell, and Ian Garcia climbed the ranks of the NSSA to earn a spot in the coveted Nationals competition for a chance to duke it out with the next crop of (soon to be) World Title contenders…
Tayler Brothers
Photos: Brody
The NSSA Nationals are under way at the coveted Trestles Beach in Southern California and the most talented surfers from across the country are in town to compete for the championship…
Amongst the elite crowd of up and coming surfers are Rusty’s very own Corey Howell, Mikey Ciarmella, Ian Garcia, and Tayler Brothers. Although, the surf was a bit inconsistent, the sets provided for clean rippable walls and the groms went off! Ian Garcia was a stand out, taking first place in his heat!
The Playground: Trestles
Ian Garcia working it all the way to the beach…
Ian Garcia winning the heat
Join Us for the Rest of the Nationals Contest and Come Show Your Support for the Rusty Groms!
All Photos: Brody
Although the morning’s glassy conditions were eventually chopped up by a southerly afternoon breeze, hundreds of surfers competed in 23 divisions for a chance to surf in the NSSA National Championships in June in California.
“I was a little worried about waves on my way here,” said NSSA Executive Director Janice Aragon, who drove a truck and trailer full of scaffolding and equipment from California last week. “So I couldn’t believe Friday was the day this swell arrived. And once the wind died this morning, it was so clean. You don’t see Sebastian Inlet like this very often.”
Those glassy conditions gave contestants from Florida to Maine the opportunity to showcase their skills over four days.
Click here for the full photo gallery of the event!
Explorer Boys
1. Cam Richards
2. Pat Schmidt
3. Corey Howell
4. Noah Schweizer
5. Sam Duggan
6. Knox Harris
Explorer Juniors
1. Balaram Stack
2. Evan Thompson
3. Frank Roper
4. Fisher Heverly
5. Tayler Brothers
6. Peter Polanski
Explorer Men
1. Nick Rupp
2. Balaram Stack
3. Tayler Brothers
4. Frank Roper
5. Cole Richards
6. Kedren Ferrero
Open Juniors
1. Evan Geiselman
2. Mikey Ciaramella
3. Dylan Kowalski
4. Cam Richards
