Nickname(s): Mikey
Date of Birth: August 31st, 1993
Hometown: Stone Harbor, NJ
Sponsors: Rusty, Reef, Electric, Freestyle, Futures Fins, Dakine, Xcel, Heritage Surf & Sport
Homebreak: Avalon
Heroes: Mason Ho, John John
Bros: All the NJ boys
Favorite Surf Spots: Backdoor, Soupbowls
Lefts or Rights? Rights
Favorite Board: 5’ 8” Rusty GTR swallow tail by Mike Russo
Height: 5’ 5”
Weight: 135 lbs
Stance: Regular
Favorite Vehicle: my 2006 Nissan Frontier.. she’s a beaut
Grinds: steak, mashed potatoes, fruit, and ice cream
What Inspires You to Surf? Good waves
Favorite Surf Video: Who is JOB
Hobbies: Hockey, golf, snowboarding
Worst Time You Got in Trouble: This fourth of July
What's Banging Around in You iPod? It’s always on shuffle in my car.. usually some kind of rap
Ever Been Close to a Shark? Many times in Florida
What Would You Do with a Million Dollars? Hawaii all winter, Tahiti/Mentawais over the summer
Your Goals as a Surfer: Get the deepest barrels
Trick of the Future: Different variations of board varials
Your Strongest Maneuver: Forehand carve
Favorite Website: Surfline or Twitter (@MyKeysLost)
WEEKEND ~ UPDATE
Congrats to Rusty team riders Mikey Ciaramella and Jack Brandon for blowing up at the NSSA contests on both coasts!
Mikey Ciaramella pushed his way through to make the final and take the win at the NSSA College Men's state Championships this weekend in HB, taking down a list of talented surfers to take home the trophy! This is one of the biggest wins of Mikey's surfing career and we're stoked everyone got to see what Mikey can put together during a heat.
photo: Chandler Hatch
Jack Brandon also flared up in the water over the weekend taking a 1st place, and 3rd place win in his respective divisions at the NSSA contest in Florida. Jack spent the day battling weak surf and the blazing sun to take home the win. He was able to link enough together to get the points and make it through, look for him to keep the results showing up into the Easterns coming up in 2 weeks!
MIKEY CIARAMELLA ~ SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Check out these sweet clips from Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella from his recent south of the border adventure in Baja Mexico. Mikey grew up chasing hurricane surf in Jersey, but is currently living in San Diego California, and is enjoying taking full advantage of being able to make the trek passed the border for some uncrowded point break waves, and authentic baja tacos!
Enjoy and get amped....
WEEKEND CONTEST ~ WRAP UP
Congrats to Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella for taking 3rd place this past weekend, and Sammy Orozco for making the final at the Volcom VQS contest at Seaside Reef! Both Mikey and Rusty team rider Sam Orozco slugged their way through the heats to land a spot in the final, taking down some big up and coming names along the way.
MIKEY C ~ HAWAII CLIPS
Check out this collection of clips from Rusty east coast team rider Mikey Ciaramella charging spots all over the North Shore this past 2012-2013 season. It even shows him taking a digger closeout at Pipe, cutting open his melon, getting it wrapped up, and throwing on a helmet so he can get back out in the lineup and pull into some more heaving pits! Yewww!
From paying his dues to getting some sick clips, Mikey's edit will get you frothing for some crystal clear, warm water tubes.
PIPELINE SESSIONS ~ PART II
Pure Pipeline Madness as a pumping swell hits the North Shore during the final days of 2012. The clips will make you froth and include Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella as well as a slew of other chargers getting shacked out of their heads. Courtesy: Surfline.com
H A W A I I ~ T I M E
Mickey Ciaramella snags a few on the North Shore. There was a ton of wind and rain, and a majority of days that were washed out, but a few gems were had on the days in between.
M I K E – C : P U E R T O – R I C O
Check out Mikey C on a trip to Puerto Rico. The waves were kinda lame but the view was nice.
Mikey Ciaramella Joins Heritage Surf Team
Heritage Surf Shop has added Mikey to their Shop Team. Read the full story on the Heritage blog.
Heritage is proud to welcome Mike Ciaramella to the Heritage Family. Mike C is one of the most talented groms under 21 in NJ and we are stoked to bring him into a surf family that’s been in the biz for 50 years. With a solid list of results, a growing presence at the NJ Grudge Match, and expeirience in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, Grommet is ON FIRE and setting up to make big impact in the surfing world! Check out the clips below from Home and Hawaii, and follow this link to his Youtube Channel. Stay tuned for more from Mikey!
Sequence of the Week: Mikey Ciaramella
Click here to check out Rusty Surfboards team rider, Mikey Ciaramella, in the "Sequence of the Week" on Surfline.com.
Surfing Magazine’s NSSA Standout of the Week: Mikey Ciaramella
NAME: Mikey Ciaramella
AGE: 17
HOME: Stone Harbor, NJ
SCHOOL: Middle Township High School
SPONSORS: Rusty, Reef, Electric, Xcel, Freestyle, Dakine, Futures Fins, 7th Street Surf Shop
Don’t know if you’ve seen or heard, but the East Coast has been cooking lately. From Florida to Maine, it’s been an offshore playground, and Mikey Ciaramella has been taking full advantage.
“The waves have been really fun for the past month or so,” Mikey says. “Two weekends ago I got some of the best waves I’ve ever gotten on the East Coast.”
All that extra water time paid off this weekend when Mikey won the NSSA Northeast Conference High School Championships in Ocean City, New Jersey.
“I came up on the boardwalk and saw some really fun, head-high barrels,” Mikey says. “As soon as I saw that, I knew it was going to be a sick day.”
A sick day, indeed. Competing against the best high school surfers in New York and New Jersey, Mikey owned the day. He won every one of the five heats he surfed — a big accomplishment for the high school (real high school, not home school) junior.
“I was really excited about the contest because the last two years I made the finals but wasn’t able to pull off a win,” Mikey says. “It was pretty important to me to win because a lot of the best Jersey pros of today, guys like Matt Keenan and Rob Kelly, have won this contest. I feel like it’s a good result for my career.”
—Taylor Paul/Surfing Magazine
Video by Alex DePhillipo
MIKEY CIARAMELLA ~ SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Check out these sweet clips from Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella from his recent south of the border adventure in Baja Mexico. Mikey grew up chasing hurricane surf in Jersey, but is currently living in San Diego California, and is enjoying taking full advantage of being able to make the trek passed the border for some uncrowded point break waves, and authentic baja tacos!
Enjoy and get amped....
MIKEY C ~ HAWAII CLIPS
Check out this collection of clips from Rusty east coast team rider Mikey Ciaramella charging spots all over the North Shore this past 2012-2013 season. It even shows him taking a digger closeout at Pipe, cutting open his melon, getting it wrapped up, and throwing on a helmet so he can get back out in the lineup and pull into some more heaving pits! Yewww!
From paying his dues to getting some sick clips, Mikey's edit will get you frothing for some crystal clear, warm water tubes.
PIPELINE SESSIONS ~ PART II
Pure Pipeline Madness as a pumping swell hits the North Shore during the final days of 2012. The clips will make you froth and include Rusty team rider Mikey Ciaramella as well as a slew of other chargers getting shacked out of their heads. Courtesy: Surfline.com
H A W A I I ~ T I M E
Mickey Ciaramella snags a few on the North Shore. There was a ton of wind and rain, and a majority of days that were washed out, but a few gems were had on the days in between.
M I K E – C : P U E R T O – R I C O
Check out Mikey C on a trip to Puerto Rico. The waves were kinda lame but the view was nice.
Surfing Magazine’s NSSA Standout of the Week: Mikey Ciaramella
NAME: Mikey Ciaramella
AGE: 17
HOME: Stone Harbor, NJ
SCHOOL: Middle Township High School
SPONSORS: Rusty, Reef, Electric, Xcel, Freestyle, Dakine, Futures Fins, 7th Street Surf Shop
Don’t know if you’ve seen or heard, but the East Coast has been cooking lately. From Florida to Maine, it’s been an offshore playground, and Mikey Ciaramella has been taking full advantage.
“The waves have been really fun for the past month or so,” Mikey says. “Two weekends ago I got some of the best waves I’ve ever gotten on the East Coast.”
All that extra water time paid off this weekend when Mikey won the NSSA Northeast Conference High School Championships in Ocean City, New Jersey.
“I came up on the boardwalk and saw some really fun, head-high barrels,” Mikey says. “As soon as I saw that, I knew it was going to be a sick day.”
A sick day, indeed. Competing against the best high school surfers in New York and New Jersey, Mikey owned the day. He won every one of the five heats he surfed — a big accomplishment for the high school (real high school, not home school) junior.
“I was really excited about the contest because the last two years I made the finals but wasn’t able to pull off a win,” Mikey says. “It was pretty important to me to win because a lot of the best Jersey pros of today, guys like Matt Keenan and Rob Kelly, have won this contest. I feel like it’s a good result for my career.”
—Taylor Paul/Surfing Magazine
Video by Alex DePhillipo
Mikey Ciaramella Fall Swell Footage
Mikey shreds his home town in New jersey first fall swell this year ...
Mikey Ciaramella’s Home Made Surf Clip
Mikey Ciaramella's home made surf clip....right coast.
