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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

this sounds like fun!

Here are the results!

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

no pictures of the catches?

No, not from me, as we were working on the water, never made it to shore, they had them under their kayak hatches and had to paddle in through shorebreak.

I wonder if they posted them on their site yet?
Shawn

This is my second report: Looks like a great tourney

spear fishing is tight