Maverick's Surfing Contest Winners List

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Maverick's Surfing Contest Winners List

From the perspective of Surf City Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Last updated Jan. 14, 2008

Here is a list of all six of the Maverick's Surf Contests that have been held to date, along with the list of winners (top 6 finishers) for each contest. I have also listed all the invitees (competitors) for Jeff Clark's 2008 Maverick's Surfing Contest at Pillar Point, Princeton by the Sea, Half Moon Bay, CA.
Maverick's Contest Winners by Year
Maverick's Contest Invitees for 2008
The Most Top-6-Finishes by Competitor

Nelscott Reef Classic Tow-in Winners, Lincoln City, OR

. WINNERS List - Maverick's Six Surf Contests Half Moon Bay, CA
1^st Contest 1998/1999 Contest Feb. 17, 1999		2^nd Contest 1999/2000 Contest Mar. 3, 2000		3^rd Contest 2003/2004 Contest Feb. 7, 2004
. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown
1. Darryl Virostko	Santa Cruz	1. Darryl Virostko	Santa Cruz	1. Darryl Virostko	Santa Cruz
2. Richard Schmidt	Santa Cruz	2. Kelly Slater	Cocoa Beach	2. Matt Ambrose	Pacifica
3. Ross Clarke-Jones	Australia	3. Tony Ray	Australia	3. Evan Slater	San Clemente
4. Peter Mel	Santa Cruz	4. Peter Mel	Santa Cruz	4. Anthony Tashnick	Santa Cruz
-	-	5. Zach Wormhoudt	Santa Cruz	5. Peter Mel	Santa Cruz
-	-	6. Matt Ambrose	Pacifica	6. Grant Washburn	San Francisco

4^th Contest 2004/2005 Contest March 2, 2005		5^th Contest 2005/2006 Contest Feb. 8, 2006		6^th Contest 2007/2008 Contest Jan. 12, 2008
. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown
1. Anthony Tashnick	Santa Cruz	1. Grant Baker	South Africa	1. Greg Long	San Clemente
2. Greg Long	San Clemente	2. Tyler Smith	Santa Cruz	2. Grant Baker	South Africa
3. Tyler Smith	Santa Cruz	3. Brock Little	Hawaii	3. Jamie Sterling	Hawaii
4. Zach Wormhoudt	Santa Cruz	4. Matt Ambrose	Pacifica	4. Tyler Smith	Santa Cruz
5. Shane Desmond	Santa Cruz	5. Grant Washburn	San Francisco	5. Grant Washburn	San Francisco
6. Matt Ambrose	Pacifica	6. Evan Slater	San Clemente	6. Evan Slater	San Clemente
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. 2007/2008 INVITEES List Maverick's Surf Contest Invitees - The Contestants Jan. 12, 2008 - The Sixth Contest
Contestant (heat)	. Hometown	. Contestant (heat)	. Hometown	.Contestant (heat)	. Hometown
Matt Ambrose (2)	Pacifica	Brock Little (1)	Hawaii	Russell Smith (1)	Santa Cruz
2 - Grant Baker- (4)	South Africa	1 - Greg Long (1)	San Clemente	4 - Tyler Smith (4)	Santa Cruz
Ion Banner (1)	Half Moon Bay	Josh Loya (2)	Santa Cruz	3 - Jamie Sterling (1)	Hawaii
Ross Clarke-Jones (3)	Australia	Garrett McNamara (3)	Hawaii	Anthony Tashnick (4)	Santa Cruz
Kenny Collins (2)	Santa Cruz	Peter Mel (4)	Santa Cruz	Darryl Virostco (4)	Santa Cruz
Randy Cone (3)	San Francisco	Shawn Rhodes (1)	Pacifica	5 - Grant Washburn (2)	San Francisco
Danilo Couto (2)	Brazil	Ryan Seelbach (3)	San Francisco	John Whittle (2)	South Africa
Shane Desmond (3)	Santa Cruz	6 - Evan Slater (3)	San Clemente	Zack Wormhoudt (4)	Santa Cruz
. IT'S ALL OVER - WINNERS POSTED ABOVE (2 places). Top of Page

"Most Maverick's Finishes" in the "Top-6-Positions" - Over All Contests Held to Date

	Top 6 Finishes	. Maverick's Surf Contest Number
	Top 6 Finishes	1st Feb. 1999	2nd Mar. 2000	2 0 0 1	2 0 0 2	2 0 0 3	3rd Feb. 2004	4th Mar. 2005	5th Feb. 2006	2 0 0 7	6th Jan. 2008	7th Feb.? 2009
Matt Ambrose	4	-	Sixth	-	-	-	Second	Sixth	Fourth	-	-	-
Darryl Virostko	3	First	First	-	-	-	First	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Mel	3	Fourth	Fourth	-	-	-	Fifth	-	-	-	-	-
Evan Slater	3	-	-	-	-	-	Third	-	Sixth	-	Sixth	-
Grant Washburn	3	-	-	-	-	-	Sixth	-	Fifth	-	Fifth	-
Tyler Smith	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Third	Second	-	Fourth	-
Zack Wormhoudt	2	-	Fifth	-	-	-	-	Fourth	-	-	-	-
Anthony Tashnick	2	-	-	-	-	-	Fourth	First	-	-	-	-
Grant Baker	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	First	-	Second	-
Greg Long	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	Second	-	-	First	-
Blue above = from Santa Cruz

There was no Maverick's surfing contest in 2000/2001, due to sponsor delay, and poor late (March) waves.
There was also no Maverick's Contest in 2001/2002 and 2002/2003, due to a lack of sponsorship.
There was no Maverick's Surf Contest in 2006/2007, due to a lack of waves.

48% (13/27) of all the "Top 6" Maverick's finishes, overall, are by surfers from Santa Cruz.
50% - Stated another way, 5 out of the 10 multiple top-6 finishers are from Santa Cruz.

For 2009, Grant Baker and Greg Long are looking pretty good.
Awesome recent records. Is Tyler Smith our Great White Hope?
Or will a dark horse spring forth? Stay tuned.

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. WINNERS List - Nelscott Reef Surf Contests Lincoln City, OR
1^st Contest 2005/2006 Classic Tow-In Dec. 12, 2005		2^nd Contest 2006/2007 Classic Tow-In Dec. 10, 2006		3^rd Contest 2007/2008 Classic Tow-In Jan. 13, 2008
. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown	. Finish Order	. Hometown
1. Jake Wormhoudt	Santa Cruz	1. Garrett McNamara	Hawaii	1. Adam Reprogle	Santa Cruz
Zack Wormhoudt	Santa Cruz	Kealii Mamala	Hawaii	Alistair Craft	Santa Cruz
2. Shane Desmond	Santa Cruz	2. Brad Gerlach	S. California	2. Yuri Soledade	Brazil
Tyler Fox	Santa Cruz	Mike Parsons	S. California	Rodrigo Resende	Brazil
3. Peter Mel	Santa Cruz	3. Adam Replogle	Santa Cruz	3. Eraldo Gueiros	Brazil
Anthony Tashnick	Santa Cruz	Alistair Craft	Santa Cruz	Everaldo Pato	Brazil
4. Jeff Clark	Half Moon Bay	4. Raph Bruhwiler	Canada	4. Osh Bartlett	Santa Cruz
Mike Brummet	Santa Cruz	Keith Malloy	S. California	Tyler Fox	Santa Cruz
-	-	5. Greg Long	San Clemente	5. Homer Henard	Santa Cruz
-	-	Rusty Long	San Clemente	Matt Rockhold	Santa Cruz
				. 2008 Invitees Complete List .

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