National Surf League - The Game » Florida http://www.nslgame.com Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:16:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2010 NSL High School Cup Kicks Off In Florida http://www.nslgame.com/2010/04/2010-nsl-high-school-cup-kicks-off-in-florida/ http://www.nslgame.com/2010/04/2010-nsl-high-school-cup-kicks-off-in-florida/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:55:48 +0000 NSL http://www.nslgame.com/?p=2897  
NSL High School Cup Florida Peter Polanski Satellite High School
The National Surf League kicked off the 5th edition of its high school team surfing tournament featuring “The Game” format on April 27, 2010 with the Central Florida Regional at Sebastian Inlet in small, but clean “wedging” waves at 1st peak.

In the final Game, it came down to a re-match of last year’s regional final between The Cocoa Beach High School Minutemen coached by John Cangianella and Nick Piette and The Satellite High School Scorpions coached by George Seguna and professional surfer Travis Beckman. 
 
Forrest johnson Cocoa Beach High School Cup 2010
 
At the start of regulation time in the top of the first period, a flurry of waves hit 1st peak and the Satellite High Scorpions full took advantage with Chris Tucker and Peter Polanski posting wave scores of 8 and 7.5 respectively with the Scorpions posting a 22.5 total 1st period score.

Cocoa Beach answered back in the bottom of the opening period with solid scoring rides from all four starters including a 6.5 from Forest Johnson. The Minutemen finished the first period down 2 points with a total of 20.5.

Satellite High came out in the top of the second on fire with all players scoring 5 pts and above with Peter Polanski earning a 7.8 for a big front side tail blast that won him the Most Radical Maneuver Award. The Scorpions total 2nd period score of 25.8 was the highest of the entire event. 

Unfortunately for Cocoa Beach High, the incoming tide slowed the waves considerably, which perhaps left coaches Cangianella and Piette second-guessing their decision after winning coin toss to surf in the bottom half of each period. With not many waves on offer, Cocoa Beach was forced to burn through their remaining 3 of 5 timeouts and the team was only able to post a 13.7 total period score. 

With the Game all but decided after the second period, Satellite posted average scores in the dwindling surf in the third period. But, it was enough to seal the victory for the third year in a row.

Satellite High School will now advance to the NSL High School Cup National Championship to be held June 12-13, 2010 at Upper Trestles in Southern California.

The National Surf League would like to thank Sebastian Inlet State Park, Terry O’Toole, CT Taylor, CJ and Damien Hobgood, participating high schools, parents, coaches and the local community for supporting high school surfing.
 
Final Game Box Score:
P1                  P2                  P3                  Final
Satellite High School                      22.5               25.8               18.9                 67.2
Cocoa Beach High School             20.5               13.7                16.3                50.5
Most Valuable Player (MVP) – Chad Ellingham, Satellite High School
Most Radical Maneuver (MRM) – Peter Polanski, Satellite High School (Big front side blow tail)
 

]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2010/04/2010-nsl-high-school-cup-kicks-off-in-florida/feed/ 0 Satellite High Repeats as Central Florida Champs http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/satellite-high-repeats-as-central-florida-champs/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/satellite-high-repeats-as-central-florida-champs/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:52:50 +0000 NSL http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1773 Satellite High School emerged victorious for the second year in a row as The Red Bull Riders Cup Central Florida Regional Champs.  

Satellite High’s depth, experience and use of modern technology contributed to their win over Cocoa Beach High in the final.  Head coach George Seguna debuted their new radio helmets that allows the head coach to communicate directly with each player from the beach, similar to the quarter-back in football receiving plays from the coach on the sideline.

A triple-header was held after the NSL extended the waiting period an extra day in anticipation of an incoming, but short-lived swell.  The move paid off with fun waist to chest high surf for the duration of the day.

Satellite High will now advance to the National Championships at Upper Trestles June 6-7. 

Photo Gallery

 

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]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/2009-red-bull-riders-cup-central-fl/feed/ 2 Undisclosed Location http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/undisclosed-location-red-bull-riders-cup-florida/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/undisclosed-location-red-bull-riders-cup-florida/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:00:46 +0000 ELKO http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1761 What a day!  The triple-header went off in fun offshore surf after going mobile and moving to an "undisclosed location". A Friday morning surf check brought us absolutely horrible surf at Pelican Beach park. The recent large surf washed away all the sand in the shorebreak exposing the rock reef just below the surface.  Basically it was a one-foot shorebreak on a dry rock reef.  Not good.  So, we went sandbar hunting and it brought us to 16th st in Cocoa Beach, which had a nice little sling-shot right running down a shallow sandbank.  It was by far the best surf we’ve seen all week.  Waist to chest high offshore wedges. All the schools seemed stoked about the move and their enthusiasm showed in their surfing.

A special thank you goes out to all the schools, parents, coaches and athletes for being so flexible and working with us to ensure the best event possible.  An extra special thank you goes out to the kids to stuck around after the event and helped us clear the beach!

Congrats to Satellite High School for winning the Central FL Red Bull Riders Cup Regional.  They will now go to the national championship at Upper Trestles June 6-7.  Photo gallery and the Full story coming soon!

Check out this article from the Florida Today newspaper, which had great local coverage of the event.

Next up: South Bay

 

]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/undisclosed-location-red-bull-riders-cup-florida/feed/ 0 FRIDAY TRIPLE HEADER http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/triple-header/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/triple-header/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:28:59 +0000 ELKO http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1744 Ok, Well the wind swell did not materialize and we once again made the decision to postpone the Central Florida Regional of the Red Bull Riders Cup.  With Thursday also looking like a lay-day, we have decided to extend the event window to Friday and the expected arrival of a small ground swell.  Friday will be a triple-header starting around noon.   It’s a little clichéd, but I think now is the time to PRAY FOR SURF!

UPDATE: FRIDAY TRIPLE-HEADER IS ON. SEE BELOW FOR SCHEDULE.

Friday, April 3rd Triple-Header Schedule and Match-Ups

Time:

Location:

Team:

  

Team:

12:00 pm

Pelican Beach Park

Satellite High

vs.

Melbourne High

2:15 pm

Pelican Beach Park

Cocoa Beach High

vs.

Jupiter High

4:30 pm

Pelican Beach Park

Game 1 winner

vs.

Game 2 winner

 

 

]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2009/04/triple-header/feed/ 0 Central FL Swell and Schedule Update http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/central-fl-swell-and-schedule-update/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/central-fl-swell-and-schedule-update/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:21:58 +0000 ELKO http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1742 The surf was again flat today (Tuesday) over here in Satellite Beach for the Red Bull Riders Cup Central FL Regional.  Every surf forecast we’ve looked at is indicating Friday as being our best shot at surf this week.  However, the wind is howling right now and there is a chance of the surf picking up enough to run a Game or perhaps two on Wednesday…  If not, there’s a possibility of a triple header on Friday.

A call will be made in the morning before 9 am.  Stay tuned.

Check out the three surf reports we are using to make our calls: thewavecaster.com, surfline.com and magicseaweed.com

 

 

]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/central-fl-swell-and-schedule-update/feed/ 0 Tuesday Off http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/tuesday-off/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/tuesday-off/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:26:37 +0000 ELKO http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1738 We have postponed Tuesday’s semi #1 between Satellite High and Melbourne High.  The waves are going to be flat and we will re-asses conditions and make a call for a possible Wednesday double-header…

Today (Monday) is a flat day over here in Satellite Beach, FL.  The forecast as you can see below is looking like Friday might have some acceptable surf to run the Games.  If the surf continues to be dismal, we’ll look at other options including re-scheduling…  Stay tuned.

 

]]> http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/tuesday-off/feed/ 0 Florida Surf Forecast http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/florida-surf-forecast/ http://www.nslgame.com/2009/03/florida-surf-forecast/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:23:01 +0000 ELKO http://www.www.nslgame.com/?p=1727 The surf forecast for Florida next week for the Central Florida Red Bull Riders Cup Regional is not looking that great.

Hopefully we’ll get lucky and get a little bump on Wednesday and Thursday.

Stay tuned for updates on the schedule.

 

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Daily Schedule and Match-Ups (all games start at 4pm)

Date:

Location:

Team:

  

Team:

March 31

Pelican Beach Park

Satellite Beach High

vs.

Melbourne High

April 1

Pelican Beach Park

Cocoa Beach High

vs.

Jupiter High

April 2

Pelican Beach Park

Game 1 winner

vs.

Game 2 winner

 

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