San Diego Roundup : Oceanside Will Offer 2 Longboard Events
Some of the world’s best longboard surfers will compete this weekend in the $16,500 Hang Ten Noseriding Classic and the $10,000 Oceanside Longboard Classic at Oceanside Pier.
In the noseriding competition, surfers are allowed to use only 20 inches at the front of the longboard. Competitors are judged on the length of ride, difficulty of the maneuvers and style.
The winner of the noseriding competition will receive $5,000. Competition began Thursday and continues at 7 a.m. today.
Many surfers are expected to compete in both the noseriding competition and the longboard event, which will begin at 7 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.
Included in the field are Oceanside’s Dale Dobson, 1971 U.S. longboard champion, and Donald Takayama; Huntington Beach’s Peter Townsend, 1976 world longboard champion, and Australia’s Nat Young, 1987 Assn. of Surfing Professionals World Tour longboard champion.
The eighth Budweiser Over-the-Line National Softball Championship is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Mariner’s Point on Mission Bay.
More than 200 three-player teams are expected to play in six age divisions. Entry fee is $42 per team, which includes a T-shirt, a mug and a ball bag. For more information, call Scott Berndese at 534-0320.
For a $50 donation to the American Cancer Society, people can participate as crew members aboard some of San Diego’s top yachts or view a regatta from a spectator yacht Sunday during the American Cancer Society Cup.
More than 30 yachts, including America’s Cup winner Stars & Stripes, are expected to participate. Dennis Conner, Stars & Stripes skipper, is honorary chairman of the event.
No previous sailing experience is necessary, but participants must be at least 18.
An awards ceremony will be held after the race at the San Diego Yacht Club.
The race, which can be viewed from Harbor Island, starts at 1:30 p.m. To participate, call the Cancer Society at 299-4200 or K-LITE radio station at 452-9595.
Four free golf clinics and a trick-shot exhibition will be held in conjunction with the Carmel Mountain Ranch Hot Air Balloon Festival Saturday and Sunday.
Pro golfer Phil Rodgers will give two clinics of two hours each at 1 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. The Carmel Mountain Ranch pro staff will analyze golf swings for free from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Wedgie Winchester, a former national long-drive champion, will perform trick shots from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
More than 60 balloonists from throughout the United States are expected to compete for $8,000 in prize money at the festival.
Admission to the festival, which begins at 7 a.m., is free. Carmel Mountain Ranch is located in Poway. For more information, call 483-9501.
