Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:43am PDT

Occy Grom Fest

By: Tom Morin

Occy Grom Fest
The Occy Grom Fest went down last Saturday at Goldenwest in Huntington Beach. Since that's a two minute drive from my house, I decided to cruise down and check it out. Just as I arrived Occy was coming in from a surf and was being hounded by groms, and grom dads alike. He's more of a hero to the 25+ generation, which is the age group of most of the surf-pops in attendence.

There was waves, but it was little weird, due to the signature Huntington winds that turn on everyday just before noon. The kids made the best of the conditions, and all-and-all a good time was had. Here's some photos I took:


Occy giving an interview for another company that ends in TV.


The Bong Bus.


Occ-o-graph sess.

Results:

10-13

1st - Matt Passaquindici
2nd - Jake Marshall
3rd - Colton Overin
4th - Ethan Carlston
5th - Jay Christensen
6 - Jake Saenz

14 - 16
1st - Trevor Thorton
2nd - Scotty Weindhart
3rd - Daniel Bocater
4th - Colin Moran
5th - Sean Pearson
6th - Ian Ryan

Open Girls
1st - Leah Packpour
2nd - Lulu Erkenoff
3rd - Kandi Patterson
4th - Nicole Hines
5th - Chrystal Dean

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