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Three SB surfers make national team

Thursday, September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Conner Coffin

With a trip to New Zealand to compete at the ISA Junior Surfing World Championships on the line, Santa Barbara's Parker Coffin made a strong case that he belongs on Team USA's final roster after pulling down his first national title at the SIMA National Championships last weekend at the Huntington Beach Pier.Parker's older brother, Conner, and Lakey Peterson - who were both on the 2008 team in Ecuador - each recorded runner-up results and are virtually assured a spot in New Zealand.The … [Read more...]

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Peterson claims NSSA National Championship

Sunday, June 28, 2009 By 2 Comments
Santa Barbara's Lakey Peterson

Lakey Peterson took home all the marbles on Saturday, but this was no child's game. The 14-year-old Santa Barbara surfer bested a tough field in the Open Women's Division, earning her a coveted NSSA National Championship.Peterson's two-wave score of 16.75 topped three other double digit scores in the final: a 14.75 from favorite Courtney Conlogue, a 14.25 from Malia Manuel and a 13.75 from Nage Melamed."I'm still kind of in shock," Peterson told PresidioSports.com by phone on Saturday … [Read more...]

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Coffins, Peterson on brink of national titles

Saturday, June 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Local teenage surfers Conner Coffin, Parker Coffin and Lakey Peterson are all threatening to take down NSSA National Titles today at the NSSA National Championships being held at Lower Trestles in San Clemente.Peterson advanced through Saturday morning's women's semifinal to reach this afternoon's final, where she will joust with Courtney Conlogue, Malia Manuel and Nage Melamed. She also has reached the explorer girls final. Peterson, 14, is seeking her first NSSA national championship, one … [Read more...]

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Peterson, Coffin contain WSA Prime

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 By 2 Comments
Santa Barbara surfer Lakey Peterson

Santa Barbara's Lakey Peterson and Parker Coffin surfed to titles at the WSA Prime Championships on Sunday at the Oceanside Harbor North Jetty, with Peterson winning in the girls-16s and Coffin in the boys-14s.Peterson beat out Lani Doherty in the 16s final with a two-wave score of 15.17. Peterson also competed in the girls-18 division, where she advanced through two heats before falling to nemesis Courtney Conlogue in the final by the slim margin of 15.00 to 14.87.Peterson called it a … [Read more...]

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Coffin, Peterson bow out at junior world championships

Saturday, April 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Montecito's Conner Coffin ended his run at the Quicksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships on Saturday, taking it all the way to the ninth repercharge round in the under-16s where he was edged out of the world's most talent-laden amatuer surf contest in Ecuador with a seventh place finish.Team-USA teammate Lakey Peterson, also a life-long resident of Montecito, was ousted on Friday of the girls Under-18 division in the repercharge's fifth round. Peterson's equal 19th-place finish … [Read more...]

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Coffin in charge at ISA worlds; Peterson charging too

Thursday, April 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Santa Barbara's Conner Coffin has been unbeatable thus far in the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in Ecuador, claiming first place in each of his first three four-man heats to reach the fourth round of the boys under-16 division at the world's most competetive amatuer surfing contest. Coffin's run included the division's highest single wave score of 9.17 in round two. Coffin, 15, needs to advance through two more rounds to make to the finals and an opportunity for a world title.  … [Read more...]

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Coffin, Peterson to take on world’s best for USA

Sunday, February 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
USC football coach Pete Carroll and Lakey Peterson

Local Santa Barbara surfers Conner Coffin and Lakey Peterson were selected to the 2009 USA Surf Team last week, and in the process punched a ticket to the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships taking place in Ecuador from March 28 to April 5.It's Coffin's second go-around in the prestigious competition, which brings together the upper-echelon of the worlds best under-18 surfers to represent thier countries and vie for Olympic-style medals.As a 14 year old, Coffin placed fifth in the … [Read more...]

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Garland’s the man at 26th Rincon Classic

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
Kilian Garland in his final heat.

After snoozing for much of the winter, Rincon woke up just in time for the 26th annual Rincon Classic this past Saturday and Sunday, rewarding the faithful with two days of solid swell, sunshine and some spectacular surfing capped by an awards banquet honoring the weekend's best.Sunny skies and unseasonably-warm weather came too, along with over 1,000 spectators to celebrate Santa Barbara's rich surfing community.Kilian Garland was Sunday's big winner, taking first place in the Pro … [Read more...]

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Peterson posts impressive win over Conlogue

Sunday, October 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara's Lakey Peterson scored the largest upset of her young surfing career on Sunday at the Huntington Beach pier, taking down reigning women's national champion Courtney Conlogue in the open division's final at the NSSA's Southwest Conference's third event.The 14-year-old used wave scores of 7.43 and 5 to beat out Conlogue's combined total of 9 in the 20-minute heat. Conlogue, who won the conference last season before going on the win the national title in June, hadn't lost a heat … [Read more...]

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