WindanSea Menehune/Junior Surf Contest

What's a Menehune? Menehune is the Hawaiian word for child...and in this context referred to here is ''Surfing Children.''

Red-hot surfing, ocean loving, patriotic American boys and girls who despite recent tragedies continue to love to ride waves big or small. You will find these Menehunes and their older brothers and sisters October 6th and 7th at La Jolla Shores for the 3rd Annual WindanSea Surf Club's Menehune and 1st Annual Junior WindanSea Surf Club Surfing Contest.

''This will probably be the most fun surfing event held all year long with lots of great raffle prizes, super goody bags, incredible trophies, with fun all day long for the kids,'' said WindanSea Club President Ozstar De Jourday. ''We are moving ahead for the sake of our children and our children's children,'' said De Jourday.

Menehune surfing will begin at 7:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday with an awards ceremony. The Junior contest begins on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. and ends around 2:00 p.m. Over 200 children, as well as many young men and women from the juniors section will compete.

WindanSea Surf Club Menehune Directors are: Mark ''Buzz'' Dephilippis & Bill Decker; and Junior Directors are: Felipe Becerra, Gordon Dunfee, and Scot Cherry. Event major sponsors include: Hotline, Reef, Quicksilver, Roxy, FCS, Hurley, Rusty, Surfing Magazine, Headhunter, Sector Nine, other sponsors include: La Jolla Surf Shop, Mitch's Surf Shop, Wahoo's Fish Tacos, Besell Surfboards, The Shack, El Pescador, Froglanders, Planet Fitness, Pannikin, Rimels, Sushi on the Rock, TD Hays, Bullys, Joe Ropers Ding Repair, Filippis Pizza Grotto, Schneider Surfboards, Gravity Skateboards, South Coast Surf Shop, Christenson Surfboards, SharpEye Surfboards, Skip Frye Surfboards, Edge Surf Shop, Wax Research, O'Neill, Kiels Market, World Famous, Choice Customs Surf Boards and Krispy Kreme. Prizes, awards, gifts, include surfboards for first place in the Menehunes, wetsuits, trophies, goody bags with shirts, sandals, and a raffle for surfboards, wetsuits, skateboards, shirts and shoes.

Age groups for Menehunes are: 5 and under, and ages 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 for both boys and girls. Separate divisions for juniors are: Boys Shortboard 14-16, 17-19, Boys Longboard 14-19. Girls Shortboard 14-19, Girls Longboard 14-19. All the Coalition of Surfing Clubs representing America are invited with the DSA (Doheny Surfing Association) and MSA (Malibu Surfing Association) already having registered kids for the contest.

Where will any money made on this event go? According to the Club President De Jourday, ''As a California 501-C 3 non-profit corporation no income goes to benefit individual club members who all volunteer their time and effort. Basically we use all the money to make a super contest for the kids. Anything left over may be used for our Day at the Beach outreach to homeless children residing at St. Vincent De Paul Shelter and Special Olympics Surfing School Program.''

WindanSea Surf Club has donated earned income to Camp Ronald McDonald Day at the Beach for Kids with Cancer, Surfrider Foundation, Heal the Bay, Blue Water Task Force, storm drain diversions up and down the coast, and Estado 29 Children's Orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico.

WindanSea Surf Club (www.windansea.org) continues through these and other community outreach programs to promote excellence through the wonderful sport of surfing and to bring attention to clean ocean water legislations and restoration and preservation efforts. A portion of the income from this event will be donated by WindanSea Surf Club to the Widows & Children of the New York Firemen's Fund. To contribute to the event contact Bill Decker 858/488-1711 (tbumphead@aol.com) or Mark ''Buzz'' Dephilippis at 858/454-8283.

Source: Windansea Surf Club