The Red Bull Riders Cup
April 14, 2009 – 9:01 pm PT by MeTags: Apollo, Highlander, Red Bull, Riders Cup —
The state of youth sports is in a state of flux. Kids in high school are pitching fastballs in the 90’s at 17. Phenoms in basketball have bodies of grown men. They look as if it was the Greek God APOLLO on the basketball court dunking the ball. All these kids just want to play. Yet not all of their respective school sports have their high school state championship sponsored by a drink that is synonymous with.
Dancing till the wee hours, people constructing contraptions that wont fly , and a drink that kicks coffees’ ass. Plus most high school kids don’t have their state championships held at the beach! So here are the facts.
All the Premier High Schools will be competing in the Red Bull Riders Cup. Whats this you ask? Well its the nations , as in our country America’s measuring stick of who are the best high school surfers at the premier high school level. For this stop on the cup tour. It will be the top surfers from South Bay-area high schools, including Mira Costa High School, Redondo Union High School, Palisades Charter High School, and Palos Verdes High School Red Bull and the National Surf League partnered to create Red Bull Riders Cup to help bring the sport of surfing to a new and exciting level. The nationwide event brings together 34 high schools from eight regions to compete in a single elimination “March-Madness” style tournament.
The Series utilizes the National Surf League’s “The Game” format, which was modeled after team sports such as basketball, football, and baseball. The Game format serves to bridge the gap between individual sports like surfing and more fan-friendly team sports. This revolutionary format includes: two teams competing against each other, only one team in the water at a time, three periods, timeouts, coaches, referees and substitutes .So like the HIGHLANDER, there can only be ONE! All disputes, arguments, and fist fights will finally be resolved over who is the best. If you are interested, take a look at the schedule , hop in the car, and bring
your ray specs ,uh I mean your binoculars .
Full Competition Schedule: (West Coast start time: 4:00 p.m.)
Mar 16-19 Santa Cruz Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz – Winner: Aptos High
Mar 24-26 Golden State Seaside Park, Ventura – Winner: Malibu High
Mar 31-Apr 2 Central FL Pelican Beach Park –Winner: Satellite High
Apr 15-16 South Bay El Porto 45th St., Manhattan Beach
Apr 21-23 North FL New Smyrna/Ponce Inlet
May 4-9 New Jersey 3rd-9th street, Ocean City
May 19-21 Orange County Huntington Beach Pier
May 26-28 San Diego Seaside Reef
June 6-7 Championship Upper Trestles
WHERE: El Porto Beach (45thStreet) Manhattan Beach, CA
WHEN: Wed, April 15
Semi # 1 - 6:30am
Mira Costa High vs. Redondo Union High
Semi #2 - 4:00pm
Palisades Charter High vs. Palos Verses High
Thurs, April 16
Final - 4pm (semi #1 winner vs. semi #2 winner)
Surfs up.