Thirdcloud Publications Surf City Strand Mag November 2015 | Page 9

5th Annual Senior Surf Invitational
More
 than
 70
 senior
 men
 and
 women
 surf
 competitors—from
 their
 50s
 into
 their
 mid-­‐80s—were

determined
 to
 give
 competition
 judges
 plenty
 to
 consider.

By
 RA
 Monaco

The
 “competition
 is
 stiff,
 as
 always”
 said
 competitor
 Mickey
 Ester
 as
 he
 prepared
 to
 paddle-­‐out
 against

long
 time
 rival
 Hugh
 Pierpoint
 from
 Australia.

 Seeing
 old
 friends
 at
 the
 5th
 Annual
 Senior
 Surf
 Invitational

was
 very
 much
 a
 part
 of
 the
 spectacular
 October
 morning
 on
 the
 south
 side
 of
 the
 Huntington
 Beach
 pier.

Make
 no
 mistake,
 however,
 the
 more
 than
 70

senior
 men
 and
 women
 surf
 competitors—from

their
 50s
 into
 their
 mid-­‐80s—were
 determined
 to

give
 competition
 judges
 plenty
 to
 consider
 in

deciding
 the
 5th
 Annual
 Senior
 Surf
 Invitational,

hosted
 by
 the
 Huntington
 Beach
 Council
 on

Aging
 (HBCOA).