Photos all from the "Freezin for a Reason" FB Page
On January 5, 2013, Freezin For A Reason: a 5.7 mile paddleboard/ sup race and 2.5 mile Recreation paddle around Ventnor Heights and Chelsea Heights in Ventnor, NJ took place with a total of 127 people who paddled in the event. They didn’t call this event "Freezin for a Reason" for nothing…the air was 40° and the water was a blistering 38 °!
Some participants flew in from California, Arizona, and a few even attended as far North as Cape Cod down to Virginia Beach. The race went down out of Viking Rowing Club on Surrey and Calvert Ave in Ventnor, NJ
Organizer of the event Sean Duffy explained to us that “The reason why I held the race was because I thought that it was a great way to help those that were still struggling. I know its gonna take a long time to recover for a lot of people and waves for water has been to work in the surf communities since day one. The race showed a real sense of community on race day. The other reason why I wanted to run this event was to show people that the Atlantic City Area is not destroyed like the national news showed. The part of the boardwalk that was destroyed was already falling apart and AC is open for business. My Dad is a Jitney Driver and the city has been quiet since the storm.”
Overall, so far this great effort raised a little over $10,000 in waves for water in a couple hours between the race, the after party at Tomatoes Restaurant in Margate, and all the Raffles, and Auction. Some epic gear was auctioned off, including a DCal surfboard shaped by Dan Callaghan of Galloway that had a collage of pictures from sandy on the bottom of it. The board went for $800.
All of the proceeds of the event went to Waves 4 Water's Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. You can still donate here: Freezin For a Reason (5.7 mile Paddleboard Race for Sandy Victims)
RESULTS: Place Name Time Event
| 1 Bruckner Chase :1:00.30 Surf Ski 2 Ryan Mathews :1:03.06 Open Prone 3 Steve Dullak :1:04.38 14' SuP 4 Sven Peltonen :1:04.40 14' SUP 5 Mark Colino :1:04.42 14' SUP 6 John Kutner :1:04.50 14' SUP 7 Bill Webster :1:05.56 Open Prone 8 Jim Mason & Judge Caiciotta :1:06.07 Life Boat 9 Thomas :1:06.35 Surf Ski 10 Jim Rothwell :1:07.08 14' SUP 11 Bill Alty :1:07.33 Prone 12 Drew Felson :1:08.29 14' SuP 13 Mike Laielli :1:09.39 14' SuP 14 Doug Bergen 01:09.5 Open Prone 15 Tim Schwegman :1:10.04 14 prone 16 Sean Duffey :1:10.26 14' SuP 17 Dan Callaghan :1:11.03 14 prone 18 Dave Cooker :1:11.20 14' SuP 19 Chad Brcockman :1:12.24 14' SuP 20 Erich Becker :1:12.36 Prone 21 Matt Rinck :1:12.39 Prone 22 Carl Tripician :1:13.20 Open SUP 23 Chris Atlee :1:13.55 14' SuP 24 Kyle Gronostaski :1:14.07 prone 25 Zack Stiener :1:14.08 12'6" SUP 26 Paul Giunta :1:14.31 14' SuP 27 Nick Nichols :1:14.56 14'SUP 28 Terry Plunket :1:15.12 Female |
29 John Fox :1:16.11 14'SUP 30 Brian Warley :1:16.27 Prone 31 Brian Coen :1:17.28 12'6" SUP 32 Darryl Heale :1:17.45 14'SUP 33 Brian Pasternak :1:18.09 prone 34 Adam Walcoff :1:18.26 14' SuP 35 Margo Pellegrino :1:18.44 Female 36 Eddy O'Kinsky :1:18.57 14' SUP 37 Ken Gallant :1:19.10 14' SuP 38 Mark Neustader :1:19.55 14' SuP 39 Samantha Cerone :1:20.00 Female 40 Paul Veres :1:20.22 14' SuP 41 Brian Ketcik :1:20.28 Prone 42 Carmen Rune :1:20.30 14' SuP 43 Ryan White :1:20.39 prone 44 Brian Dellet :1:21.05 12'6" SUP 45 Pat Armstrong :1:21.37 14' SuP 46 Joe Destefano :1:22.04 12'6" SUP 47 Roy Kvalo :1:22.37 14' SuP 48 Rob Ransom :1:22.46 14'SUP 49 Jasper Jarden :1:23.15 12'6" SUP 50 Jeff Deron :1:23.43 14' SuP 51 Brandy Middlesworth :1:23.49 14'SUP 52 Tim Chambcovich :1:23,56 prone 53 Chad Destanik :1:24.16 14'SUP 54 Rich Bubnowski :1:24.35 12'6" SUP 55 Scott Jordan :1:24.39 12'6" SUP 56 Jon Coen :1:24.48 14' SUP |
For the rest of results, see full list here
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