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Photos by Bruce Chrisner @brucechrisner1 , words by MBRC El Presidente, Senor’ Bobby Duerr
The Manasquan Boardriders Club is hosting the 9th Annual Soft Board Rodeo Surfing Contest
on Friday, July 19th, at the Manasquan Inlet Surfing Beach. This contest is for the GROMS!!
MRBC Softboard Rodeo is for the fippin’ groms! Eva Doyle 2023 winner of the 6 and Under division .
The MBRC, with guidance from VP Mike Brown, developed this family fun day at the surfing
beach for the kids is already in its ninth year. The divisions are based on age and combine both
boys and girls into the contest. The entry is on-line https://liveheats.com/MBRC and open until
it fills up, which happens pretty fast.
Not macking by any stretch but how perfect could these conditions be for groms to compete in? Heck, for anybody to compete in this time of the year on the East Coast ?
The 6 Divisions are: 6 years and under / 7 & 8 Years old / 9 & 10 Years old / 11 & 12 years
old / 13 & 14 years old and lastly, 15 & 16 years old.
Each kid receives a contest T-Shirt, a free Italian Ice ( courtesy of Barewires Surf ) and a pizza
lunch ( courtesy of Brave New World / Manasquan ). The event starts at 8AM and runs through
a good portion of the day with many families staying into the evening.
Ethan Dunn boing for broke in the Inlet shorey in the 11 to 14 final during the 3rd annual Soft Board Rodeo in 2018.
The contest format is unique – Once a heat starts the kids have to run 50 yards from the
boardwalk to the waters edge to grab a Soft Board from a tangled pile of boards and paddle
out. The mayhem is part of the entertainment. The kids all use “soft-top” boards as these are
soft all-around and have flexible fins. The parents support the younger divisions as they may
push the little kids into waves.
View from Inlet Jetty for the 2023 Rodeo. The Shore in full summertime swing with the beachfront row houses all remodeled post Sandy but still maintaining it’s updated charm
Surfers are judged in a relaxed format of style, dexterity and finally, STOKE. Winners receive
swag from our sponsors which include Cor Surf, Finless
Skateboards, and Doyle Surfboards.
The Manasquan Boardriders Club is a local non-profit club
comprised of local surfers to Manasquan Inlet and all have
honed their surfing at this storied break.
The 2022 finalists for the 13 & 14 year olds division.
The club takes all proceeds from this and the Manasquan Classic Longboard to
fund other non-profits who support the town ( and surfers) at large.
Info: [email protected]
Website: www.mbrc.club
Sea of bikes on Riverside Drive, Manasquan Inlet. This is how the locals do it on the Jersey Shore in Summer, leave the freakin cars at home and the good luck finding a parking spot nightmare for the Bennies to deal with.
