Earlier today a small but classy field of paddlers descended on one of SUP racing’s traditional homes, Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California. The 2014 Hobie Hennessey’s Waterman’s Challenge was a two-race event, combining a 5 miler with an elite surf race to crown the overall winners.

Conditions were picture perfect for a SUP race, with sunny skies, dead calm wind and small but fun waves peeling into Doheny. Kind of a shame we have to leave this place in October…

So after combining results from the two disciplines, Anthony Vela and Candice Appleby came out on top. There were also solid performances from the likes of Brandi Baksic, Team USA star Shae Foudy, Sean Pangelinan and Ryan Murphy (edit: and Brennan Rose/Javier Jimenez).

However from all reports the highlight was the kids’ racing, where a bunch of very enthusiastic groms blazed around the course in a showcase of SUP racing’s future. The Paddle Acacemy’s GromChallenge race actually came close to drawing the biggest field of the day, with 29 boys and girls making it look easy and reminding us older paddlers that our time is almost through.

Oh and I also saw a few cool pics of Mexico’s rising star, Javier “Bicho” Jimenez and Brennan Rose near the pointy end of the men’s surf race, however they’re not in the results… not sure why.

UPDATE: Seems like Bicho and Brennan were leading the 5 miler but took the wrong course and were DQ’d. They still raced in the surf race and finished 1-2 there as well, however they weren’t in contention for the overall results you see below. But DQ or not, these guys have been in fine form lately, particularly Bicho… Now that everyone knows Titouan Puyo’s name, perhaps Javier Jimenez will take over his role as “World’s #1 Dark Horse”?

Anyway there’s a whole stack of really good photos up on Facebook thanks to Riviera’s Mike Muir.

A selection of the finest below…

(scroll down for full results)

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Not sure if the overall results were based on combined times or combined points (coz AV and Candice would have either way), but anyway here are the results from each race. Click on “5 Miler” or “Surf Race” to show results from each race, or click “Combined” to see who had the fastest overall times.

Hobie Hennessey’s Waterman’s Challenge

#	Name	COMBINED	5 Miler	Surf Race	Age
1	Anthony Vela	1:11:45	0:54:59	0:16:45	18-39
2	Sean Pangelinan	1:12:05	0:54:44	0:17:21	18-39
3	Ryan Murphy	1:12:27	0:54:44	0:17:43	18-39
4	Noa Hopper	1:12:51	0:55:01	0:17:50	U17
5	Karl Ring	1:13:23	0:55:27	0:17:56	40-49
6	Dave Boehne	1:13:38	0:55:43	0:17:55	18-39
7	Colin McPhillips	1:14:46	0:57:46	0:16:59	18-39
8	Brian Haag	1:15:11	0:56:40	0:18:31	18-39
9	Byron Kurt	1:15:33	0:57:09	0:18:25	50+
10	Brendan Light	1:15:39	0:57:20	0:18:20	18-39
11	Chris Boland	1:16:41	0:57:49	0:18:52	50+
12	Jedd Hasay	1:17:05	0:58:31	0:18:34	18-39
13	Yann Lauletta	1:17:07	0:58:35	0:18:32	18-39
14	Mark Miyamoto	1:17:26	0:58:49	0:18:38	18-39
15	Nick Scheel	1:18:53	0:58:56	0:19:57	U17
16	EJ Johnson	1:20:28	0:59:52	0:20:36	50+
17	Darren Del Monico	1:21:01	1:01:17	0:19:43	40-49
18	Steve Funk	1:21:04	1:00:33	0:20:31	40-49
19	Donald Preston	1:21:26	1:01:13	0:20:13	18-39
20	Scott Rose	1:22:08	1:01:48	0:20:20	40-49
21	Ryan Knysh	1:25:32	1:04:34	0:20:59	18-39
22	Dylan Goode	1:25:43	1:04:39	0:21:04	U17
23	Myles Blazer	1:27:10	1:06:23	0:20:47	U17
24	Kyle O'Kelly	1:41:33	1:18:36	0:22:57	40-49
25	Daniel Russell	n/a	0:55:30	DNS	U17
26	Mark Raaphorst	n/a	1:00:30	DNS	40-49
27	Mace Camhe	n/a	1:00:53	DNS	40-49
28	Alic Funk	n/a	1:05:20	DNS	18-39
29	Ted Canedy	n/a	1:19:38	DNS	40-49
30	Erik Alston	n/a	1:23:24	DNS	40-49

Hobie Hennessey’s Waterwoman’s Challenge

#	Name	COMBINED	5 Miler	Surf Race	Age
1	Candice Appleby	1:18:22	0:58:26	0:19:55	18-39
2	Brandi Baksic	1:20:07	0:59:26	0:20:42	40-49
3	Shae Foudy	1:20:08	0:59:25	0:20:42	18-39
4	Kelsa Gabehart	1:24:54	1:02:44	0:22:10	18-39
5	Alleanna Clark	1:26:41	1:04:14	0:22:27	U17
6	Kristin Thomas	n/a	1:04:19	DNS	50+
7	Erica Santos	n/a	1:16:12	DNS	40-49
8	Jenny Gibbons	n/a	1:16:35	DNS	40-49

Paddle Academy’s WaterGrom Challenge

#	Name	Time	Boy/Girl	Age
1	Nick Scheel	0:08:33	Boy	15-17
2	Max Fleming	0:08:34	Boy	15-17
3	Ryan Funk	0:09:07	Boy	12-14
4	Tyler Bashor	0:09:14	Boy	12-14
5	Ryan Maloney	0:09:17	Boy	15-17
6	Trevor Bashor	0:09:27	Boy	15-17
7	Peter Shoemaker	0:09:40	Boy	15-17
8	Kai Mcphillips	0:09:40	Boy	9-11
9	Erika Benitez	0:09:45	Girl	12-14
10	Christine Shoemaker	0:09:56	Girl	12-14
11	Alleanna Clark	0:10:04	Girl	15-17
12	Lexi Alston	0:10:22	Girl	12-14
13	Maya Robilio	0:10:23	Girl	9-11
14	Alexandria Higginson	0:10:39	Girl	9-11
15	Tai Diggins	0:10:46	Boy	9-11
16	Keagan Lamar	0:10:51	Boy	9-11
17	Dane Hillis	0:10:52	Boy	9-11
18	Jade Howson	0:10:57	Girl	9-11
19	Dax Mcphillips	0:11:08	Boy	9-11
20	Cole Vander Broek	0:11:33	Boy	12-14
21	Darcy Forcier	0:12:04	Girl	12-14
22	Belah Ellis	0:12:20	Girl	9-11
23	Carter Vander Broek	0:12:25	Boy	8 & Under
24	Gavin Mencinsky	0:12:32	Boy	9-11
25	Malaya Ring	0:12:33	Girl	8 & Under
26	Jonas Graham	0:13:28	Boy	9-11
27	Walker Graham	0:15:07	Boy	8 & Under
28	Trevor Mencinsky	0:17:32	Boy	8 & Under
29	Kelly Ann Doody	0:19:23	Girl	12-14

Hennessey’s 9 Mile Race

#	Name	Time	Guy/Girl	Class
1	Jack Wygal	1:15:45	Guy	SUP 14'
2	Dale Marnati	1:20:19	Guy	SUP 14'
3	Andew Mencinsky	1:20:32	Guy	SUP 14'
4	Robert Howson	1:21:22	Guy	SUP 14'
5	Ryan Pingree	1:22:14	Guy	Prone Stock
6	Matt Hartnett	1:24:13	Guy	SUP 14'
7	Sean Sullivan	1:25:46	Guy	SUP 14'
8	Mark Pighini	1:27:29	Guy	SUP 14'
9	William Kindel	1:29:00	Guy	Prone Unlimited
10	Steven Beuder	1:29:12	Guy	Prone Unlimited
11	Kerstin Ouellet	1:29:13	Girl	SUP 14'
12	Andrew Mcginnis	1:30:20	Guy	SUP 14'
13	Rene Bruce	1:34:19	Guy	SUP 14'
14	Terri Wargo	1:37:17	Girl	SUP 14'
15	Adam Sandler	1:45:06	Guy	Prone Stock

Fun 3 Mile Race

#	Name	Time	M/F	Class
1	Rod Loftis	0:44:38	Guy	SUP 14'
2	Tyler Bashor	0:45:54	Guy	SUP 12'6"
3	Rick Stinson	0:46:32	Guy	SUP 14'
4	John Andel	0:46:51	Guy	SUP 12'6"
5	Les Hopper	0:48:16	Guy	SUP 14'
6	Lexi Alston	0:49:50	Girl	SUP 12'6"
7	Cameron Fraser	0:50:12	Guy	SUP 12'6"
8	Jim Jr Jenks	0:50:23	Guy	SUP 14'
9	Kristin Kaczmarek	0:51:18	Girl	SUP 12'6"
10	Chris Cheek	0:51:48	Guy	SUP 14'
11	John Nordin	0:52:18	Guy	SUP 12'6"
12	Susie Hopper	0:52:30	Girl	SUP 12'6"
13	Alley Miesch-nie	0:53:12	Girl	SUP 12'6"
14	Drew Ohlmeyer	0:54:07	Guy	SUP 14'
15	Michael Skelly	0:54:37	Guy	SUP Surfboard
16	Gretchen Benedetto	0:55:04	Girl	SUP 12'6"
17	Jim Wolfe	0:56:42	Guy	SUP 12'6"
18	James Yanoschik	0:56:49	Guy	SUP 14'
19	Kennady Rose	0:59:27	Girl	SUP 12'6"
20	Matt Jenks	0:59:37	Guy	SUP Surfboard
21	Mitch Jenks	1:04:49	Guy	SUP Surfboard
22	Michelle Brislen	1:05:31	Girl	SUP 12'6"
23	Brandon Rootsaert	1:05:32	Guy	SUP Surfboard
24	Kennedy Underwood	1:06:09	Girl	SUP 12'6"
25	Alfredo Fernandez	1:17:33	Guy	Prone Unlimited

(The raw results are up on Paddle Guru)