Which surfer
has the best shot at the Belmar Pro this year?
Words
by Jon Coen
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Matt
Keenan Photo: Dave Briesacher Keenan made the finals in 2003 and 2008. Here's what he had to say recently: "It's that time of year again and there's no better place to be a pro surfer then right here in my backyard. I always try to make sure by the end of August I have a solid quiver of magical boards because every surf I have, I'm thinking about how this board would work in certain conditions. I've made a lot of finals in the past few years and the top spot just seems to elude me in the end like a plague. I'm really pumped for the belmar pro this year and I've got only one mission - and that is to win!" |
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Dean
Randazzo Somers Point,
NJ ~ Photo: Courtesy Ocean Minded “The Jersey Devil” remains the first and only surfer from New Jersey to have ever competed on the ASP World Tour. His list of competitive accomplishments are endless, including two X Games Gold Medals, X Games MVP, first place in the Red Bull Icebreak in 2004, the finals of the Belmar Pro that year, and two Smith Optics Garden State Grudge Match belts. But it’s the four battle he has won over Hodgkins disease, and the support he has given to others through the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundations that inspires us. This year, with a new slew of Jersey-based sponsors, he's already surfed six stars in Tasmania and West Oz. He’s a true Jersey icon. |
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Shea
Lopez Florida There have been several contestants in the Belmar Pro's history who have gone on to surf the ASP's Dream Tour, but Belmar has yet to host as experienced a vet at Shea Lopez. The Gulf Coaster surfed the Tour for ten years. In 2002, was ranked #11 at the Surfer Poll, and has appeared in countless major magazine spreads and features. Lopez was also twice a winning member of the East Coast team at the X Games. Locally, he made the finals of the Unsound Pro in 2006. This year, he was named to the PacSun US Surf Team and is bringing his show to Belmar. |
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