Lucas Rogers of Virginia went airborne in Panama with a big and clean frontside air reverse, captured by his filmer Christian Woodward, to collect first place in this year’s Planetary Punt surf video contest.
The Planetary Punt is the brainchild of Santa Cruz artist Tim Ward. It rewards the best aerial maneuvers caught on film during a 365-day span from June 2018 to June 2019. Contestants upload their maneuvers to their Instagram accounts and flag it for the contest by including two required tags in their caption at the time they create the post. The judging panel featured Santa Cruz legends and aerial pioneers Jason “Ratboy” Collins and Darryl “Flea” Virostko.
Rogers and Woodward took home $20,000 for the win. Reef Heazlewood of Australia received $3,000 for second, while Brad Flora of Ocean Beach, Maryland, took home $2,000 for third.
“It’s a funny subject because I know there will always be haters on a win like this,” Woodward said in a press release, “but they’re going to be even more flared up at the fact that the camera I used was so low-grade. And to think back to that trip to Panama where the other photogs were fully geared up, and there I was with a super low-budget setup just trying to catch a few shots.”
Disc golf
Bell second at The Majestic: Santa Cruz’s Matt Bell tied for second place at the The Majestic in East Bethel, Minnesota, on Sunday.
Bell shot a 23-under-par 155 total at Blue Ribbon Pines Disc Golf Course, as did Cale Leiviska of Little Canada, Minnesota. Both won $1,250 for their finish. Kevin Jones of Greenwood, Arkansas, won $2,000 with his 28-under-par 150 total.
Twin Falls Classic: Santa Cruz’s Dylan Hunter tied for 20th place at the Twin Falls Classic in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Sunday.
Hunter shot a 12-over-par 236 total at Rock Creek Disc Golf Course. Joel Freeman of Loveland, Colorado, won with a 29-under 195 total.
25th anniversary Frying Pan: Capitola’s Matt Patterson took 29th place at the 25th anniversary Frying Pan in Stockton on Sunday.
Patterson shot a 16-over-par 202 total at Oak Grove Regional Park. Campbell’s Sias Elmore won with a 27-under 159 total.
Boys soccer
Santa Cruz Breakers FC 3, at San Francisco City FC 1: Ettore Ballestracci scored twice in the Breakers’ win at Kezar Stadium on Sunday.
Felipe Oliveira also scored for the Breakers (5-5-2), who sit in second place in the USL2’s Western Conference Southwest Division. Riley Hanley, Carlos Valdovinos and Jonathan Colunga recorded assists.
