First Place            Vern Takata   and Shawn Fujimoto       28.70lbs


Second Place       Davin Aki and Andy Tamasese             25.40lbs


Third Place           Hanalei Adric and Calvin Lai                 19.80lbs

 
Fourth Place         Chris Paglinawan and Joey Martos      16.20lbs


Fifth PLace           Keith Nakai and Reid Nishioka              16.00lbs


Largest Tako        Greg Lau and Nathan Suehiro                4.3lbs


Largest Roi           Tyler Nishioka and Deo Rhoden             5.8lbs


Total weight Roi    Gavin Sato and Wayde Hayashi            18.6lbs

Pics to follow…

Here are the results from this past Saturday’s Pacific Coast Spearfishing Championships at Cayucos, California.

Individual Awards:
Al Schneppershoff Award for High Aggregate Score – Dan Silveira – Cencal – 111.55 points

Team Awards:
1st Place Team – Cencal #1 (Dan Silveira ((center)) – 111.55, Dave Edlund – 81.25, Paul Young – 77.95) – 270.75 points

2nd Place Team – GLACD#1 (Mike Pender – 89.30, Dennis Haussler – 87.10, Rene Rojas – 75.60) – 252.00

3rd Place Team – Cencal #2 (Brock Kennedy – 52.65, Lou Galliazzo – 37.65, Dave Graham- 25.80) – 116.10

Big Fish:
Dan Silveira – Sheephead – 15.20 lbs.

I enjoyed diving this new location and getting together with my diving friends from GLACD and Cencal. Thank you to Travis Tanaka of CA DFG and your great group of biologists who studied our catch for science. I would also like to thank my two team-mates, Paul and Dan for preparing so hard for this tournament and giving 100% in the water.  Dan, now has won two back-to-back Al Schneppershoff awards in two different locations and has out-scored quite a few IUSA Spearfishing Athlete’s of Year (Edlund, Rojas, Pender, Lim, Haussler, Ernst) in the process.  Not bad for a 23 year old!

I will post a photo or two later this week.

See you in the water this Saturday at either Cortez Banks, Rosa or Miquel.  Bug season will be open.

Dave Edlund, Cencal Skindivers

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FROM DAN SILVEIRA

It has been an honor for me to have dove with some of this sports greatest. I owe many thanks to the people who have taken time to show me the ropes of not only diving, but in many cases tournaments as well.

Here are just a few of the divers: Dwaine Dinucci (holds the 2nd largest red abalone in the World) > David Laird (producer of “Blue” diving the California’s) > Dennis Haussler (from 20 fathoms, IUSA athlete of the year 2000) > Dave Edlund (IUSA athlete of the year 2000) > Carl Krupansky (spearfishing legend, IUSA athlete of the year 1992) > Alan Spehar (IUSA athlete of the year 1993) > Mike McGuire (IUSA athlete of the year 1990) > Glen McGuire (IUSA athlete of the year 1995) ‘Till the next adventure, Dan Silveira

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NAME: Andrea Kawabata
FISH: Moana Kali
WEIGHT: 4.12 lb.
LOCATION: Puna, Big Island
DATE: 2/17/08
WEAPON: Amirite Venom 105cm
FROM: Shore

Rick and Angela surprised me with a brand new 105 cm Aimrite Venom at the Tokunaga’s Expo. I was trying to get used to the new safety mechanism on the handle, so I decided to hang up my Beuchat and get some dives in. My partner Chris Ragasa and I went to Puna and before we jumped in I told him that I had a good feeling about the dive that morning. After jumping in, I hooked up my gun to my tag line (which I don’t normally do), thinking that I’d shoot my first Ulua that day and swam off. Everytime I made a dive, I felt as if the fish were very wary about something. I figured it had to be my tag line so I unclipped it and anchored my float. Not long after, I spotted a couple of Kalis. The larger one was either hunting or showing off to his comrade and the other was cruising. I made a drop to the side of them and scratched some rocks. After starting to swim away, the larger Kali turned around and swam straight towards me. It came in so close straight on that I had to wait for the fish to turn as it swam away. I took a shot (looks like a bad one) and went up with my fish.

NAME: Dane Nakama
FISH: Nohu
WEIGHT: 6.79 lb.
LOCATION: East Oahu
DATE: 9/8/08
WEAPON: Riffe Euro 110
FROM: Shore

NAME: Philip Heileson

FISH: Table Boss

WEIGHT: 6.05 lb.

LOCATION: Waimanalo, Hawaii

DATE: 8/23/08

WEAPON: 55’ Wong hybrid

FROM: Kayak