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Randy Fry Memorial "Big X" Freediving TournamentSaturday, October 8, 2011 from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM (PT)Fort Bragg, CA |
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Event Details
Recreational Fishing Alliance
8th Annual
Randy Fry "Big X" Free Diving Tournament
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
New Location: Pacific Star Winery Open to all free divers — this tourney is in memory of the
late, great Randy Fry - the avid abalone diver, fisherman, spearo and
fisheries activist who dedicated his efforts to the rights of anglers and
divers. The public is welcome to join us at the weigh-in at 1pm. Entry fee: Pre-registration: $40, Day of Event:
$50. Includes 2 nights free camping (self-contained RVs o.k.), a hot lunch,
wine tasting, trophy awards, raffle and silent auction… Can't attend? Consider making a donation or joining the RFA using the form provided at the top of this page. This is how we raise money to fight for your fishing and diving interests in California! Sponsors: Official Lodging: The Beach House
Inn; Wine Sponsor: Pacific Star Winery; Hammerhead Spearguns; 20 Fathoms; Telstar Charters; Hulicat Charters; Neptonics; Sea Sniper; The Salty Lady; Herranen Spearguns; more... When: Saturday,
October 8. Check in begins at 7 AM; Check out: 1 PM. CenCal meet rules; scramble meet. Where: New Location for 2011! Pacific
Star Winery on the Mendocino County Coast, is 12 miles north of Fort Bragg at
33000 Highway One (near mile marker 73.50). Free camping (Friday/Saturday
nights) onsite with a million-dollar view and private access to the ocean. This
may be your last chance to dive this area –proposed to become the Ten Mile
State Marine Reserve next year. Private access to a rarely-fished area of the north coast. NO DOGS please - small children not advised; lots of rugged terrain & cliffs here. New Iron Chef Team Contest: Saturday night, teams of divers & non-divers (up to 10 per team) can compete to create menus of wild hand-harvested seafood - win a dive trip with Telstar Charters out of Noyo Harbor for the 2012 season! Support the Recreational Fishing Alliance and your Freedom to
Fish. To join the Recreational Fishing Alliance, go to www.JoinRFA.org. Info:
707-964-8326 or Register online at http://randyfry2011.eventbrite.com/
Some recent photos of the Pacific Star Winery property
Wine tasting daily from 11am - 5pm:
We'll be having dinners and the raffle around this large campfire pit, overlooking the ocean:
In memory of our friend, Randy Fry.
The Randy Fry Big X was started by Kevin Sakuda and John Hayes in 2004. Proudly Sponsored by:
Event Hoodies available for $40 at the tourney: design by Amadeo Bachar http://www.abachar.com/
When & Where
Pacific Star Winery
33000 Highway One
Fort Bragg,
CA 95437
Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM (PT)
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Hosted By
The Recreational Fishing Alliance NorCal Chapter
The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) is a national 501(c)(4) non-profit grassroots political action organization whose mission is to safeguard the rights of salt water anglers, protect marine, boat, and tackle industry jobs, and insure the long-term sustainability of our nation’s marine fisheries.
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THE RULES! Randy Fry Big X Tourney October 8th, 2011 –Pacific Star Winery in Mendocino County, CA |
We will be enjoying an area that is private access, so please respect the private property owners.
NO DOGS. Small children not recommended (dangerous cliffs).
No fires in the camping area – there will be a large group campfire Friday and Saturday. No need to bring firewood – it will already be there.
Free Camping: self-contained RVs or trailers okay – no hookups.
Randy's Big X Freedive Competition Rules:
Open to everyone. (Competitors under 18 must have signature on waiver by guardian.)
All divers must register with a buddy. This is a individual competition, not a team event, but you need to check in with another diver buddy who watches out for you.
Only shore-based, breath-hold diving is allowed in this tourney. No motorized vessels allowed.
Tournament check-in starts at 7:00 AM. Shotgun start.
All contestants must check-in at Pacific Star Winery. Scramble meet: dive anywhere in Mendocino County.
All competitors must check-out at the Tournament Weigh-in by 1 PM.
Measurement/Weight:
Use caliper for measuring abalone to closest hundredth of
an inch.
Use scale for weighing fish to closest tenth of pound.
Decision of the
Weighmaster is Final.
Scoring – Individual Points:
One point per fish plus one point per pound. Best aggregate score wins. Up to twenty fish can be submitted by one
individual, but no more than four fish of the same species. Fish
must measure at least fourteen inches in length with mouth closed, or meet
DF&G minimum size requirements.
The caudal fins of fish being measured shall be swept back to enhance
their lengths. No sharks, skates, rays
or prohibited (by DFG) species.
Abalone measured by length.
Etiquette & Safety:
The Randy Fry Big X Tourney promotes friendly competition and cooperation. Individuals competing in kayaks should yield to shore-based divers in the water & be ready to assist divers in trouble. Always yield to the least mobile participants. Dive with a buddy. Safety is first, competition second.
Divisions/Awards:
All contestants may enter Abalone, Finfish or both.
Each Division has a Male and Female Category. 1st and 2nd Place Award Plaques commemorating Randy’s Big Ten (Big X) will be given to individual divers for the following (Man's & Women's) divisions:
Speargun Division
Abalone Division
Pole Spear
Junior (under 18) Abalone
Junior (under 18) Speargun
New Event this Year: Wild Seafood "Iron Chef" Team Competition:
Teams of divers and chefs (up to 10 persons per team) can compete in a hand-harvested wild food cook-off. All individual team members (including non-diving chefs) must pre-register for the Big X tourney to participate in the Wild Seafood Iron Chef Competition.
Each team of divers and chefs must use a variety of ingredients, wild-harvested LOCALLY within Mendocino County and these can be collected at any time on Friday or Saturday before the weigh-in. Finfish and shellfish can be harvested by competitors in the tournament as well as by non-competitors (that means you can come just for the fun of it and dive for food, not points). All ingredients must be legally harvested by hand, or by spear, breath-hold only. Available local ingredients include: abalone, lingcod, rock scallops, cabezon, black rockfish, blue rockfish, monkeyface eel, wolf eel, vermilion rockfish, sea vegetables, kelp greenling, rock greenling, china rockfish, sea cucumber, sea urchin. Use your imagination. Other ingredients like rice, seasonings, etc. can be used, but scoring points will be awarded for the way the iron chef teams use local, wild, hand-harvest seafood ingredients.
Chefs need not dive, and divers on the team need not cook but everyone on the team needs to pre-register for the Big X and each team needs a unique name, and a Head Chef. Judges will be scoring on the uniqueness of the wild seafood ingredients, the quantity made available to give everyone present a taste, and the flavor of the dishes.
Each menu must be enough to give all attendees at the Saturday Night Seafood Feast a "taste" to qualify for the contest. Winners will be determined by universal acclaim or a vote by all registrants present at the dinner.
First Place Prize: Team Trophy & Charter Dive Trip out of Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg on the Telstar for team (up to 10 people).
Eligibility:
Paid entry fee.
Waiver signed.
California Department of Fish and Game license and
abalone punch card checked.
Disqualifications:
Anyone violating California Department of Fish
and Game Regulations.
Failure to check-out on time.
For More Info: Call 707-357-3422
Lodging: Free camping on site. If you wish to stay at a local motel, we recommend The Beach House Inn (call 707-961-1700).