The 3rd Annual Malibu Invitational came to an end on Sunday with stacked finals, glassy little lines, and perfect beach weather.

Our great and emotional weekend started at Duke's Malibu Friday Night where Josh Morgan fed roughly 175 guests with unreal entree's and appetizers and quenched our thirst with Wine from Chateau Ste Michelle Wine Estates, Vodka from Stockholm Krystal Vodka, and a plethora of Hawaii's Finest and Original PRIMO Beer. We had tunes from DJ Jacques and Terraplane and throughout the party our guests were bidding on our great silent auction items from Jeff Ransenberg, DVS, VonZipper, RVCA, Quiksilver, Gatorade, O'neill, Rusty, DC, SkullCandy, Matix, Vestal, Volcom, Vans, Body Glove, Steven Lippman Print and Film, Nixon, Billabong, Spy, Lost, Hurley, Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Ian Zamora Surfboards, PRIMO Beer, Katie Costello Jewelry, Anthony Bevilacqua, Bill Parr, and Your Los Angeles Lakers. All proceeds from the Silent Auction went to our young Lyon Herron who is heroically battling a rare genetic disease called Garners Syndrome. Lyon Herron is the purpose of our Malibu Invitational which was born to raise the funds he needs to get the vaccinations he needs and to create Awareness of this extremely rare disease. Two of our fine Malibu Citizens actually bought items from the Auction for Lyon as a double gift; Andy Lyon bought Lyon a Body Glove Full Suit and Debby Frank bought Lyon a Signed Andy Irons board Courtesy of Billabong. Last but not least we premiered The Allen Sarlo Documentary "Work To Surf" by Dave Ogle which got many hoots and whistles. Twas A Great Opening Night!!! Thanks Josh and Duke's Malibu.

Saturday Morning, August 29th 2009 we were blessed with the tail end of a south groundswell as well as the middle-end of Hurricane Ignacio. Our Malibu Legends Division Started the Day off strong and were followed by the Pro's and then the Jr./Groms. HalfWay through the day we had our great friends at TheraSURF put on an unbelievable show. TheraSURF was born with a consortium of great friends caring for kids with special needs like Autism. Jimmy Gamboa is the heart of TheraSURF and has the help of many friends such as Ryan Conder, Skylar Peak, Leo Harrington, Josh Froley, Scott Caan, Kalani Robb, Jordy Tappis, John Baker, Dale Rhodes, and Pascal Stansfield. The waves were pumping and our boys gave the kids the rides of their lives. After their free surf MidDay Jimmy had Trophy's made for all the kids and his presentation to them left us all in tears. Great Job Jimmy!

Sunday Morning, August 30th 2009 still lingered little surf from Ignacio with the every 10 minute pulse of 3 to 4 wave sets that were shoulder high and rippable. Although the surf was smaller it was still fun and the conditions were flawless. The Surfing Level was at an All Time High and it was great to see High Performance Shortboard Surfing at our beloved 1st Point Malibu.

***Big Thanks To Our Presenter PRIMO Beer, Tony T's and Ola's Mexican Grill for feeding the beach, Gatorade for keeping us hydrated, and to All Of Our Sponsors for contributing yet again this year to our event.

Presented By:

PRIMO Hawaii's Original Beer.

Hosted By:

Freedom Artists, Val Surf, Sicky Dicky, BrosList.com, Duke's Malibu, Malibu Magazine, Chateau Ste Michelle Wine Estates, and Stockholm Krystal Vodka.

Sponsored By:

Fuel TV, DVS, Surfline, VonZipper, RVCA, Quiksilver, O'neill, Rusty, DC, Matix, Vestal, Volcom, Vans, Skullcandy, Body Glove, Ransenberg Financial & Insurance Services, Tony T's NY Winner's Pizza, Ola's Mexican Grill, Gatorade, and Steven Lippman PrintFilm Inc.

Contributing Friends

Nixon, Billabong, Spy Optics, Lost, Girl Skateboards, Famous Wax, Hurley, Anthony Bevilacqua, Bill Parr, Mike D, and The Los Angeles Lakers.

Results of 3rd Annual Malibu Invitational

Jr./Grom

1st Place - Jake Kelly

2nd Place - Skylar Lawson

3rd Place - Chance Lawson

4th Place - Theo Lewitt

Malibu Legends

1st Place - Allen Sarlo

2nd Place - John McClure

3rd Place - Steven Lippman

4th Place - Evan Caples

Pros

1st Place - Tim Curran

2nd Place - Justin Swartz

3rd Place - Dillon Perillo

4th Place - Ricky Whitlock

Special Thanks to TheraSURF

Jimmy Gamboa, Ryan Conder, Kalani Robb, Leo Harrington, Scott Caan, Josh Froley, Dal Rhodes, John Baker, and Skylar Peak

Special Thanks to PRIMO Beer

Jon Holecz, Paul Tralka, Jordan Bochanis, and Kyle Wortham

Special Thanks to Duke's Malibu, Val Surf, Sicky Dicky, and Freedom Artists

Josh Morgan, Pascal Stansfield, Patrick Jensen, Jordan Tappis, Skylar Peak, John Hildebrand, Chris Duffy, Seumas Santoro, and Steven Lippman

About Lyon

August 29th and 30th, 2009 (Malibu, CA) Pascal Stansfield and Patrick Jensen of Freedom Artists, Skylar Peak and John Hildebrand of Sicky Dicky Productions, Seumas Santoro of Podium Distribution, Jordan Tappis of Bros List.com, Jason Rouse of Malibu Magazine, Steven Lippman of Steven Lippman Print + Film Inc., Josh Morgan of Duke's Malibu, Brian Rogers of Chateau Michelle, Everyone @ Primo Beer, and myself Brandon Richards along with Chris Duffy, Blake Richards, and Doug Anderson of Val Surf present "The 3rd Annual Malibu Invitational" to benefit young Point Dume Surfer Lyon Herron beat his fight with Gardner's Syndrome. Lyon was first diagnosed with Gardner's Syndrome when he was 6 years young and has been fighting this disease for the past 13 years.

Lyon is a Viking, has a heart of Gold, and is always smiling happy! He loves the ocean, he loves to surf and skate, and he truly loves his life. Lyon has shown us strength and inspiration, and more importantly reminded everyone whom he has touched to appreciate every minute of everyday.

Thanks To:

Pascal Stansfield and Patrick Jensen of Freedom Artists
Skylar Peak and John Hildebrand of Sicky Dicky
Chris Duffy and Blake Richards of Val Surf
Seumas Santoro of Podium Distribution
Steven Lippman of Steven Lippman Print and FILM
Jordan Tappis of BrosList.com
Josh Morgan of Duke's Malibu
Jason Rouse of Malibu Magazine
Brian Rogers of Chateau Ste Michelle Wine Estates
Erica Ingebrigtsen of Stockholm Krystal Vodka
Jon Holecz, Paul Tralka, Jordan Bochanis, and Kyle Wortham of Primo Beer
TheraSURF's Jimmy Gamboa, John Baker, Ryan Conder, Skylar Peak, Josh Froley, Leo Harrington, Dale Rhodes, and Scott Caan.
Thomas Mulvane and Tanna Harris of Val Surf
Mark and Kay Richards, Kurt and Mady Richards, Lance and Denise Richards, and the McCrystals for giving me family support on the beach
George Huyke, Jeff Tully, John Stouffer, and Theresa Alexandria of Fuel TV
Brandy Faber, BD, KD, MD, Tony Evjenth, Gabe Clement, Shawn Schumacher, Justin Prior, and Tim Gavin of Podium Distribution (DVS and Matix).
Johnny Gehris, Derek Boucher, Marty Kish, and Scott Klamecki of Vestal Watches
Matcus Sanders, Hope Jason, and Dave Gilovich of Surfline
Hime Herbert, Brian Harris, Curt Fry, and GT from Von Zipper
Pat Towersey, and Jay Larson of RVCA
Todd Kline, Strider Wasilewski, Jay Lightburne, Chris Darrah, Tom Holbrook, and Chad Wells of Quiksilver
Steve Ward, Matt Bovard, Pat O'neill, Snowy, and Lee Westfall of O'neill
Charlie Setzler, Casey Fleming, Shon Lassiter, and Chris of Rusty Surfboards.
Doug Coger, and Mike Bagnuolo of DC SHoes and Skullcandy
Brad Dougherty, Dagwood, Jani Lange, Chris Reya, Tom Ruiz, Wooly, and Jack Morrissey of Volcom.
EJ of Vans
Tony of Tony T's Winner's NY Pizza
Carlos Reyes of Olas Mexican Grill
Steve Reyes of SteveReyesPhoto.com
Oden, Dale Rhodes, Matt Rapf, John Villela, Seumas Santoro, Patrick Jensen, and Evan Caples for Water Patrol
Kyle Sparks of Kylesparks.com
Ian Zamora of Zamorasurf.com
Carla Rowland and Matt Malone
Scott Daly, Donny Wilson, and Jamie Meistrell of BodyGlove
Tera Dacek of Gatorade/FUSE Marketing
Jeff Ransenberg of Ransenberg Financial & Insurance Services
Matt Singley of Nixon and Hurley
Jeff Booth and Ron Gould of Billabong
Surfing Magazine
Surfer Magazine
Transworld SURF
Bliss Magazine
Allie Mckay of KTLA
Todd Griffiths of Spy Optics
Jay Twitty of Oakley Sunglasses
Jason Callaway of Girl Skateboards
Jeff Marinelli of Bossa Nova Acai Juice
Sam Scioritino of Famous Wax
Anthony Bevilacqua
Matt Diamond helping us at break down
Tony Zapatta for the VolleyBall Tournament
Keegan Gibbs
Tim Curran
Jack English, Chris Cote, and Jeff Baldwin of Transworld SURF
Dusty Peak
Danny Fuller
Bill Parr
Jim and Tish Bus and The Los Angelese Lakers
Andy Lyon, Debbie Frank, and David Carter for participating in the Silent Auction
Mike D from the Beastie Boys
Lyon and Barbie Herron
and My Rock Monica Richards

Until Next Year....
Brandon Richards