Additional Information
Surfing and volleyball are two of most famous “south bay” activities and are integral to two great non-profit foundations in our community and the high school friends who inspired the creation of each foundation.
Jimmy Miller and Eric Fonoimoana grew up together surfing and playing volleyball with their friends and family at the beach. They both played on one of the greatest Mira Costa High School volleyball teams in its long history and put their dedication and efforts into the sports they love. Jim’s love of surfing led to world travels and the creation of a surf school in Manhattan Beach. Eric’s love and dedication to beach volleyball led to successful career as an AVP pro and an Olympic Gold Medal.
However, up until now there has never been an event that encompasses the friendly and family style spirit of these two great beach sports. The Dig for Kids and the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundations are proud to present the 1st Annual Dig 4 Jimmy Surf N’ Turf Surfing and Volleyball Invitational.
We are taking the spirit of the Jimmy Surf Fiesta and mixing it with the great 4 person volleyball tournaments that we all enjoy through the summer. The goal is to have the surfers playing volleyball and the volleyball players surfing together and to invite all levels of surfing and volleyball skills to come down to the beach to enjoy a day of friends, family and good times. Limited spaced available to please RSVP as soon as possible.
Rules for 1st Annual Dig 4 Jimmy: Surf n' Turf Surfing and Volleyball Invitational
1) Teams of 4 will be created by the event committee based on self evaluated surfing and volleyball skills.
2) Each team will surf in one tag team style surfing heat and play in a round robin pool play style volleyball tournament. So yes- everyone will surf and play volleyball and no you are not able to do just one event.
3) Teams will be ranked based on place in each event and the team with best combined result will be the winner. There will also be prizes for best surfing team, best volleyball team and other fun and creative categories.
4) Golden Rule: This is a one of kind and first time ever attempted format with a goal of bringing friends, families and foundations together. Therefore- whining, complaining and any super aggressive win at all costs attitudes are not welcome.
Surf Portion Format 8:00am to 10:30am
1) There will be 5 teams of 4 in each 30 minute heat with one surfer from each team in the water at all times
2) Each member of a team will be required to catch at least one scoring wave in the 30 minute heat. The highest score or each surfer will be added to the team total.
3) After catching a wave that the surfer wants to keep they will run up the beach and tag the next person on the team
4) All waves will be scored by panel of 3 judges on a 10 point scale
5) The last surfer on each team score will be doubled
6) Team scores will be tallied and the team with the highest heat score across all of heats will be ranked 1st in the surf event
Volleyball Portion Format 10:00am to 6:00pm
1) Teams will be placed in a pool and will play each team in its pool once
2) Games will be played to 11 with side out scoring
3) Top team in each pool with advance to single elimination team draw
4) Finals will be one game to 15 points
5) Team scores will be tallied and the team with the highest heat score across all of heats will be ranked 1st in the volleyball event
Party Portion Format 6:00pm until Close
1) Show up at Sangria
2) Enjoy food, beverage, music and friends
3) Get prizes, awards and maybe a few special items!
