ANNOUNCING - the World Cup Invitational Bluewater Meet - June 21-25, 2010

[SpearMax]

Here we go again - HOLD YOUR BREATH!!!

Announcing another great tournament by our friend Dennis Haussler:


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Next years World Cup Invitational is June 21-25 2010, and it promises to be better than the last 4, with great divers, international competition, BIG fish, outstanding service at Palapas Ventana, TOP prizes, and CASH!!!!!

We have Australia, Brazil, Florida ( which is its own country ) :), GR Tarr, Mark Healey, Mike McGuire, Chris Woods, Max Grandin, and a host of others from all over the country attending, trying for that cash prize, and having a great time!

If you haven't caught this meet in the magazines, its THE premier international bluewater tournament in the world. Now in its 5th year, I continue to work to get the best sponsors, and a good cross section of divers from seasoned vets, to beginners in the big game world of blue water hunting.

I have included some pics of the past comps, and the word file for this years meet. If you have questions, please contact me at dennis@20fathoms.com, and I'll do what I can to answer them.

See ya in La Ventana!!


Best Regards
Dennis Haussler
Redwood City CA
www.20fathoms.com

[scubadown16]

Good luck to all those who can participate. Dennis and Tim have done a wonderful job at creating a competitive but friendly tournament. If you would like to see a video from last years here is one that I put together for the awards ceremony for last year. Enjoy
http://vimeo.com/5566771

[timhatler]

Here at Palapas Ventana we are busy shooting yellowtail, pargo, and getting ready for Dennis's Blue Water meet which promises to be the best ever...more FADS, better boats, fishy week and lunar phase, more divers, more prizes--get stoked!! Sign up while there is still room!!

[monster slayer]

Here at Palapas Ventana we are busy shooting yellowtail, pargo, and getting ready for Dennis's Blue Water meet which promises to be the best ever...more FADS, better boats, fishy week and lunar phase, more divers, more prizes--get stoked!! Sign up while there is still room!!


Wow Timo, those pics look like fun!! Congratulations for that great tournament of yours brother.. :beer: :thumps:

[dennishaussler]

Ok guys and gals,
Looks like we're up to about 23 divers for this years meet.
Mark Healey, 2008 winner, GR Tarr 2009 champ, Jerry Guerra, Troy "Lonefin" Williams from Guam, Ron Laguana from Guam, Max and Carlos from Brazil, Brock Kennedy and Chris Nocera from NORCAL, this list is growing!
If your interested, email me at dennis@20fathoms.com, and we can talk.
Its going to be a good one, and great people to hang with!!

[ANYH2O]

James,
Thanks for sending that world cup video around I forget how much fun these meets are and how much time you put into that video.
Thanks again
MM

[jcaulkins]

Cant wait so see that water again! One of the best events of the year, and Palapas hooks it up! This tournament is a must for anyone into serious diving.

[dennishaussler]

Heres the new flyer done by amdeo bachar, as usual, sterling work!

If your not signed up, we have some spots left, so contact me at dennis@20fathoms.com, and we can talk about it.

[scubadown16]

Dennis your flyer looks great this year.

[timhatler]

Get Ready divers

Hola from Palapas Ventana in Southern Baja
no swine flew, no drug violence, warm blue water and fish
leave your flops on the sand and they are there when you return

We are less than a month away from this years World Cup and we are stoked
weve got the FAD buoys in and soaking and have already caught dorado on them - they collect more small bait fish daily - the buoys are rigged with high tech Mexicanada flasher systems - see photos
current surface temp here = 76-78 F with a thermocline starting at 30-40 feet of 3-5 degrees
Wahoo are here on both ends of the island - one day good, next day gone -- Dorado are moving in reliably - especially out in front close - look for those diving frigate birds - Amberjack are here and there are some big ones around - look in the colder murkier water 35-50 feet down especially under green jacks - we sighted 8 striped marlin yesterday and threw our spearos in 3 times with them but just couldnt get the shot - but the probability is there - all about time in the water - vis is 30-60 and winds are lightening daily with a very light forecast expected for the next 5 days after 2 days of wind that just passed - and the negra modelo on tap......about 33 degrees with lime on the rim -- GET STOKED for WORLD CUP 2010!!

[Daryl Wong]

Great tournament, great hosts and fun diving for a good cause.
Dennis, Tim, I wish you all the luck and a great time with all the guys!
Love the poster!:thumps:

Aloha,Daryl

[monster slayer]

Thank you Daryl for your support to Tim´s tournament. We praise him as we praise his tournament around here. Cool guy, great event.

[dennishaussler]

Well,
I'm out of here tomorrow morning, all the goods are packed, shirts made, trophies done,,,,,, now its just about getting thru mexican customs without hitting the redlite!!
Heres the updated flyer done by amadeo bachar, with all the sponsors showing. I am waiting for 1 of the new sponsors to make good on theyre agreement, but hopefully they will come thru.
The plaques for this year were done by Jeremy and Jessie at Rustworks, www.rustworks.com, and they came out totally bitchin!!
I will post some pics of them after I pick them up this AM.
Thanks to all who are supporting this years event, its going to be a champions game. We have some real talent coming from down florida way,,,,,,, think Tarr, Guerra, Sanchez, Nesbitt, Laptau, and Troy Lonefin Williams from Guam is coming with Ron Laguanna. Its going to be good!!
Chris Woods from AU, Danny Raffe colorado, Brock Kennedy norcal, and a bunch more.

Keep a watch on this site, I'll try to update.

[dennishaussler]

Heres the plaques made by the boys at Rustworks in san carlos. These shots don;t do them justice, I will show them again after we get down there.
The gold one is for tim at palapas, then 1st thru 3rd, and big fish. Oh yeah, made one for jerry guerra as silver sponsor.

[Big Pig]

Dennis

You need to keep an eye on the FL crew. GR hasn't drank since he blew up Sanchez's dock on his Bday, and Guerra has been celibate for a couple of months. I'd be careful if you are in the water with them

[dennishaussler]

yeah,
I heard they were both leading questionable lives,,,,
no worries. I got the ventana mafia behind me.

[jeepshapes]

go get em fellow SPUCS

[timhatler]

2 days of Pre World Cup diving for early arrivals here at Palapas Ventana- fishy conditions and a great vibe with folks from Guam, Australia, west and east coasts - so far so good - pics speak for themselves - this year the World Cup will be raising $$ for a new soccer field for our town!!

[SpearMax]

Just heard GR Tarr has arrived - a real diving celebrity on location today! :)

Good luck to GR! :thumps:

Here is the latest flyer from Tim.

[timhatler]

June 19th - everybodys getting warmed up - great bunch of divers that Dennis has assembled - seasoned spearo friendly captains are putting them on the spots - wahoo sashimi and cold beers - better sign up for next year soon

[BajaBum]

No more reports? how is the torunament going?

[dennishaussler]

report,,,,,,,,,
2 days comp, lots of amberjack, decent wahoo, good roosters, misc milkfish, toro, dorado, sierra, lots of marlin and sailies around, but none landed.
Sasa Bratic is in first place as of today, gary sanchez 2nd, 3rd ron laguanna, 4th dennis haussler, 5th jerry guerra.
GR has a bad ear infection, and has not been able to dive beyond 10ft, so him and brian are swimming the entire inside face of cerralvo, looking for jacks and roosters.

Took the kids, wife and whitneys family out today, got close to 2 sperm whales out in the channel, jumped in, kicked like hell, but could only get close enough to watch its tail for awhile, then it got tired of having me on its flank, and dove.
Pretty cool, never seen sperms before.
I will update with pics on fish as soon as they get downloaded.
tomorrow, back to the game!!

[BajaBum]

Very nice Dennis keep the reports up, looking forward to see the pics!

[dennishaussler]

heres some pics,
I;m off to bed.

[jeepshapes]

SPUCS are killing it. 1st 2nd 5th. sorry about your ear GR. looking forward to all the stories at the next meeting guys.

[dennishaussler]

unnoficial announcment,,
Chris Woods from AU has won the 5th world cup invitaitonal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THe rest will be announced as soon as I can.
Today was unbelievably slow,,,,,,,,,, water turned over,,,, green and dirty,,, and NO fish around.
Where we found marlin, sailies, AJ yesterday, was a wasteland.
Everyone dove theyre asses off, and most saw nothing.
Keith Love cracked a HUGE AJ, 89lbs and change, which will run him up in the standings alot.

Great meet, tons of fun, excelllent crew,,, and tim and his crew did an unbelievable job taking care of business!! Muchas Gracias Todos amigos!!!

Full report later, got to setup the prize table, and relax a bit.

[dennishaussler]

Final standings,
1. Chris Wood from AU
2. GR Tarr
3. Ron Laguanna
4. Bernie Finnerty
5. Dennis Haussler
6. Sasa Bratic
7. Keith Love
8. Whitney Carden
9. Jerry Guerra
10. Frank Alfano
11. Gray Sanchez
12. Guy Nesbitt
13. Brian Head
14. Sean George
15. Randy Farmer
16. Jim MCollum
17. Brock Kennedy
18. Danny Raffe
19. Leon Watts
20 Jerry Guerra Sr
21. Peter Marley
22. Jared Shuman
23. Jeremy Caulkins
24. Troy Williams
25. Mark Laptau

Mark made the mistake of diving without socks on a warmup day, and the blisters on his feet were enough to send him to the clinic for cleanup and anti biotics.

I want to give all the sponsors a HUGE shoutout, Riffe Internaitonal, Palapas Ventana, Imersion dive gear, Sea Sniper, HSD, Pelagic, Daryl Wong, Blue Water Sensations, Pacifico, Daryl Wong, Aimrite, Speargear, Absolute Blue, DaKine, HammerHead, Aeris.
I can;t say enough about these fine companies! TOP gear, tremendous support, its a pleasure to have them onboard for this world class event.



When I get a story up, will post it as well.

[SpearMax]

Congratulations Chris for winning and all the others for participating! :toast:

http://www.spearboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=130361&d=1277510794

[sbh]

One of these years I will make it out there...great fish guys, wish I didn't always have so many good excuses not to make it each year!

[El Duke]

Great tome in La Paz. I will be back next year. Special thanks to Dennis for organization and Rick for building me gun. OK and GR too and he know for what.

[dennishaussler]

Heres the full standings, and some pics from wednesday diving north end with John Perretti and his kids and mine.
2010 WC stats

1. Chris wood AU 193.65
2. GR Tarr 182.80 big fish of tourney marlin 99.65
3. Ron Laguanna Guam 171.95
4. Bernie Finnerty 155.45
5. Dennis Haussler 154.38
6. Sasa Bratic 153.7
7. Keith love 151.75
8. Whitney Cardin 130.60
9. jerry Guerra jr. 120.25
10. frank Alfa no 115.90
11. Gary Sanchez 109.75
12. guy Nesbit 91.20
13. Brian Head 75.16
14. Sean George 72.20
15. Randy Farmer 69.30
16. Jim McCollum 61.70
17. Brock Kennedy 53.83
18. Danny Raffe 47.25
19. Leon Watts 46.70
20. Jerry Guerra Sr 43.15
21. Peter Marley 37.40\
22. Jared Shuman 23.25
23. Jeremy Caulkins 22.90
24. Troy Williams 21
25. Mark Laptau 0