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2011 BBO Big Bang! Open Tournament - July 22-24, 2011 The Biggest Spear Wars Battle in the Galaxies - A Big Blast! |
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Bringing Home the Bacon! 2011 BBO Scores & Awards Photos - Top 20 Shooters
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Bring Home The Bacon! I apologize for the delay in posting the final scores and awards ceremony photos. My main computer's mother board failed after 5 years of solid use and I had to restore work on the presentation I had already began from a terrabyte back-up drive I had luckily used the day before. I am going to try a different approach this year and post the final aggregate scores with winner pics in groups of twenty and intersperse images of the festivities plus sponsor profiles. The logic for the cutoff at twenty in this first thread is because after that ranking level our MC Bill Black begins announcing Mystery Prize winners according to this BBO rule: Quote:
It is a heck of alot of posting work doing it this way by matching up pics of people and sponsor prizes, but I am hoping this innovative approach to reporting results will be good for participants and sponsors alike. The top final score winners and for that matter all the contestants really did "bring home the bacon" and have earned some serious congratulations. Quote:
Please be patient if you ranked lower than the first twenty - your post is coming soon. At the end of the scoring and awards process, I will put up the entire list of Final Scores. Check out the next two rounds linked here: ROUND 2 - Bringing Home the Bacon! 2011 BBO - Scores of 21-40 Shooters ROUND 3 - Bringing Home the Bacon! 2011 BBO - Scores of 41-60 Shooters Let's get the bacon cooking - here are The Top Twenty Aggregate Score Winners: The Trophy Award Recipients: BEST FREEDIVER Chad Palan – 105.0625 Aggregate Points BEST FEMALE DIVER Summer Shedd - 97.6875 Aggregate Points BEST JUNIOR DIVER Dylan Newman – 62.125 Aggregate Points BEST BOAT Team Meat – 311.5 Combined Aggregate Points of Top Three Shooters LARGEST GROUPER Jobert Williams – 70.3125 Pounds Gutted Weight (Black Grouper) LARGEST SNAPPER Chad Palan – 19.3125 Pounds Gutted Weight LARGEST HOGFISH OR FLOUNDER Kevin Eaves – 8.375 Pounds Gutted Weight (Hogfish) LARGEST SHEEPSHEAD OR TIGGERFISH Clint Scherb– 8.9375 Pounds Gutted Weight (Sheepshead) LARGEST AMBERJACK OR COBIA Michael McDaniel – 60.6875 Gutted Weight (Amberjack) . Last edited by SpearMax; 08-19-2011 at 09:11 PM. |
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07-29-2011, 11:48 PM | #2 |
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The BBO Awards setting is right next to the weigh-in tent in the air-conditioned Newcomb Hall at the Riviera Beach Marina.
Click this thread link to see the weigh-in action: 2011 OFFICIAL Photo Thread - Lifting Lotsa Fish Meat at the Big Bang Open! The BBO prize wall really does have over $50,000 worth of prizes. The Big Bang Open prize wall is easily the biggest around these parts of the spearfishing universe. We go to extensive effort to showcase the wonderful prizes donated by our sponsors. The prize value to contestant ratio is probably the highest anywhere in existence in this sport. There were over 30 spearguns alone, some valued over a grand! Note to sponsors - if any of your prizes is not shown, they may be designated for the trip report challenge. Thanks to all the Spearboard sponsors! Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 02:13 PM. |
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The festivities are fun as competitors bring friends and family to join in.
Here are a few snaps of the Bahama Mama's catered food and some of the participants. Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 02:14 PM. |
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Let me present the Grand Champion of the 2011 Big Bang! Open.
Congratulations Grand Champion Vincent Luise! Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 02:15 PM. |
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Vincent chose a sweet gun from that huge pile of guns - The Ocean Rhino.
Kevin Bruington is a very long-term sponsor of Spearboard He is the owner of Ocean Rhino Spearguns. His screen name is Spear One for those newcomers who might not know him. Thank you Kevin! Please visit the Ocean Rhino website here at this link: http://www.oceanrhino.com/spearguns.html Here are some images of Kevin's gun line.
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07-31-2011, 01:20 PM | #6 |
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The second place aggregate score winner Chad Palan was also the Best Freediver trophy recipient.
Congratulations Chad Palan! Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 02:21 PM. |
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Chad went with a $6,000 prize from down under.
I have been to Australia once in my life and must say the country is wonderful and the people amazing. I was not spearing on that trip back then, so I can only go by reputation that there is some incredible fishing down under. This has to be a contender for one of the best spearfishing trips in the world. And, we are most fortunate to have it again this year as a major $6,000 prize for the Big Bang! Open. (exchange rates make it more valuable this year than last) Add to that value the fact the trip is hosted by Seven Time Australian Spearfishing Champion Rob Torelli and you have an absolutely killer spearfishing trip for two divers. Here are the details from Rob and his company Blue Water Hunting International: Quote:
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Here is the Best Junior Diver Trophy Winner:
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Here is the Best Female Diver Trophy Winner:
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Here is the third place aggregate score winner:
Congratulations #3 Carl Adkins! . Carl chose the prize of a brand new sponsor named Pablo Corbo who a master custom gun builder from Miami. . . Pablo was also present at the BBO with a sponsor table and accompanied by his partner Ivette. Check out their website at www.corbospearguns.com . Last edited by SpearMax; 08-04-2011 at 07:22 AM. |
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Here is the fourth place aggregate score winner who was also the Best Female Diver:
Congratulations #4 Summer Shedd! . Summer has in her hands a Riffe Speargun. Thanks go out to Jill, Jay, Jackie and Julie Riffe and their team in California. Riffe has been a long time sponsor of Spearboard. Please visit their website for details plus a downloadable catalog. http://www.speargun.com/ The Riffe Standard Series Features... - Three power bands - 5/16"(7.9mm) threaded shaft with large twin-barbed spearhead - Two wraps of line for longer shots - Heavy duty contoured teak stock - Cross-grain doweled reinforced muzzle - Reinforced bolted-through muzzle on No. 4 and No. 5 - Contoured butt end for comfortable hip loading - Accepts all RIFFE parts & accessories (except Wing Kit) - Power bands & shafts upgradeable - Each model features an extension at the butt end of the heavier-duty teak stock for ease of hip loading. Last edited by SpearMax; 08-04-2011 at 07:23 AM. |
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Now would be the appropriate time to introduce the Best Boat Trophy recipient since we have just seen that team's top three shooters whose scores factor into the Best Boat win:
Congratulations Team Meat! I heard a faint rumor there is another Team Meat congratulatory thread around somewhere. . That is quite a haul of trophies on Team Meat! . |
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Next up are the Big Fish trophy recipients.
Another Team Meat member took the Largest Amberjack or Cobia Trophy with a 60.6875 Gutted Weight (Amberjack): Congratulations Michael McDaniel! . . And the largest grouper trophy with a 70.3125 Pounds Gutted Weight (Black Grouper) goes to: Congratulations Jobert Williams! . . And the largest hogfish or flounder trophy with a 8.375 Pounds Gutted Weight (Hogfish) goes to: Congratulations Kevin Eaves! . . And the largest sheepshead or Triggerfish trophy with a 8.9375 Pounds Gutted Weight (Sheepshead) goes to: Congratulations Clint Scherb! . . Last, but not least, the largest snapper trophy with a 19.3125 Pounds Gutted Weight goes to: Congratulations Chad Palan! . . Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 04:21 PM. |
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Here are the fifth, sixth and seventh place aggregate score winners:
Congratulations #5 Dan Lindley! . . Congratulations #6 Michael McDaniel! . . Congratulations #7 Albert Sloan! . . Last edited by SpearMax; 08-04-2011 at 07:24 AM. |
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Dan chose a nice JBL speargun. Michael took a Beachat roller gun. And Albert opted for one of several Aqua-Hunter Dive Charter trips.
Here is a bit of info on these Spearboard sponsors: Looking for a speargun that’s fast, quiet, affordable and accurate? Put your hands on the JBL guns. These guns feature the legendary JBL performance and durability that has made them a world leader for over 40 years. Check out the JBL website right here: http://www.jblspearguns.com/ Once again, Spearotek came through with massive prize donations! Thanks go out to Richard and Ulises - you guys are awesome! The Spearotek website is right here: http://www.spearotek.com/ Photos of one of their high-end Beauchat spearguns are below. Please welcome back another of our newest Spearboard sponsors - Aqua Hunter Dive charters out of Palm Beach County. Thank you Todd Bailey for joining the fray of Spear Wars! Check out their website right here: http://www.aqua-hunter.com/ Last edited by SpearMax; 07-31-2011 at 05:21 PM. |
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