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Well written article about a great event....

http://www.app.com/article/20100826/NEWS/100827034/Long-Beach-Twp-female-surfing-contest-benefits-breast-cancer-

by Nicholas Huba, Staff Writer - APP.Com August 26th, 2010

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — Mary Frack is a veteran of many surfing events, but the Jetty Coquina Jam is one that she might look forward to most.      
         
Frack,   56, of Barnegat, was one of the 32 women who competed in the event   Wednesday night. Money raised from the contest goes to Boarding for   Breast Cancer, a nonprofit, youth-focused education, awareness, and   fundraising foundation. 
 
On Wednesday, spectators lined the 68th Street beach.

   
Last year, the event was held in Harvey Cedars but organizers decided   to move it because of the recently completed beach replenishment in the   borough.

 
"I just consider myself a surfer and I really   don't do that many competitions anymore. But because of the cause, I   felt like I should do this one," Frack said. "This is about raising   awareness for breast cancer and research."

 
The event   featured 16 teams of two women each competing for the opportunity to   surf for the Coquina Jam trophy at Clam Jam, a surfing contest held in   October on Long Beach Island. The teams are developed based on age with   older surfers being teamed up with younger ones.

 
"We all have been affected by this," Frack said about the disease. "I had a friend that
died a bunch of years ago and every time I surf, I think about her. Today is no different."

   
Jeremy DeFilippis, contest organizer for Jetty, said the event was   developed to give women a chance to show off their skills in their own   event.

 
"The men have the Clam Jam and we thought it would   be good to hold an event similar to that for them," DeFilippis said.   "During the two years that we have been doing this the interest has been   great. We are looking at maybe making the event bigger."

   
Jetty is a grassroots company based in New Jersey that prints all of its   apparel in-house using an eco-friendly, water-based discharge ink   system. Jetty apparel is sold in more than 50 retailers, primarily on   the East Coast.

 
Surfers who advanced to the finals   included: Frack and Taylor Herman, 13, of Beach Haven; Allie Panetta,   22, of Ship Bottom; Nicole Schmidt, 26, of Manahawkin; Debbie Green, 30,   of Philadelphia; Cory DeStafano, 19, of Manahawkin; Kim Kepich, 19, of   Millstone, and Jessica Johnson, 39, of Beach Haven.

 
Carly   Cappelluzzo, a 23-year-old surfer from the Bayville section of Berkeley,   said the fundraising event holds special meaning for her because of the   cause.
 
"I've had family members who have had cancer and   been able to fight it," Cappelluzzo said after competing. "This is an   event that is close to my heart."