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John McMahon Perpetual Outstanding Junior Surfer Trophy

John McMahon 110 10The founder of the Outrigger Canoe Club understood the importance of Hawaiian sports and games and made note that the purpose of our great Club was to preserve them for their future enjoyment. One might say that without the founders’ vision, surfing would have disappeared and never have spread around the world like it has today.

From 1950 to the late 1960’s there was no member so passionate about the development of surfing within the frame work of our founders words than John McMahon. His passion and purpose was carried on in perpetuity by his son, Jimmy McMahon, and other active surfing members.

In loving memory of the spirit of surfing our Club has the John McMahon Perpetual Junior Surfer of the Year award to recognize the accomplishments of our Junior members 10 to 18 years of age. The award was first given in 1975 to Tracy Philips as the first outstanding junior surfer.

John McMahon joined the OCC in 1953 and was a guiding light of our surfing program both at the Club and in the State of Hawaii. He was one of the original innovators and organizers of the first major surfing contest anywhere in the world, including the Makaha Surfing Classic.

He contributed a major portion of his time toward instituting an active Surfing Committee in the Club, a committee which singlehandedly kept the sport of surfing an important element of our athletic program. The Peruvian International Surfing Championships saw John carrying the banner of the OCC. There, he was a guest/judge.

His work with the Club championships in the 1950s and 1960s made the contest thrilling and smooth-running, without the usual snafus of surfing contests. A frequent winner himself through the years, he was often found in the largest waves, outsurfing and outmaneuvering younger surfers off and on the beach. It would be safe to say that without John McMahon’s concern for young people at the OCC, our surfing program would not have been what it was. He was elected to the Winged “O” in 1976.

When John passed away in 1976, the Club decided to dedicate a trophy to him to recognize the Club’s Outstanding Junior Surfer.


WINNERS

1976

Tracy Phillips

1977

Todd Bradley

1978

Kisi Haine

1979

Blair Norris

1980

Mark Norfleet

1981

Heath Hemmings

1982

Heath Hemmings

1983

Heath Hemmings

1984

Nathan Wilbur

1985

Nathan Wilbur

1990

Nathan Wilbur

1995

Keith Kandell

1996

Marc Rocheleau

2000

Keegan Edwards

2001

Keegan Edwards
Geodee Clark

2002

Keegan Edwards
Amy Lawson

2003

Johan Hedemann
Amy Lawson

2004

Dave Markle
Carissa Moore

2005

Christian Bradley
Hana Harrison

2006

Alex Hossellman

2007

Lucas Lam

2008

Dylan Kowalski
Kelly Graf

2009

Brendan Bradley

2010

Chris Fong
Halie Harrison

2011

Noa Ginella
Jackie Wade

2012

Pierce Watumull

2014

Ke`ea Lum
Mahina Akaka

2015

Drew Watumull

2016

Hobey Moss

2017

Zac Hedemann

2018

Mahina Akaka

2019

Sam Owens

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