Category: USPL

USPL 2009 Schedule

USPL 2009 schedule from in a press release

Surf City Open April 3 – 5, 2009                        Huntington Beach, CA
DC Challenge May 15 – 17, 2009                     Washington D.C
Bay City Open June 12 – 14, 2009                     San Jose, CA
New England Classic July 31 – August 2, 2009             Boston, MA
West Coast Open August 28 – 30, 2009                  Venue to be Announced
World Championships October 2 – 4, 2009                    Venue to be Announced

Registration for the Surf City Open begins on February 16, 2009 at USPL’s site.

The USPL offers 3 titles for divisional teams to win: Conference titles, East and West; and a National title. In order to win a conference title, a team must have played in 3 events. To win the national series title, a team can only have played in 1 event. That teams top 4 scores will count towards the national title.



USPL Surf City Open

USPL is off to a start with their first event in Huntington Beach, California. Registration for this event begins on February 16, 2009 and will be capped at 130 teams. Seeing as their was probably 130 D2 and D3 teams at the NPPL huntington Beach event last year, I suggest that your team register and pay as soon as possible. At this time,  no site, phone number, or address has been set up for registration.

Divisions
– Professional (Invite Only)
– Division 1 7-man entry $2,350
– Division 2 7-man entry $2,150
– Division 3 7-man entry $1,850
– Division 3 5-man entry $1,100

Classifications
– Professional – Anyone on a 2009 pro USPL roster or 2009 NXL roster
– Semi-Pro – Anyone that played pro in 2008 but is not on a 2009 pro roster
– D1 – Unlimited D1 players, unlimited SP players and up to 2 Pro players
– D2 – All D2 players, up to two D1 players, no SP or Pro players
– D3 – Only D3 players
– 5-man – Cannot have any NPPL experience (this classifies them as D3 5-man) with the exception of up to one D3 7-man player.

I have no info, at the moment, on what the roster caps will be for the USPL nor do I know if they are going to use the NPPL player database for confirmation on a player’s divisional status.

Prizes

Division 1
1st $9,000.00
2nd $4,250.00
3rd $2,250.00
4th $1,500.00

Division 2
1st $6,500.00
2nd $3,250.00
3rd $2,000.00
4th $1,000.00

Division 3
1st $4,250.00
2nd $2,250.00
3rd $1,250.00
4th $750.00

Division 3 5-man
1st $2,000.00
2nd $1,500.00
3rd $1,000.00
4th $500.00

Not sure if there are going to be series prizes.