Registration Open for Dean Randazzo Surfing Benefit

Registration is now open for the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation’s 14th annual Surf for a Cause. The event takes place Sept. 6 at Decatur Avenue Beach in Margate.

The event is held to benefit Dean Randazzo, of Atlantic City, New Jersey’s most successful surfer who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the height of his career.

When Randazzo made it his mission to help others through a non-profit cancer foundation, he entrusted Walcoff to establish the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation.

It was established Sept. 5, 2001 with Walcoff as president and the inaugural Surf for a Cause was held 10 days later, raised $20,000 and concluded with a barbecue in the backyard of Dean’s mother, Mary Lou Randazzo’s home.

Since then, the Surf for a Cause has raised more than $250,000 for cancer research and has become an informal annual reunion of friends and family and those whose lives were affected by cancer.

Trustee Adam Walcoff of Linwood will be honored at the event for his dedication to the foundation.

Registration will only be conducted online through noon Thursday, Sept. 4. There will be no beach registration. Register by clicking here.

rophies and prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place in each of 11 divisions.

Entries are $30 per division and include an event T-shirt and one ticket to the after party. Entries for additional divisions are $15 each. Entries are free for Grom Boys 11 years and younger and Grom Girls 12 years and younger.

Surfers are required to check-in between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. the day of the event, which is presented by Cape Islands Building and Restoration.

First heat begins at 8 a.m.

The surfing will be followed by an after party presented by Ventura’s Greenhouse at 4 p.m.

The photo attached to this post was provided by the Dean Randazzo Cancer Foundation: Foundation President Paul Giunta finishes out a wave in the Longboard division in the 2013 Surf for a Cause.