Housing and Development Newsletter Santa Barbara's Lakey Peterson and Ojai's Sage Erickson were both a part of history as they surfed in the very first Pipeline women’s contest. Both surfers were knocked out in the quarterfinals — Peterson by a mere 3.07 points in a battle with Sally Fitzgibbons of Australia, and Erickson by Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb (Brazil). Beyond the 805-area surfers, many of the pros in both the men's and women's contests were riding locally made Channel Islands surfboards or Pyzel Surfboards, shaped in Hawaii by Santa Barbara-born surfer Jon Pyzel. Santa Barbara native Jon Pyzel moved to Oahu in 1992 and started Pyzel Surfboards in 1995. (Courtesy photo)