Click above for photos from the eventthanks to Pete Copp & Cedric Wynter for the photos
Saturday Morning all the competitors met at Sunset Surf Cafe for a hot cup of tea and briefing for the day.
With Gale force winds and heavy rain the first four heats ran at the Bluff before a pause to allow the tide to come in again over the bank and for the surf to improve. As the tide rushed in the surf got better and better with some fine performances include Ben Thomas getting a lovely cover up on the inside. With all the refraction off the racks at high tide there were some steep drops and bumpy rides.
Sunday saw a warm dry day with moderate cross chore wind but good surf of about 3ft. The semi and finals ran without interruption and all had some good rides.
I would like to make special thanks to John Watson for tabulating the scores when I was in the water and the guys from Desperate measures for helping out with the flags when everyone was starting to get cold and slow.
The final results are as follows:
Masters
1st Andrew Hawker
2nd Richard Berry
3rd Andy Winldman
Junior
1st Jon Mount
2nd Jordan Thomal
3rd Harry Uren
4th Dynal Petherwick
Ladies:
1st Tamsyn Green
2nd EmmaWyntor
3rd Nikki Bristow
International:
1st Chris Hobson
2nd Philip Watson
3rd Andy Hambley
4th Sam Davinport
Open (Higher Performance):
1st Sam Davinport
2nd Steve Bowens
3rd Philip Watson
4th Ed Long
With Gale force winds and heavy rain the first four heats ran at the Bluff before a pause to allow the tide to come in again over the bank and for the surf to improve. As the tide rushed in the surf got better and better with some fine performances include Ben Thomas getting a lovely cover up on the inside. With all the refraction off the racks at high tide there were some steep drops and bumpy rides.
Sunday saw a warm dry day with moderate cross chore wind but good surf of about 3ft. The semi and finals ran without interruption and all had some good rides.
I would like to make special thanks to John Watson for tabulating the scores when I was in the water and the guys from Desperate measures for helping out with the flags when everyone was starting to get cold and slow.
The final results are as follows:
Masters
1st Andrew Hawker
2nd Richard Berry
3rd Andy Winldman
Junior
1st Jon Mount
2nd Jordan Thomal
3rd Harry Uren
4th Dynal Petherwick
Ladies:
1st Tamsyn Green
2nd EmmaWyntor
3rd Nikki Bristow
International:
1st Chris Hobson
2nd Philip Watson
3rd Andy Hambley
4th Sam Davinport
Open (Higher Performance):
1st Sam Davinport
2nd Steve Bowens
3rd Philip Watson
4th Ed Long
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