Hello BASS Suppers,

Just a head up that we will be running our first comp of the year this weekend (Sunday,11th march). We are also pleased to announce this will be the first surfing comp we have done.

The concept is you will get to surf 2 heats(Guarantee). Your first heat will be with any one, it could be the red hot surfer that you look at and wonder how you will beat him. The best part is you don't, it doesn't matter. How it will works, your scores from your first heat will work out your final. If your in the Top 4 scores you go it to the A final, the next 4 scores go to the B final. This way you get to surf with any one at the start and then you get to surf in a final at your level. Its built for fun and to help you ease into a comp format.

Where, the left of Ocean Grove Boat ramp.
When, this sunday the 11th march.
meeting time is 8am with an 8:30am start.

So come one come all, new members welcomed and we will be having a sweet BBQ straight after the final.

Cheers

Lummers.

its looking like we will have the best conditions that the club has had. There will be some waves..

Yeah, I'm in Adelaide Sat and Sun (and landlocked) unfortunately, otherwise I would have been there for sure. Also, left of the boat ramp at OG often means there may be lefts as well as rights on offer. Catering to all tastes.

Hey MJ - looking at that photo, did you forget to which foot the leggie is attached? Or are you secretly goofy who has been riding switch foot for years and years......and years and.....etc, etc?

Conditions are looking perfect for Sunday morning

Rich

Thanks for the wake up call Leroy!!
Actually just came in from a very tasty little onshore rip bowl somewhere not too far from home. Yesterday was a hoot, not heaps of crew but we managed to tick all the boxes. Surf a couple of heats in some reasonable waves, tick, eat barbeque food, tick, stand around talking bulls..t, tick and finally, watch bloody Lummers school us all in the art of going backwards, tick. Should be a rule that says a rider can only be judged on the portion of his or her ride in which the nose faces the front and the fins are where they should be!! Good to catch up with some of the crew and I think Lummers comp format was a winner. Surf first in what amounts to a grading heat and then finish off with a division 'final'. I'm sure if the wind had'nt humped in from the south east we would have all gone out for an after comp expression session. Not sure of how to translate the results without banging on to much, suffice to say Lummers won.
Sure Kevin will post up some pics and a comprehensive roundup at some stage.
Cheers
Sparx

Thanx Sparx. Catch up real soon I hope. I'm missing the BBQ's (Oh and u guys and the bulls--t and the surf). I've wasted away to the side of a house! Better check the Facebook page later!

Great event well run and emphasis on fun - will be back for more
Can anyone post final heat results and where can I find photos..?
Cheers
Dave

Yep sparx is right, full report and more photos to come.

Rough results dont hold me to this:
Lummers
Sparx
Ant
Sparrow

Tom
Leon
Michael
John

Kev and Dave
Alan

Thanks for everyones help making it a great morning.
As one of those rounding out the bottom three I can say we werent busting out big moves, but we were busting out big grins.

Cheers

Here we go as promised, report and more pics.


"After our previous run of bad luck conditions wise, we had our finger crossed that event 1 for 2012 was going to have surf.

Besides being the first event for 2012 it was planned on being our first "heat format" surfing competition.

With the mix of ability levels in the club, we wanted to make sure everyone surfed two heats, got to mix it up in the water with all skill levels, as well as push themselves against surfers of a similar caliber.

With this in mind, every ones first heat was a random draw who you surfed with. The second round of heat placements was decided via a ranking from each persons two highest wave scores from round one.

The top four scores were virtually the "A" final, next four "B" final and the "C's" composed of a three man final heat.

Thankfully there were waves! Low tide Ocean Grove main beach had some small clean waves pushing through for us.



Everyone bustled to get the tent set up, rego's signed, heat placements sorted and get in the water.

The first walkout.


Sparx as usual, was looking for the lefts to smash.






Sparrow swooping off the bottom....


.....then off the top.


Alan looking down the line.


Ant staying close to the curl.


John going hard.....


....and driving down the line.


Leon using the rail......


...and drawing some S's.


Kev just stoked to be on the water.


Tom and Leon both made some new friends.




Tom was frothing as usual and cranking some nice turns.




The judging was a very serious business!


New member Dave was a welcome addition.


Digging deep for one of the better waves of the day.


Michael showed the groms how it was done.




Lummers span and slashed his way to victory, making the most of the small conditions.




As the 'C' graders headed out, the first hint of the sea breeze was coming through.

While maybe not as high performance as the other finals, the "C's" were just as competitive with Dave, Kev and Alan making sure they were catching as many waves as each other. The placings here were Kev and Dave tied with Alan only a smidgen behind.

The level of surfing in the 'B' final was easily as high as the "A's" and any of these guys could have done well in that final. This was taken out by Tom followed by Michael, Leon and John.

Sparx, Ant and Sparrow all pushed Lummers in the 'A' final in the rapidly deteriorating conditions. With final placings being Matt, Sparx, Ant then Sparrow.

To the victors went the spoils.


With each final winner taking home some refreshments for the afternoon, kindly supplied by VB.





We'd like to thank all those that turned up, helped out and made it an awesome morning.

Our next event was originally scheduled for the 13th of May but someone reminded us this was Mother's day. So the next event will be Saturday the 12th of May. Further dates to put in the diary for the rest of the year are the 8th of July, 9th of September and 11th of November with more detail on each event to follow.

Checkout www.basssup.blogspot.com for regular reports and updates."

Cheers

A well written report of a fun day, great photos of Both Sparx and Lummers and Tom smashing the lip, heh Kevin you were going the wrong way in your photo