Oh come on DJ, we need more photos and how did the Donkey go, sink or swim

It was a great day day. Thanks a lot to the SUP Bus and Mick and Phil for doing an awesome job running the event. Also St Kilda SLSC for running the safety boats.

There was a series of races

1. Port Phillip Cup - 3km course for 12'6 and under
2. Social Paddle - Same course, leave 5mins later, open class
3. Sprint Heat 1 - ~200m course, G Boards only
4. Sprint Heat 2 - as above
5. Sprint heat 3 - as above
6. Sprint Final - first 3 of each heat go through
7. Pet Race - 2 divisions - live and stuffed (or inflated)
8. Relay Race, course as above with 4 member team of mixed gender

Great day. Thanks to the SUP Bus crew and all the sponsors. But especially Oakley for the fancy dress prize. Oh, and also thanks to the lady wife for happily making me looking like a clown.

Hey did anyone have a stop watch on Cam's 3km time?

Thanks SUP Bus team for a really professional event, it really ran like clockwork and was a credit to you guys - hope it brings in heaps of people for SUP Bus lessons.

I think everyone had a great day and SUP Vic sold heaps of snags! Thanks for the opportunity.

And Cam!!! Wow what a great result, well done mate.

Thanks for the laughs when you head butted the pier
and fell in. Hilarious!! It might have knocked your cap off but lucky you got a new one as part of your prize.

Rich found my hat floating under the pier after the race so I got it back,
thanks Rich.

Heh Mike and Phil, well done on such a fantastic and well organized day, what I love about this sort of event, and the sport, is that even bodgies like me can fair crack at competing against the SUP elite whilst having a great amount of fun. There was a distinct down to earth atmosphere amongst the whole SUP crew that stands it apart from "other" competitions of different genre's,
also Phil, ricky the wonder dog won the pet event, although quite humble, he is seen in one of the photos listed, doing a victory lap, thanks

Thanks Mate it was hard keeping up with all the names.

Phill

ockanui said...
also Phil, ricky the wonder dog won the pet event, although quite humble, he is seen in one of the photos listed, doing a victory lap, thanks

I just wanted to say a big thank you to all you guys involved in putting on this fantastic event. It was one of the best SUP events I've been to. Very professional run but with a really relaxed atmosphere. I had a great day. It was great to see all the families out there and the kids just loving it.

It was fantastic to finally meet some of the names you see here on Seabreeze and everyone was so friendly and helpful.

A huge thank you to DJ for being a great host to Danny & I. He stalked our tram all the way from the tennis to St Kilda the day before on his motorbike. I'm riding the tram and some guy dressed in his leather jacket and black helmet on a bike is waving to me as we're flying along. I knew straight away it was DJ cause he looked just like his picture !!

DJ met us at the St Kilda Pier, walked us out and pointed out some penguins hiding in the rocks as the sun set. Thanks DJ for your hospitality that afternoon and then again on race day.

Thank you for lining up boards for both Danny & I to use. He actually gave up his race board to me at the last minute and rode his 14' taking him out of the eligibilty for prizes. A true gentleman and a fantastic sport.

It was great to also meet Phil, Jonathon, Kev, Dave, Dean and of course Mike, Phil and Rea from St Kilda SUP Bus and their team.

I'm hoping we can come back again next year. For anyone thinking of going down for this event, I highly recommend it. We flew down very early the day before, went to the tennis all day, stayed at St Kilda that night and then went to the event the next day and flew out that night. A great package deal !!

Thanks guys.... and I (a Queenslander) even got sunburnt in Melbourne !!