I can now confirm some of the prizes and events for the St Kilda Port Phillip Cup and Social Paddle on Australia Day, 26th January 2010, 10am start.

THE PORT PHILLIP CUP - 3KM RACE
1st prize - $1,000 cash proudly sponsored by Sunlover Holidays
2nd - A Naish Carbon Paddle
3rd - A Naish Fibreglass Paddle

There is a very good chance one of the many girls competing may either win the race or come a place!! In any event, the 1st woman over the line will receive a C4 paddle in addition to any of the prizes listed above. Go the girls!

THE KAHUNA SPRINT CHALLENGE
A 100 metre flat out sprint race on our G'boards and Naish Alloy paddles
1st prize - A Neo Fish Street SUP board and stick, T-shirt and Cap valued at $500
Other prizes for second and third.

THE SEABREEZE TEAM CHALLENGE
A 50 metre tag team sprint race made up of 4 people (both sexes must be represented in the group of 4).
1st prize - all to receive a pair of SeaBreeze Polarised sunglasses each valued at $80 - a huge thanks to Laurie for his contribution!

THE OAKLEY SUNGLASSES BOARD AND PET RACE
A short sprint race with you and your canine, cat, budgie, goldfish, rabbit etc
1st prize - A prize pack donated by Oakley Sunglasses and other goodies valued at over $300.
Other prizes for second and third.

$4000 of other prizes will be given away randomly to participants that register on the day for ANY event. Prizes from our good friends at Oakley, Kialoa, JetPort Parking, Little Blue Restaurant, Southern Suburbs Physio, Seventh Wave, Childs Play Marketing, Kite Republic and many many more!

There will be lots of other demos and fun stuff on the day including a woman's clinic, board demos and tips delivered by some of the most experienced paddlers going around!

Don't forget, the best dressed paddler in the theme of Australia will win an assortment pack of goodies worth $300! So dress up big!

See you on Australia Day at St Kilda West Beach, pier Road, St Kilda, 10am!

Mick, Phil, Rea and Spike
0416 184 994
info@supb.com.au
www.supb.com.au

Not sure about any of the races especially after selling the 12' Glide but I do have a fashion consultant working on my Australia Day themed costume so watch out for that one.

I have a pet slug that I can sticky tape to the deck of my board.. (not in the standing area)..

Just wondering how you will start the big race (3 klm).. water start or beach start?

DJ

should do a beach start, more excitment.

only if i can use my 17? I think thats fair.

It's not long to go now!

I hope everyone is gearing up for a fantastic day at the beach!

As Phil mentioned we will be playing Triple J's Hottest 100 songs on the day
so don't forget to go to the triple j website and vote for your favourite song of 2009!

Let's get the party started!!

StKilda SUPB said...

Ok, a beach start then for sure!!

& what sort of course is the 3km likely to be?

Should be a great day, hopefully the weather will be too

DavidJohn said...

Dean.. I'll check with the guys to be sure but I think it will depend on the day..the wind and conditions etc.. but I think the plan is to go straight out off the beach.. around a buoy that's about 200 mtrs out.. around it 90deg and head left under the pier and up along St Kilda beach and around another buoy that's about 500 mtrs away (maybe more).. once around that buoy it's back and under the pier again.. around the same buoy that's about 200 mtrs off shore and back to the beach to the finish,

Something like that anyway.. You should be able to see who's first, second, third etc as paddlers go around the buoys.. and spectators can walk along the bike/walking track to cheer their friends on and watch the whole race.

It should be great.

DJ

For some reason, I thought Plan A was to go the other direction, ie towards Port Melbourne. As you say, I'm sure conditions will determine. Weather's looking like it's headed in the right direction.

May have to test out that course on Thursday sunrise-ish.

Bnaccas said...

Conditions will be absolutely perfect! Forecast is 34 degrees so should be nice and warm early. I'm guessing at this
stage there will be no wind at all early with the seabreeze kicking in after lunch.

I will be paddling my new board which will be kept under wraps (winged keel style) until race day!

Good to here some one else is doing some r&d in the 12'6 class.
Our secret wepons are done......well not so secret...nothing new here...
The flouro paint is said to give a edge though

Just like three sisters ready for the ball. Are you bringing them up for the cup?
Dave

There's been a last minute change in the course.. Here's the new one.

I paddled it today with my GPS and it was 3.15 kms long and it took me 27.19 minutes to paddle it...

DJ

anyone from interstate coming to Vicco for the race on Tuesday ?

No Cammo, interstate entries will be refused.

Hey SUP Bus guys, just to clear this up, can you paddle a bigger board than 12'6" in
the main race but just not be eligible for the cash?? I know a few people are questioning
this.

OG SUP said...

Why are interstae entries refused???


Phill

What makes you think that Phill?.. Maybe I missed something.

Sue and Danny are coming down from the Gold Coast to compete.. I'm sure that's ok.

DJ