goatman said...

CMC said...




Who else are we rooting for? I don't care what company, hometown or training group there from... What other Aussies are in the race?

That's not very (parochial) QLD of you CMC

Yeah I know, as I grow more mature (37 rather than 36) I am realizing that the world is actually bigger than the 5km round bubble I live, surf, paddle and work in.

To prove my point, on the weekend I went to Southport

windup said...

Will Anido solo same class as DC

CMC said...

So what Aussies are over there for this weekend??

Mick Dibetta is in good form and had trained super hard in the Prone.

Dale Chapman is solo as well.

Alain, French guy but from here.

is Kissa in this week?

Iron Phil?

Terrene?

I think I read Cam is coming home.


Who else are we rooting for? I don't care what company, hometown or training group there from... What other Aussies are in the race?

Will's pretty fit and fired up at the moment so hopefully could bust in to the top 5 or 6.
Kissa will be home I think.

Sam.

There is also another Currumbin paddler there atm aswell,

Phil Nicolle on a 14fter - Phil came in 48th Overall and 4th in his Division with a time of 1:31:56, not bad for a guy that doesn't really get downwind time working in Singapore.

He also doing Molokai as a 2 Person team

Good luck in the Molokai to all the Aussie's!

X angie

dtm said...

Piros said...

"Quote from the Zone"

To their credit, the contest organizers went back and changed the results. Kai was deducted 30 seconds for not racing in the correct division. Kalama won. The video shows it when DK arrives at the finish. He looks around, no one is near him so he just cruises and steps off his board like a sunday stroll.... and walked up the finish line. Kai had the previous start three minutes ahead and was already in.

If you're running with bulls, you have to line up on the same start with them. So it was good. Dave won it fair and square.

That's good that gave it to DK as he could have been cruising thinking I've got this one in the bag and not really been pushing as hard thinking he is in first place!!
You shouldn't be allowed to start in different class as your own I would have thought you would be disqualified ??

All turned out OK but I think Kai is very lucky not to be DQ he made a mistake starting where he did.

Great result by the Aussies , looking good for Molokai

From what I understood Kai started with the 14's, on a 14' - the cock-up is this Elite field classification - if you want to win money you have to enter elite field (and pay a higher entry fee) and in this case, then supposedly also start with elite field, irrespective of board.

What I don't fully agree with is when quite a few "non-elite racers" beat the elite guys but are then denied prizemoney and placings (happened in the Triple-crown as well) - it just doesn't make sense to me. You beat a guy but get un-beaten because you paid another entry fee....how about just one entry fee then?

Maybe there are other dynamics I haven't understood....?

Here are the Top 10 SUP times from the official results:

Placing, Name, Time, Board Class, Age Division
1 Kai LENNY 1:11:21 14' Men's 14' 17-29
2 David KALAMA 1:11:32 Unlimited Men's Elite
3 Dave KISSANE 1:13:17 Unlimited Men's Elite
4 Slater TROUT 1:13:24 Unlimited Men's Elite
5 Livio MENELAU 1:13:34 Unlimited Men's Elite
6 Travis BAPTISTE 1:15:25 12'6" Men's 12'6" 1-16
7 Scott TRUDON 1:15:25 Unlimited Men's Elite
8 Jeremy RIGGS 1:17:42 14' Men's 14' 30-35
9 Cowan TAMARUA 1:18:16 Unlimited Men's Unlimited 1-29
10 Eric TERRIEN 1:18:21 Unlimited Men's Elite

my brother Darren O'Donnell is also doing it solo ,hes from Copacabana nsw over 50s Darren and Phil are great mates all the best to both of them ,Darren has been training with Will Anado so hes been getting great advice if I were' a betting man id put Darren as $each way. ,Good luck and may the wind blow paul.j said...

There is also another Currumbin paddler there atm aswell,

Phil Nicolle on a 14fter - Phil came in 48th Overall and 4th in his Division with a time of 1:31:56, not bad for a guy that doesn't really get downwind time working in Singapore.

He also doing Molokai as a 2 Person team

Good luck in the Molokai to all the Aussie's!

X angie