Newcastle Beach, Shark Alley rights 2015/2016
we had this glorious bank for 3 months straight and it cranked the whole time.

Tassie winter classic circa 2016

June 2016.

I thought this was the first Newcastle SUP Club comp (Feb 2011):
www.australianpaddlesurfer.com.au/article.php?id=76

I was in the Cronulla Sutherland SUP club back then. I think our first comp was 2010 or 2011. Good days and group of like minded paddlers. I think we may have had 50 or more members at one stage. I don't think many ex members paddle anymore or maybe the occasional holiday paddle. After the club folded was in Malnutrition (bad name) at Gerroa for a couple of years. After taking off so well SUP has dropped off almost as quickly as it started. Similar to what happen to windsurfing here in AUS. Great sports but there are so many different choices now. I wish I was in my 30's.

bigmc said..
I was in the Cronulla Sutherland SUP club back then. I think our first comp was 2010 or 2011. Good days and group of like minded paddlers. I think we may have had 50 or more members at one stage. I don't think many ex members paddle anymore or maybe the occasional holiday paddle. After the club folded was in Malnutrition (bad name) at Gerroa for a couple of years. After taking off so well SUP has dropped off almost as quickly as it started. Similar to what happen to windsurfing here in AUS. Great sports but there are so many different choices now. I wish I was in my 30's.

Epic! I didn't even know there was a Cronulla club.
wild.
yeah as far I can see sup is nearly done.
There will always be that core crew.
i foil too but i choose my sup first and foremost.
I'm learning shape 3d and have Wavechaser files so I can continue defining my own custom shapes for the next 20 + years because I will never stop stand up paddle surfing.
all the best ??