CMC said..
Lets see who makes the right board choices for a race with a bumpy ocean and a slow and sticky creek.

Are there any reeds on the bank of the Currumbin Creek where one might secretly deposit a flat water race board?

Not if it don't blow

RJK said..

petedorries said..

CMC said..

RJK said..

Anyone else as amped as me for the dw tomorrow????

Yew!!!!

cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, will be a great day, do a downwind paddle, crack a beer and then watch the poor souls that had to paddle up the creek and back finish.

The long distance will be interesting actually as any South Wind has a habit of funnelling down Currumbin Valley and becoming a stiff headwind the whole way up to Wendts coupled with the outgoing tide as well it will test the fitness of the paddlers. On the way back will be fast though with the wind and tide with you. Lets see who makes the right board choices for a race with a bumpy ocean and a slow and sticky creek.

So No wind to Currumbin. Tide going out and wind picks up for a head wind. Hit Wendt's Bridge and the tide changes and the wind dies.
So where's the best spot to watch this again Chris. Do I bring my own beers???

isnt it straight dw if the SE comes in? come on dorries, dont be a sour puss

HAHA not if it don't blow...

petedorries said..

Not if it don't blow

RJK said..

petedorries said..

CMC said..

RJK said..

Anyone else as amped as me for the dw tomorrow????

Yew!!!!

cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, will be a great day, do a downwind paddle, crack a beer and then watch the poor souls that had to paddle up the creek and back finish.

The long distance will be interesting actually as any South Wind has a habit of funnelling down Currumbin Valley and becoming a stiff headwind the whole way up to Wendts coupled with the outgoing tide as well it will test the fitness of the paddlers. On the way back will be fast though with the wind and tide with you. Lets see who makes the right board choices for a race with a bumpy ocean and a slow and sticky creek.

So No wind to Currumbin. Tide going out and wind picks up for a head wind. Hit Wendt's Bridge and the tide changes and the wind dies.
So where's the best spot to watch this again Chris. Do I bring my own beers???

isnt it straight dw if the SE comes in? come on dorries, dont be a sour puss

HAHA not if it don't blow...

Raced in Cairns last week. Last 7 days before race 25knot DW, time of race 5knot DW. 3 hours after race and next two weeks 25 knot DW.

Bloody Oath I'm talking it down after talking up the Cairns race.

UPDATES From the Surfing Queensland Website for those doing the SUP surfing and Technical Race...

SCHEDULE UPDATE: SUP Surfing will run Sunday 9 June. Please call Surfing Queensland hotline on 07 3030 6388 for location after 630AM on the day.
SCHEDULE UPDATE: Technical Racing will run Monday 10 June. Please call Surfing Queensland hotline on 07 3030 6388 for location after 630AM on the day.

Good conditions today good turn out , some impressive performances.Hats of to those that done the 17k that looked bloody hardLincoln first , kelly second , cant remember any of the others , other than i think Locke first on the 14 class?Good day for Lahui Kai 3 boards in top 4 I think? Well done everyone who entered

paul.j said..

I thought Pete was first 14? Anyone want to list full results for us who could not be there please?

Jacko

I thought he was on a 12,6 finished 3rd or fourth or equal third?Any way he was pretty impressiveSo many divisions i get confused

Ali Cat said..

For the 14 footers... Pete and Jonesy equal 1st Over 40's 14' class (and first 2 14's over the line) Peasey 3rd.
Jon Locke and Steve Walker 1st and 2nd in Open 14 Class (4th & 5th 14's over the line).

Women's 17km: Karla 1st, Molly 2nd, Sondra 3rd, Sue 4th and Sascha 5th.

Thanks for clearing that up Ali , i told you he went really well Jacko

Fixed the link and made it work. Here's today's full results. Time format is h.mmss (hours then minutes and seconds after the dot).
8km started 15mins after 17km and adjusted times in second column.

Local news wrap up of today's ocean race.

www.nbnnews.com.au/2013/06/08/karla-gilbert-wins-sup-ocean-marathon/

Ali Cat said..

Local news wrap up of today's ocean race.

www.nbnnews.com.au/2013/06/08/karla-gilbert-wins-sup-ocean-marathon/

Thanks Ali Cat
The Sprint Race is actually 9km not 8km and I took a really good line check out the Google Map. I did a time of 56:52 As I turned the buoy at the Alley, I dropped in on a Malibu rider and got the set wave and surfed it all the way to the break wall stoked I had to stand on the tail of my f18 to lift the nose up so I wouldn't loose control
Thanks Surfing Queensland for putting on a great Downwind Race best Downwind Race in Australia outside of Maui.
It was a slow race as conditions had to much West in the wind WSW if the wind went SE it would have been pumping conditions as the wind was a good 15 to 20 Knots.
My Average Pace was 6:20 per Kilometres due to the westerly wind thats very slow.
There was 10 in the over 40’s Unlimited SUP Division stoked. I haven’t been in this race since 2009 as I’m usually in Fiji surfing Cloudbreak. Anyway I was stoked to compete in this years race and defend my 2009 over 40’s Unlimited SUP Division title in my 50’s.
I didn’t train for this event and haven’t done an ocean Downwind Paddle since March. I know one thing I’ll be in Maui in 3 weeks for a month paddling Maliko all day stoked cant wait I’m just so excited I could pull my pants down and fire a rocket.
DW

Place getters for the tech surf race:

Open Men's
1st Lincoln Dews
2nd Kelly Margetts
3rd Jon Locke
4th Tanyn Lyndon

Open Women's
1st Karla Gilbert
2nd Sondra Purser
3rd Molly Walker

Over 40's
1st Pete Dorries
2nd Troy Pease
3rd Paul Jones
4th Dale Chapman

Over 50's
1st Johnno Walker

Conditions looked tough with a strong northerly sweep, plenty of waves closing out on the shallow bank and lots of water moving around.
Congratulations to the winners an well done to everyone who did the race, even those who didn't finish did a great job getting out there having a go.
Great to see so many new faces joining the sport since last year!

KellyM said..

Congrats to everyone that raced today, definitely some challenging conditions, well done to surfing Qld for a great course. Special shout out to Lincoln Dews taking the double and making the final of the surfing, legend. Also the Supatx/Lahui Kai team for taking out the top 3 spots in the open mens tech race, 2nd in the womens. Also top 2 spots in the open mens marathon and 1st in the 14' marathon. Big thanks to Mick Dibetta his program taking top 4 spots today in the tech and many other categories over the weekend.

That is a big result well done.

Unless you're a skinny kid like Lincoln streaking away on a 24" wide board

laceys lane said..


looks like races oz style are going to be mostly held in 'beach break style conditions' not dana point, not currumbin alley, not rainbow bay


it was pretty obvious to those of us watching that if you stayed on your board you would have a result in your class.

everybody was falling because they couldn't stay on their narrow boards in the heavy sandbank conditions on what was really just small/medium typical surf day.

looks like the narrow board bop style doesn't suit oz to me.

Or a board made from carbon.

A big thank you to Surfing Qld, It was a faultless event, well done!!!!!