Biggest SUP event in Victoria:
SHQ Cruise to the Cerberus, now rescheduled for the 7th of March

Due to the very unfortunate weather we had to cancel "The Cruise to the Cerberus" paddle last February. In full contrast to the forecast the wind turned out to be 15 knots dead onshore with lots of rain. We still had 50+ of the most hardcore supper's turning up ready to go for a paddle but we felt that most would have stayed in bed, so it was decided to reschedule the race to the 7th of March.


The conditions we where facing before we cancelled the race (nice "pic" from PTWoody)


Announcement that the Cerberus race is posponed to the 7th of March


SUP intro Clinic By DJ


Wave Clinic from Keahi


Some participants stayed for a demo paddle

Thanks to all the participants who got up early and made the drive to Sandringham. We did get the coffee machine and the BBQ fired up and we managed to run the clinics for those who where interested to hang around. There was also the opportunity to demo some of the new SUP boards. So hopefully we will see you all back on the 7th of March.

New date:

When: Sunday 7 March
Where: Sandringham Beach end of Jetty Rd
Start: 10 am sharp (sign up from 9am at shq Cafe)
Course: Sandringham Breakwater to Cerberus and back (6km)
Entry Fee: $10 (incl free BBQ)

This is foremost a social SUP Event, all levels of sup'ers are warmly welcome, from first timers to long distance race professionals. There will be over 20 demo boards available with SUP Intro, Wave and Race- Clinics by some of the most well know Sup'ers in Australia. Last year we had already 40+ participants, let see if we can get 80 this year !



Classes:

Open Unlimited Class:

This class is open to everyone, with or without a board. Bring your 17ft" glide, 8'0" wave board, old windsurfer or grab one of our demo boards. It's all about participation. But don't be fooled there will be some very quick competitors in this class and racing will get very serious. Matt Lumley did 6 km in 32 min, let's see what happens this year.

There will be trophies for : Mens, Women's and Youth divisions.

Team Race

Join the fun Team Relay Sprint Race after the Cerberus event. Teams will be put together randomly, so you could end up paddling in the same team as Lumley, Cam or DJ. Lot's of fun !



SUP Intro Clinic:

Dave (DJ) Peterson will run a SUP Intro Clinic after the race. So if you are new to SUP and would like to get some great tips from Mr SUP himself make sure not to miss this !

SUP Intro to Waves Clinic:

One of the top guys in the waves (tbc) together with Brendan Nachtigal from SUP Vic will run a short clinic on how to start out in the waves, make sure you get ready to paddle out in the line-up by getting tips from some of the best in Australia.

Demo:

Try the latest shapes and paddles from Naish, PSH, GSI, Oxbow, Cabrinha, JP-Australia, Kialoa and Quickblades. We will have over 20 demo boards available.



Free BBQ + Drinks
Hang out for the free BBQ and prize ceremony afterwards. And make sure you catch up with breezers and other like minded SUP enthusiasts.

Prizes:
It's all about the honor and the highly contested perpetual trophie's, no prize money here.

However:
A brand new Cabrinha SUP (first production board in Australia) is going in the lucky draw at the end of the SUP series, all you have to do is turn up for all 3 events !

All other prizes kindly donated by our sponsors, Cabrinha, Naish, PSH, GSI, Oxbow, Jp-Australia, Kialoa, Quickblade, Werner, Creatures, FCS and Balin are given away by lucky draw at the day of the Cerberus event, so you just have to enter to walk away with a brand new carbon paddle, deck grip, leash, board bag etc ! ($5000+)

Confirmed Prizes for the 7th of March and Cabrinha SUP Series:



Trophies:

Perpetual Cerberus Trophie
Perpetual SUP Summer series Trophie
Men's Open trophy
Women's Open Trophy
Youth Open trophy



Cabrinha
1 x First production Cabrinha SUP board in Australia
1 x carbon paddle
1 x carbon paddle
1 x carbon paddle
1 x carbon paddle

Werner
1 x Werner Nitro carbon paddle
1 x Werner carve carbon/glass paddle
1 x paddle cover
1 x paddle cover

Global Surf Industries
1 x Mc Tavish paddle
1 x Mc Tavish paddle
1 x adjustable paddle
1 x adjustable paddle
1 x adjustable paddle
1 x adjustable paddle
5 x drink bottle

Naish
1 x carbon/glass paddle
1 x carbon/glass paddle

Kialoa
1 x carbon Shaka puu paddle

Oxbow
1 x carbon/glass paddle
1x carbon glass paddle

Balin
1 x 11ft board cover
8 x coil sup legrope

Quickblade
1 x paddle cover
1 x paddle cover

FCS
1 x SUP deckgrip
1 x paddle bag

So don't miss it, this could turn out the biggest event in Australia !

Check shq.com.au for more info:
www.shq.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=219&Itemid=57

Winds going to be pretty light, no reason at all why it can't go ahead.

SHQ Cruise to the Cerberus posponed ! (again)

Once again the weather is not cooperating for our Cerberus event. The next 4 day forecast looks like we will get some of the worst conditions for SUP we have seen all year. Especially with the chance of thunderstorms we can't risk to run the Event.

However our next scheduled date is March 28, so let's hope we will finally get some good conditions. 3rd time lucky !

Cheers,

The Crew from SHQ



Forecast for Friday
Cloudy. Areas of rain and scattered thunderstorms. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging up to 45 km/h decreasing below 25 km/h by early evening.
CityRain. Storms.Min21Max25

Forecast for Saturday
Cloudy. Isolated thunderstorms during the morning. Scattered showers. Winds north to northwesterly averaging up to 20 km/h becoming northwesterly up to 30 km/h during the morning.
CityChance of storms. Few showers.Min17Max21

Forecast for Sunday
Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms from the morning until late afternoon.
CityChance of storms. Showers.Min14Max21

Forecast for Monday
Cloudy. Scattered showers. Winds south to southwesterly averaging up to 30 km/h becoming southwesterly up to 45 km/h during the morning.
CityShowers. Windy.Min12Max17

Hope you have a great day and the weather gods smile on you DJ

Phill

DavidJohn said...

This Sunday (28th March) is the next race and it's looking pretty good.. 3rd time lucky..

It should be sunny with light winds at 10am... fingers crossed..

Also we might get a nice down-winder in after the race for those who are interested..

DJ

Forecast for Sunday

Becoming cloudy. Patchy rain later in the day. Light winds tending northerly up to 40 km/h during the morning.

City a little rain developing.

Min 18 Max 28

The wind direction is crazy on the Seabreeze weather chart later in the day. Looks like a little bit of everything.