I am in open surfing, downwind and 1500m. Looking forward to meeting everyone

WINDSURFnSNOW said...

pmorgan1974 said...

WINDSURFnSNOW said...

Can also see the difficulty in swapping days from a risk management point of view. Possibly have boats and the like tee'd up for Saturday that may not be possible to move to Sunday.

Anyway, Saturday's forecast kind of looks good for the Ace anyway.

Sam.

Very true Sammy. Any spare Ace's laying around haha
Nothing spare big fella. Once again learnt on Sunday not to loan you fast gear as it just winds up hurting me.

Got a spare Whopper if you're keen though!

Sam.

haha might give the Whopper a miss, what about that Jav...

How's that; now it looks like it is going to blow NE on Saturday? If it does the simple solution for a good downwinder would be to go for a late start and reverse the course. The only drama might be paddling into a southerly swell. Something needs to be challenging?

(wish I had an ocean paddle board!)

Where is it on tomorrow? It says Nobby's here: www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/115580/national-stand-up-paddle-titles-in-newcastle/

Will come and have a look at some stage

Here are some photos of the presso:


Open Women
(L-R) Hannah Finlay-Jones (substituted) - 4th, Mel McMannus - 5th, Lynda Lim - 3rd, Terrene Black - 2nd, Erin Dark - 1st.


Senior Men
(L-R) John Christensen - 1st, Glen Cochrane - 3rd, Rod Hindson 4th, Rob Gittoes 2nd.


Senior Women
(L-R) Mel McMannus - 1st, Lynda Lim - 2nd.


Junior Boys
(L-R) Tyler Cochrane - 3rd, Kai Bates - 1st, Robbie Christensen 4th, Dylan Henry - 2nd.


Open Men
(L-R) Glen Turner (out of shot) - 3rd, Kai Bates - 2nd, Dan Cleary - 4th, John Christensen - 1st.

Video of the surf action to come.

Here's a link to some Photo's from today's downwinder, hope the link works ok?
www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3434670259285.150726.1046281932&type=1

Well done guys.

Eastcoast SUP said...

Here is a link to then 10km downwind race held yesterday. Congrats to Sam Parker for getting line honors in under 58mins. Ahead of Wil Anido (2nd) and Dane Hurst (3rd). 31 competitors in all was a great turn out, but yeah a powering nor-easter would have been ideal for that course.

http://www.sup-australia.com/images/pdfs/supa-nats-dw-results%20v1.pdf

Yeh, great day. Excellent turn out and well done to Sammy, Will and Dane. Feeling it today...

Today's races were tough with a 15knt tail wind and then head wind into the tide. Was a good weekend and good to put some faces to names as well as meet some new people.