NNSUP said...

Hey Kissa,
Over 50 category. Oh yeah! .....or will I be alone. Maybe AA can come paddle.

Yep - love seeing the old farts going at each other. Put that category in esp for Goaty. He rips downwind and would go well in the Doctor if he is good enough to win. Oh yeah - it also my retirement plan for 5 yrs time

any dates for the doctor yet??

Al Hunter said...

any dates for the doctor yet??

19th January
oceanpaddler.com/events/the-doctor/

kissa said...

Yep - love seeing the old farts going at each other. Put that category in esp for Goaty.

Thanks mate, giving away my secrets now Yeah be keen as mustard for an O50s in the racing, very keen to do this now. Well done again for organising it.

Is there an under 35 group ? Haha so I don't have to race you guys??

angie pangi said...

Hopefully I can make it down for some of them. Never paddled the ocean down there.
X Angie

Ang - pencil in the Narra downwinder on 3/11 - ask Ali - that one is worth travelling down for

goatman said...

Does anyone know what length SUP categories there are in this series?
Looking at last years it seems there was Unlimited and 12'6" - is that the case this year? There is nothing on the site.

Goaty. No seperate classes this year. Just 4 categories, open, 40s, 50s and the girls. As the series progressed last year there were less and less 12'6s so we just decided to concentrate on the 4 categories. The other issue was that everyone kept swapping boards through the series which made it impossible to easily track pointscores as most entered for the whole series rather than race by race.

Was thinking about just making it 14ft'ers (esp as Starboard are sponsoring the event) but many of the local paddlers just have Bullets so we didn't want to make life difficult for them - esp as we are hoping for some great downwind races.

Hey guys. Just been told that online entry for the series closes at midnight on Thursday. If you enter online it saves a late entry fee of $10 for those that enter on the day. Enter for the whole series ($200 for the 6 races) and go in the draw for a Starboard carbon paddle. Odds are looking pretty good for the few that have already entered...
BTW - it is 8km for the SUPs (not 12k as is currently on the website).

Here is a quick race report.
Good tight racing today. Conditions were ideal for the 8km circuit course with a really nice 4km downwind section from Curly to Long Reef in the middle. The front 4 of Stevie, Sam, Chucky and Andy gave it everything and were close right to the end with Steve Morrison (yes, the guy in the photo) taking the win...just.
In the girls, Terrene and Nellie battled the whole way around with Terrene only taking the lead on the final run home.
So the results were:
Open:
Seve Morrison - Starboard
Sam Parker - Starboard
Chucky Domin - SIC
Andy Davies - Naish
Girls:
Terrene Black - C4
Nellie Brown - Starboard
O40s
Steve Floyd - Starboard
O50s
John Christensen - DC
For full results go to the oceanseries.com.au
Winnner of the Starboard Paddle Draw:
Ben Brown (Ben & Nellie only decided to enter for whole series after doing the race. Proved to be a profitable decision)
Thanks to Starboard and Windsurfnsnow for the continued generous sponsorship. Not everyone got a prize but plenty did.

Casso said...

Did you not race Kissa?

Casso, just had my ear drilled. Meant to be out of the water for another 5 weeks...
should be right for race 3 at Bondi

And a few more (love the shots of Goaty - he has the place wired):

good to see some more chicks in the series this year.

the shorey at the end looked fun too.

Great pics Dave !

Looking forward to Race 3.

Josh, Ali, Dan, Lou - looking forward to seeing you at the coming races.
Goaty - looking good for the O50s - if you win, you might have to do the Doctor in January...
Oh yeah - there was another great battle in the o40s race with Steve Floyd just pipping Suplove Stuey. Good to see the little rivalries developing