2MT said..

Is Pelican Sands on the east coast of Tas.

Are you sure you havn't booked into Tanzania ?

Where is it exactly ??

Pelican sands is at the mouth of the Amazon , sorry I mean scamander River . Northern side so just a short paddle to the surf then back for refreshments .

Could still be a couple of rooms left

riverider said..

cruisen said..

Not to sure how scones cook on a BBQ?

I think you can use a "Dutch Oven" on a BBQ to cook scones.

Scones are good on a BBQ

But chops are better

Moving right along ..

The Carlton Rivermouth Superbank
was going off yesterday and today.

Only three out .. all SUP's

All current TAS SUP title holders

Skeghead #1 wave rider
2MT #1 over 65 all events
Cruisen #1 surf race (but dudded)

Laying down the foundation for a
strong Southern contingent.

Riverider was at work waiting for
the new JL Qwad to arrive .. will surely
be competative .. but will the hard
yards of familiarity be done in time
to win the the grand prizes ???

billboard said..

From what Ive seen of late the Northern Team will take the majority of gold home, and thats despite the fact we dont get surf up here.

Just like the Cocos Islands doing olympic bobsleds ??

We arent part of a board-riders club RR. As far as I know none of the sup'ers up here plan on joining either. We have started to get a small group of like-minded souls together who seem to like just getting together for a few waves and a bit of social activity and thats pretty much as organised as we need, or want to be.

Can you enter on the day - depending on the weather?

billboard said..

JulesX said...
Can you enter on the day - depending on the weather?

As far as I know - no, you cannot. The weather has no bearing on the comp' - if it's too dangerous it will be moved - if its too small, it will be moved or just run regardless.
Are you bringing your Bic sups for demo - I would love to test one in a decent beachy like Scamander rivermouth.

Surfing tasmania are running the competition and have said that entries will close on the Wednesday prior to the event as they need to know how many entries they have to be able to seed the heats.

There will also be plenty of surf and non-surf (flatwater) activities for those who arent competing in the surfing event, including BOP & flatwater fun races as well as demo boards to try.

I believe Tassiesup may post a list of demo boards available to try, in the near future. I do know though that there is a good range of 2013 sups that will be attending the weekend so it will be a great chance to see the latest offerings from all the major brands.

Hopefully we can demo some performance surf sups from the major brands. Please god I promise to be a good boy.

riverider said...

DaleC said..
As you know i will be bringing the Star Boards down to try.

did you manage to get hold of a 7'10" x 30", I emailed you and auswind about it last week, but no one has got back to me yet

There will not be a 7.10 at Scamander as far as I know. In sure "what sup boards" or "jaysails" would happily sell you one.

billboard said..

cruisen said...
Hopefully we can demo some performance surf sups from the major brands. Please god I promise to be a good boy.

Hope you are right - but not sure what performance boards are in the state at the moment. I will have a 9.8 and 9.0 Starboard at Scamander but dont know of any sub 9' sups coming.

Talking performance boards .. There were three out at Park Beach Mecca Bowl tonight.
I was on my JL 9.5 noserider .. hanging 5 .. soul arching .. drop kneeing.
Bruce was on his GSP 11.0 .. learning to paddle .. falling off .. cursing.
The other was an eski lid rider enjoying the glass-off .. 20*C temp .. barrell rolling.
Then out of the car park came a 9.3 Fanatic Pro .. fast down the line .. turning inside out ..
.. board 360's .. taking the best wave selection.
I thougth that here was a guy who'd come to audition for the Southern Team .. me being
a selector an all .. and he rated a short listing so I thought an interview .. on the water ..
would be appropriate.
Asked him if he was free for the Tas Champs at Scamander .. said he might have to go to
Tahitti but he expressed remourse at having to miss such a great surf spot .. I said yea
Scamander is good but where do you come from? .. he said Burnie, am just down wisiting
me mate .. I thought these Burnie guys are good .. we don't stand a chance .. I even
offered him a club hoodie .. but he wouldn't sign .. Turned out to be Kyron.
If Tahiti falls through there's a good chance we'll see him at Scamander.

Better pack the make-up then cause will we get the sh$t, videoed out of us

Then out of the car park came a 9.3 Fanatic Pro .. fast down the line .. turning inside out ..
.. board 360's .. taking the best wave selection.
I thougth that here was a guy who'd come to audition for the Southern Team .. me being
a selector an all .. and he rated a short listing so I thought an interview .. on the water ..
would be appropriate.
Asked him if he was free for the Tas Champs at Scamander .. said he might have to go to
Tahitti but he expressed remourse at having to miss such a great surf spot .. I said yea
Scamander is good but where do you come from? .. he said Burnie, am just down wisiting
me mate .. I thought these Burnie guys are good .. we don't stand a chance .. I even
offered him a club hoodie .. but he wouldn't sign .. Turned out to be Kyron.
If Tahiti falls through there's a good chance we'll see him at Scamander.

Similar story here a few weeks back . Couple of blokes out in 2-3 foot slop struggling to get a wave . Kyron has turned up on that same board and tore it to pieces . Hitting the lip , sending out some massive spray .

Hope he turns up would pay the entry fee just to watch him do his stuff in decent surf

Just letting you know that Surfing Tas are looking at running another sup comp later in the year if this one goes ok so you will get more than one comp for your Surfing Tas membership.

STOP PRESS

Tassie's big wave chargers are
interested .. could be a few at
Scamander.

They're starting to look at SUP
as another viable means of paddling
into sizable waves .. like Shipsterns.

I can't even think about it .. I can't even
watch it on TV .. I like the Carlton River
super bank and that's good enough for
me .. whatever turns you on.

Anyway the interest is building.

Certainly the industry sponsership
that we're getting is encouraging.

Next year the TassieSUP Winter Classic
looks like having a big naming sponser.

I think it's building up to be something
special.