Hey Goatie,
The day before was just blown out 35+kn onshore, so to see the cleaner waves in the morning was a bit like being in a dream for everyone.
The Torquay Point wave always tries to draw you down the beach especially with west in the wind and you really need to get a left on the inside to get you back up to the rip and out again.
Emma and Lummers etc are masters at it.
I kept thinking if only Dan the Man was here he would have loved the size and the inside left, kid in the candy store me thinks.
There were quite a few doing the 100m run along the sand back to the rip and you could see it was testing the cardio. Kristi was pretty shattered by the end of the final and there were a few others sucking in the big ones sitting in the car park.
Once you made the sand run then you needed to time the paddle to the point to avoid an in coming set and thats when the fun began. Pretty much everyone even Lummer had to bail or you would just get mowed down by head + white water.
There were some interesting wipe outs on take off as the peak was shifting all over the place and even whe you thought you had it right, huey had a surprise or 2 in store.
Have to thank the longboarders for allowing us to tack onto thier titles, strangely enough there were a few more who have shifted to the dark side and Lummers will have his hands full soon enough!
John Tackle took the badge of honor, peddle to the metal all day. He was looking a little stiff and worse for wear at the presso but his son Matt who he took out in the heats had to buy the take away and thats all that mattered!
All in all a fantastic day and your right the level has jumped a bit and from what I saw there are a few up and comers like AJ Lynch, Courtney Dalton and others that will push things alone just nicely.
Phill
