Sunday, August 9, 2009

Whale Beach Comp 2nd August




Today was the day after Saturday and the day preceding Monday. A great day for a our latest club comp, Whale beach was the location and we were lucky enough to hang out with offshore 2-3ft clean waves all day until things got a little awkward and went onshore in the early afternoon. The highlight of the day was seeing those with girlfriends getting revved up as they realised that Chris Strada had taken their loved one out too lunch, I did think Chris was took it a bit far by having the fact printed on his shirt. Even though Strada did steal the spotlight a bit, my personal highlight of the day was Steve’s new facial hair. An inspiration to us all.

The Jack Stance final (that’s code for dropknee kids) saw the usual suspects paddle out in the fun waves. Daggles was offered any wave he wanted during the final as his competitors were respectful of his hardcore local whaley status, however Matt Pike ended up landing the moves that were to win the final. Matt or Puerto as his fans know him as, was drawing lines in the smooth waves better than any Adobe design program could dream of. After the final he retired to his balcony where he had a chai latte and read an article titled “interior design, is it really design?” while awaiting the opens prone final.
D.K.
1st Matt PIKE
2nd Shane DAVIS
3rd Dan REYNOLDS
4th Alex NATOLI
5th Luke SHEARER


The Opens final saw the waves deteriorate to 1-2ft slosh, but it didn’t seem to bother the six man final. Puerto or Matt as he known to his enemies, linked some rad combos from out the back all the way to dry sand but it was Dan ‘Number One’ Webster who came through with the winning wave landing the only solid air in the final, a smooth flip in the last minutes. Dan was gracious in victory and accepted his first place on the podium in a humble style Fran Sinatra would admire. Dan was dressed in Nudie Jeans (RRP $299.95) and Ksubi shirt (RRP $69.95) courtesy of General Pants Co.
OPENS
1st Dan WEBSTER
2nd Matt PIKE
3rd Max ARENT
4th Tristan HOGAN
5th Ricky MICHAEL
6th Oli MINTER


Guy Williment had taken a vow of silence for the day, as he explores his inner self. We had a conversation in which we communicated by writing in the sand. This seemed to help Guy focus more than his other competitors taking out the final in true Buddhist style, congrats man I look forward to our next sand conversation. Guy surfed really good today. The other juniors surfed really well in the deteriorating conditions, Martin Smith proving his tight style is consistent every time I see him surf and Jasha Sandles won the “coolest first name” award for the day.
JUNIORS
1st Guy WILLIMENT
2nd Martin SMITH
3rd Michael BURLEY
4th Jasha SANDLES
5th Russell DAVIES

The Men’s division showed why they are called the Men’s division. They are Men. The final saw a tight tussle (tus·sle to have a vigorous physical or verbal struggle with somebody) between Luke Shearer and Jeremy Bonouvrie for first position. Shearer showed all that time in BSC watching bodyboarding vids in slow mo has helped his comp surfing reach a superior level. Jeremy argued while he did not win the final, he is in fact the real “MAN” of the division because he builds stuff for a living and owns a tool belt. I argued that Jeremy’s haircut is the least “MAN” like in the club so that cancels out any man points he gets from owning tools.
MENS
1st Luke SHEARER
2nd Jeremy BONOUVRIE
3rd Alex BENNETT
4th Ryan FENASSE

Senior Men’s saw Daggles aka “Douglas” shred his way to victory in the final as he proved his local knowledge at Whaley was always going to be too much for Shane and Nick. Daggles looks so comfortable out his local that some mistook him and his long blonde locks for some mysterious mermaid, tests were down however and proved that he is not a mermaid nor merman but is beginning to grow gills due to the excessive amounts of time he spends in the water.
SENIOR MENS
1st Dan REYNOLDS
2nd Nick CHANDLER
3rd Shane DAVIS


The Mega-groms hit the water with the energy and flair that we have become used to seeing, their enthusiasm is pretty contagious and you can’t help but feel like surfing 1ft waves for 8 hours. Matt Banham and Alex Miller fought it out for first with Matt narrowly winning, with spins far ahead of his time. It was a close battle between the Camerons for 3rd but it was Cameron Wilson who scraped in. I’m pretty sure everyone watches these kids all day jealous of their energy, they surf their heat then free surf all day until their noses are bright red. Keep the froth alive mega-groms!

GROMMETS
1st Matt BANHAM
2nd Alex MILLER
3rd Cameron WILSON
4th Cameron DRAKE

Jesse was my pick for the final just because he surfs whaley almost as much as Daggles, but Harry Sarin was ripping and proved me wrong. My other hot tip for today’s final was Zac who came in third showing his skills are improving faster than my facial hair, (which is quick). Pretty sure this whole division will be stepping on some toes next year and beating the older guys when they move up.
CADETS
1st Harry SARIN
2nd Jesse MULHAM
3rd Zac DURYEA
4th Garry MORRIS
5th Eugene HEAD-TOUSSANT
6th Henry BAIRD

The talk about last weeks strike was still on everyone’s tongues and Greg cut out all the nonsense and just surfed too good for everyone. Mal and Tony were close on his heels but Greg never really looked like losing, with his son Dan taking out the Opens final there has been talk of some form of corruption but in my mind everyone is just jealous that the Webster family proved they are the most talented father/son booger combo this side of the Brooklyn bridge.
GRAND MASTERS
1st Greg WEBSTER
2nd Mal LEYDON
3rd Tony RABBIDGE
4th Paul MACE
5th Andrew MILLER

As always thanks to everyone who turned up and stayed around all day judging, cooking, making jokes and helping pack up. Thanks all the parents who make sure the contest happens, and thanks to anyone who actually reads my banter. Above are some photos from the day shot my Cameron Farkas, anyone else with photos from the comps can send them to me at timboreham@gmail.com

Peace

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