The level of the surfing was insane , Jackson close in the quarter finals was going off a perfect 10 ride and a couple of high 9,s.Those top guys are takng it to another level , unreal. Ive got some good pics of Keahi and Jackson busting some big airs , ill post later. Well done to the Goldcoast crew in the races too.

Congratulations to Shakira, Beau & Goaty and everyone who competed. Looked like you all scored nice surf conditions for National event and the standard has stepped up a lot. Well done Surfing Australia ! Bring on more photo's ..... Rich

Awesome result Goaty and Casso..Also a good indication of how high the level of surfing is in the syd sup club with you two finishing so high. Open mens was hard to watch.....hahahahah not in a bad way.....first aussies Ive missed so it was stingy me watching. See you guys soon.

Thanks appsy, yeah the opens went off!! Young Kai from our club was ripping as well, missed the semis by 0.1 of a point. He will be up there very soon I reckon. Hey Fergus, would love to see the title down in the Margaret's area sometime, I bet the local lads would shine. Loved watching the Jacko brothers.

Well done Casso & Goaty!!! Great results - soo stoked for you both. See you soon. Chucky

The man's a freak...legend effort

Pity the Jacko bro's ended up in the same semi, would have been good to see one of them in the final. Great shots from the surfing, looked totally world class! What the go with the team aussie representation? How many go to Peru for the surf division? Rob

I still reckon Dogman is the best shortboard style Sup surfer in OZ I ain't seen anyone move water and flow like him

A classic line from the dogman after presentations: "unless your fins were 3ft above the lip you coupdnt even get a 5 in the final".

I reckon he is the only guy I have seen on a SUP go near vert up the face consistently. He also has a hack in the pocket as good as anyone and chucks buckets of spray. Beau has the best all round attack I reckon and probably stands the best chance on the tour as well cause he can surf big waves and has a sick backhand.

Coming from a different perspective of the Nationals... yep great to see the amazing surfing and physical prowess of the younger elite sports people in the other disciplines at this level of competition, but also to see the "older" crew in the mix, Alain in the marathon and bop not to mention Goatie winning the surfing event then an hour later competing in the bop, together with the efforts of Johnny Tackle and Sparxy, the training required to harness the effects of the ravages of time in order to compete at this level is certainly worth complimenting and also providing inspiration for fellow old bastards to get one's act together.......

hats off to everyone that surfed and raced what a great event i got so annihilated in the race on one wave coming into the shorey i think i got an urge to wack it!!!!!! then realised i wasn't on my short board it was a better wave than anything i got in my semi after that i was in a world of hurt bit battered to the side of the head and neck. and still am.....que the violin solo pls i saw a really nasty eye wound and hope that guy is ok....heavy......and a few more knocked up melons.... fun and games ladies n gents hats off to the chicks in the race cause i saw some of the boys get fully smoked in the shories and i heard it was great watching it all go down high n dry in the peanut gallery on the beach it would have been so much better off just bagging people out via the mic for the race right about where jacko was standing at the lap marker. angie n the chick that won went past me like i was standing still.... mate they were going for it hats off to the human bullseyes/C4waterman turning markers .....lol......cant say id like to sign up for that job boys. well done!!!!! how good was the surfing shakira killed it on her backhand... noel just had a shocker and would have had a good crack if he was on his now twin fin creation after watching keahi n geoff free surfing at my home breaks for the last week i knew they were the ones to beat this year in small waves. hats off to jackson and beau for kicking their butts in the final with a brutal display of off power hacking and vertical sup surfing in onshore dribble. i had a quick go on Keahi's JP while it was unattended surfing at home mate that thing was so lively and motored along the wave like a skateboard with loose truck i so want one great to see everyones happy faces again and all the new faces friendly faces from WA and SA ....thats what makes me keep coming back can't wait to see you all again somewhere ????? sometime soon yewwwwwww dogman Geoff has also fell in love with Keahi's board and is always sneaking out for a sly wave or 10 as revenge Keahi grabbed my 11,2 surftech and owned it straight away with his ultra casual yet soooo radical approach to surfing thank god they have gone home as I'm buggered and can't keep supplying them with the endless amount of tim-tams they eat

i can't believe you(dogman) got ripped off score wise again for those masterful nose riding displays as per your vids there, that evens up the score for for the qld titles debacle at my expanse

haha your right. as they say there's____________

Looked to me like tha dogman was having a great time during the technical race,here he is about to bounce off young Kai around the inside turning mark, was great to see you having a go out there, all I could do was watch on and enjoy from the beach with the peanut gallery