Well done to Aussie Jake Jensen on his 4th place in Chicago race.
1st Connor
2nd Kai Lenny
3rd Ryan helm
4th jakey
5th Eric terrain
6th slater trout
Nice work little jakey!! Imagine if u actually came to training now lol
Xx Angie and roar/quantum crew
SUP Racer has Eric Terrien as 5th in the world and is inviting discussion over who is 6th at present. I'd say Jake has just shown that he, Jacko, Kelly, Beau, Lincoln, Sam and probably a few others from Australia have a decent claim on 5th spot, more so than the Frenchman.
OceanAddicts said... Dose anybody know what board Kai was using?
Kai was on a 'Limited Edition' Javelin 12'6, Jakey was on the Hollow MC production shape. Here's some pics from Jake, he's not sure whether the board will go into production or not:
PTWoody said... SUP Racer has Eric Terrien as 5th in the world and is inviting discussion over who is 6th at present. I'd say Jake has just shown that he, Jacko, Kelly, Beau, Lincoln, Sam and probably a few others from Australia have a decent claim on 5th spot, more so than the Frenchman.
My feeling is there will be some moving around in the whole top 6 this year as i know all the boys have steped it up lately and are set for a huge year!!
Here is how it went down,
RESULTS: Knockout Beach Sprints
FINAL
1st: Connor Baxter
2nd: Kai Lenny
3rd: Ryan Helm
4th: Jake Jensen
5th: Eric Terrien
6th: Slater Trout
Consolation Final
1st: Fernando Stalla (7th overall)
2nd: Bart De Swart (8th overall)
3rd: Zane Schweitzer (9th overall)
4th: Annabel Anderson (1st women's division)
5th: Jen Scully (2nd women's division)
6th: Ian Jacobsen (10th overall)
Semi Final #1
1st: Kai Lenny
2nd: Jake Jensen
3rd: Ryan Helm
4th: Zane Schweitzer
5th: Bart De Swart
6th: Ian Jacobsen
Semi Final #2
1th: Connor Baxter
2nd: Slater Trout
3rd: Eric Terrien
4th: Fernando Stalla
5th: Annabel Anderson
6th: Jen Scully
Massive effort, well done Jake. As Jacko said I think if they do a top 12 in 2012 it will be heavily populated by one specific area, especially the top end.
OceanAddicts said... Dose anybody know what board Kai was using?
Kai was on a 'Limited Edition' Javelin 12'6, Jakey was on the Hollow MC production shape. Here's some pics from Jake, he's not sure whether the board will go into production or not:
Is it just me or does the limited edition look about a foot longer?
In the first photo .
Congrats jake well done
OceanAddicts said... Dose anybody know what board Kai was using?
Kai was on a 'Limited Edition' Javelin 12'6, Jakey was on the Hollow MC production shape. Here's some pics from Jake, he's not sure whether the board will go into production or not:
Is it just me or does the limited edition look about a foot longer?
I think you'll find it's an optical illusion. Looking at the two shots above, the first one has the LE look longer whereas in the second, the production board looks longer.
Did a bit of a summary of the new board: http://www.supracer.com/naish-javelin-le-12-6-race-board/
Basics: 15% narrower and 23% less volume than the current 12'6" shape.
The hollow core 12'6" (the other board in those photos, which isn't even in stores itself yet), is going to be less than 9kgs, so this new one should be super light.
As for the Top 6 Of 2012 (So Far...) http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=328819903868734&set=a.247807045303354.60319.152153771535349&type=1&theaterhttp://www.supracer.com/best-sup-racers-of-2012-so-far/
I think Eric really deserves his spot at #5, though it's hard to compare because there hasn't been a single race this year where all five of those guys competed (...these rankings are only for races in the first 6 months of 2012).
Jake, Jacko, Beau and Kelly all have a claim on #6 right now. By the end of the year any one of the Currumbin crew could be (and probably will be) Top 3.
Those four guys are probably all Top 10 at the moment though. If you add in Travis and Jamie, then you've got at least half of the world's truly elite paddlers within a 10km radius. Not bad!
...and to get this thread back on topic: Awesome result in Chicago for Jakey. Hopefully he can beat Ryan Helm (how'd you let a Mexican beat you?!) in the Long Distance today and take Top 3 overall.
Results just in from Monday's Long Distance race:
1st: Kai Lenny
2nd: Connor Baxter
3rd: Slater Trout
4th: Eric Terrien
5th: Ryan Helm
No word on where Jake finished yet...
Down to 4 degrees Celcuis this morn and still 20 paddlers at training.
Thats cold for Gold Coasters. Melbourners would probabably be sweating.
Now we are starting to get more girls than guys, so look out on the international scene as the ladies start to bring home the bacon....
Pete Dorries
ROAR/Quantum Coach
Jake came in in 6th spot!! Would have liked to see him on the same board as Kai and seen how much difference that would have made for him!!
Hopefully Naish can get him on one of those more boards soon.
BTW I thought i saw that carbon Naish board at the supermarket today 
