Who where the grinners?

well starlet gc was the winner in my books.. i would like to know where all the spectators were though. one longboarder and a confused short/long/sup boarder were there...but nobody else. thought more sup crew would be out checking all that went down. oh well i guess its just easier talking about it on seabreeze

The bank was way out and from my view there was some good surfing happening. Winter nah still boardies stuff how good is thatNo bbq what the I was keen to munch

And a beer or two! What were the results?

In the over 40's final 1st Andy Smith (NSW) 2nd Ritcho 3rd Piros 4th Pete Dorries With Andy being from NSW myself & Ritcho qualified for the Aussies , pretty stoked. The mens was such a battle with all the talent in the field , it was a long day with heats , quarters , semis then the final. Dogman was on the mic all day just cracking up the crowd , classic calling at it's best The girls final was so good to watch they just charged it in changing conditions. Another professionally run event by surfing Queensland , the scoring was different to other contest with scores going to more big moves than length of ride , so dish panning was thick and fast along with big rail turns and bucket chucking.

Ladies were - Shaq Jenny Ryan Ali Ange

its anthony smith and he is an other great sup rider to come oringinaly from macmasters beach on the central coast...

i dropped in to have a look in the arvo. the best sup comp waves i've seen on the goldie. not big, just nice clean contestable waves for change. sup comps here are usually jinxed for some reason

I wore my GPS out in the water with the heart rate monitor on for those of you who care!! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/197253264 Pretty funny, not quite sure what was with the super high heart rate at the end! maybe it was me hearing Billys score!! LOL

looks more like 4 or 5 waves just 2 were longer than the rest???

yeah pretty sure 5 waves, crazy how the heart rate was the highest when i was on the wave surfing. Good to see surfing is really just like training as well!!

Yep Surfing is a great workout for your racing> Your so focused on the waves and having fun you don notice the workout. Been a comp your not stopping for a rest or slowing down to cruise out so its a top work-out.

Go Smitty! Good to see him doubling with a win in the 40s and the Kingscliff Amateur Division! Looks like he gets a start in the Aussies after reading the Qld Surfing website... Meanwhile, Anthony Smith (Cabarita, Qld – 14.67) caused an upset for the local contingent in the O/40 mixed gender division, outpointing Steve Richardson (Currumbin, Qld – 11.27), Robert Pirie (Sorento, Qld – 9.73) and Pete Dorries (Elanora, Qld – 8.10) who finished second to fourth respectively. Cabarita must be in the hazy Qld/NSW catchment zone too, good to see!

Great to meet you and Mac on Saturday and finally put faces to the breezers!

what a good comp but where was the after party with bands n booze and the odd taco stand what i saw at the comp thru my beer googles was a very hi level of surfing going down from everyone and i mean everyone .....ripping it and i think qld dont have too much to worry about at the aussie titles this year in all divisions unless something like a "mysterious bug" goes thru there camp and wipes them all out........... which can be arranged the event was blessed with great waves for the entire comp with not even a dud heat that had nothing on offer hats off to the surfing queensland motley crew for doing it tough trying to pick a compeditor from free sup'er at times during the morning with the intence glare from the sun and fresh hangovers......not my finest moment in my life losing my sunnies the day before it was great to sitdown and "spray crap at everyone" via those lovely bose speakers and i got to watch everyone having crack out in the water ...........till next time everyone ps. if you see me rolling around in a gutter along the goldcoast strip in the next few days just give me a pat and a good kick up the butt to move me along

Hope the Maroon Skarf comes in handy on those cold early mornings at Minnie. You know who's on the Golden Days/Power of the Paddle commentary team??. Great work on the Mic Roger,glad I got on the loosers bus early and didn't wait for the BBQ/beer