1. The Wind - we are keeping a close eye on the forecast wind conditions for the race and have the ability to change the race course to suit the wind direction - we have buses and trailers to transport competitors to and from the intended start/finish locations. We'll be sending out a race briefing document to all competitors who have registered online by August 8. 2. The Dogman - is coming! and will be holding a clinic on Friday the 10th of August for interested parties. 3. Will Anido - fresh from his success paddling from Molokai to Oahu - is coming to show us how to paddle! 4. A social get together will be held at the Rye Pier Restaurant on Saturday evening August 11 - all competitors, friends, family etc welcome to come along and meet Will and the Dogman - and everyone else! 5. Bay Temp - 11.6deg - for those coming from NSW don't forget the booties! Looking forward to hosting the NSW and NZ crew here - see you on the weekend.

Dogman has arrived with a trailer full of Surftech boards - if anyone is around tomorrow - good chance to come and demo try some of the new race and surfboards. Hopefully the hail and rain that came with the Dogman will be gone tomorrow and we can get out on the water.

Why does that not surprise me!

Siad in my best "Jack Sparrow" voice why is all the rum in Vicco gone?

Hi breezoids... Im down here at shoreham atm a few fun but really wind affected waves out front.... Don't think I've sat in a car for this long watching the surf... Too scared to pull on my 2mm wettie and go out... Combo of 30knts cross wind and being a northerner whoooos bag!!!! Hope the wind backs off tomorrow but then cranks for the races on the weekend.... Good pies down here!!!!! Pt woody sorry mate I won't be racing on the weekend for our rematch.... Lol.... Waves are looking better as the tide comes in here... Fingers crossed for tomorrow Ps anyone got a 4/3 xl wettie they want to loan me ..... Rock on .... Yewwww

Welcome to sunny Melbourne Roger.. It's the hyperthermia capital of Oz right now.. I think we are going to need an ice breaker ship to clear a path in the water for us to be able to paddle.. DJ

Welcome to sunny Melbourne! You picked a ripper day to dip your toes in vicco waters...here's a couple of phone pics of the light inshore wind chop from the clifftop at Half Moon Bay (our local flat water training ground) when I got off the train at Sandy after work this arvo bit wintry, might settle a bit for Sunday's race

Weather forecast for Port Phillip Bay local waters Saturday 11 August Winds South to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas 0.5 to 1 metre. Sunday 12 August Winds Southerly 10 to 15 knots turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots during the day. Seas Below 1 metre.

"Positively tropical". We just arrived after a 12 hour trip and put the beer on the verandah to get cold. Swapped the lead with Ange and Mal from the central Coast all the way down. Have now got trailer envy. Getting the Fluor ready for the RPS fashion parade

Welcome to Vico. It was great meeting you yesterday - thx for letting us demo some of the boards. Hope the weekend goes well, enjoy the weather, the bay is colder than shoreham!! ;).

Go Cam

1 Cam Hosking. Over 40. 14 foot. 55:50 2. Luke French. Open men. 14 foot. 59:00 3. Will Anido. Over 40. 14 foot. 1:00:25 4 Warwick Lee. Over 40. 14 foot. 1:00:47 5. Paul Harrington. Over 40. 14 foot. 1:02:19 6. Micheal Jenkins. Over 50. Unlimited 1:02:50 7. Jean Ringrose. Open women 14 foot. 1:03:54 8. John Engel. Over 40. 12'6. 1:05:52 9. Mal Sawers. Open men 14 foot. 1:05:53 10 Justin Ormonde. Over 40. 14 foot. 1:06:08

Hey John, you seem to be missing Zeb who finished ahead of me.

Thanks everyone to coming to the Mornington Peninsula and making the weekend such a great success - especially to the NSW crew who made the long journey. Official results for the 10km Downwind are available on this page: http://www.supwinterclassic.com.au/events.html Official results for the 1500m and 6km races today will be available on the same page later this evening. See you all next year! - and not forgetting the Dogman and the Wolfman!

Thanks Phil - great to see you, Kristi and Neesha for the event. It's on the calendar for next year. Also, thanks to Robyn and Ian from Nutgraphics for doing the photography. Some shots from the downwind can be viewed here: http://www.nutgraphics.com/page16.htm

Everyone knew who was in the top 10 paddlers and roughly how that would turn out. The real fun and entertainement was in the mate against mate or in some cases boy against girl rivalry going on. Kristi and Jono always fight out the juniors and it becomes a game of cat and mouse much like the LJ Torana versus the GTHO Falcon Bathurst days of the 70s. The Falcon V8 would roar away on the straights and the little straight 6 Torana would catch it in the corners. Yesterday Jono would be flying along downwind and get a lead followed by Kristi with a smaller frame who has the advantage into the long head wind stretches all in all they are pretty closely matched. In the 6km they got close to the beach with seconds between them Kristi stumbled in the shore break tripped the the victory was Jono's. Beaming smiles all round follwed by next race is mine, a really healthy fun spirit. In the 1k sprint Kristi cranked it up a notch in the headwind leg and won the race again only by a few seconds, still smiles all round a handshake and discusion about who's going to take the next race at the next event. If like us you sat on the racing sidelines for a while remember there is always someone in your age / class that is in it for fun or racing at your level. Grab a demo board and give it a crack, but beware its very adictive. Phill