Hey Themoke, the Aussie titles this year is a 4 day program starting the 15th Nov running into Saturday. I believe they are going to have swell and wind windows.
PS Personally we need to support the states and surfing Australia and continue building our relationship.

I agree Jonesy but holding the Marathon on Wednesday mid week means a lot of people just won't bother to go. You've just held a huge race on the weekend with a huge turn out. I can manage to get up there for the weekend but not mid week. Why finish the event on Saturday? Run it through to Sunday and have a wind window for the best conditions.

I agree that we need to support Surfing Australia as there is currently no National SUP body, however, there needs to be a little dialogue before some of their decisions are made..

Surfing NSW have been awesome with their event management so hopefully the organisers will do what NSW do and listen to opinion.

If you have earnt your spot in the Aussie titles its your choice to compeat or not based on the format and dates selected ..if you dont make the effort dont complain... I have been fortunate enough to make it into Qld surfing team over the last couple of years and last year Qld had an extremely poor showing in all areas of SUP which was extremely emabrrassing for our state.. say what you will about the selected location etc etc The WA team held their own and SWA and SUPWA produced the goods
Over the duration of the event
This year its in our own back yard again... in a calendar window where the surf isnt exactly known to be great... should that stop you from standing up ( literally ) and representing your state just because its mid week.. F#%k noo !!!

Pull your heads in and paddle and surf like demons to put in a good showing for your state and stop bitching

Surfing Qld do a great job as do all the other state surfing bodies
As for community events... well...that's the choice for Surfing Oz to sort out

re a new governing body....Genuinely...who has the knowledge and a good repall with the decision makers you lobby to gain funding for not for profit organisations and has a spare $100,000 to support themselves for a year or so to get a new SUP body up and going ???

The work that goes into these organisations such as SQ is not just for one person.. it will take a few people and a lot of dedication and hard work ( inc big balls ) to get it off of the ground and if you can.. well hats off to you

Ok... now I am ready to be sacrificed for my comments

Tech race has always been 12'6 which is a pain when you have to travel from the West with a 12'6 and 14 and surf SUP.
However having said that I would much prefer to use a 12'6 in the waves and although if it was a 14 class and I was in both Marathon and Tech I would only bring 1 14'er.
I'm sure most locals would end up digging up 2 different 14's, 1 for the Marathon (prob a dugout) and a wider more surfable (prob flat deck) for the Tech.

tightlines said..
Tech race has always been 12'6 which is a pain when you have to travel from the West with a 12'6 and 14 and surf SUP.
However having said that I would much prefer to use a 12'6 in the waves and although if it was a 14 class and I was in both Marathon and Tech I would only bring 1 14'er.
I'm sure most locals would end up digging up 2 different 14's, 1 for the Marathon (prob a dugout) and a wider more surfable (prob flat deck) for the Tech.

Are the States running with 14's in the BOPs then too??...Last years conditions in QLD titles would have been a handful with a 14 footers with turns in a beach break and a small tight course with lots of chop and swell wheras the Aussies in WA was 90% a flat water paddle way more suited to 14's. I guess it depends on the conditions and the course the organizers choose to setup??

Same story we read every year. If everybody is not willing to sit in a room and agree things need changing and put up their hand and help it change it never will and next year you can all copy and paste your same comments...
Maybe time for people who know the sport and have been around and have the knowledge to get together and make a change.
This is a great sport and as we have seen by the last two races in QLD (no involvement by surfing QLD) the numbers are their so maybe somebody needs to grab this sport and shake it up
Why do we have the best paddlers in world,and a tour APP TOUR do not run a leg here in this country.. has to be a reason as nobody is guiding our sport here maybe!!!!!!!
well my 2 bob worth. Start throwing the knives....

14 Foot vs 12'6 issue is progressing well with Surfing NSW. As always, they're good to deal with.