WOW! Massive congrats to Jake Jensen on winning 20 Beach race today. Top battle between the top guys. Haven't got any other updates yet but have got the following,

Jake 1st 14ft LE 23" Naish
Dave Kissane 2nd 14ft Starboard Canoe/ace
Sam Parker 3rd " "
Paul Jackson 4th Fanatic 14ft
Travis grant 5th NSP/ DC 14ft


Waiting on girls results

X angie

you beauty , well done Snake every one is so stoked for you mate , none more than me yeeeew.

Congrats Jake..

What model SB canoe was it that came second?..

DJ

angie pangi said...

WOW! Massive congrats to Jake Jensen on winning 20 Beach race today. Top battle between the top guys. Haven't got any other updates yet but have got the following,

Jake 1st 14ft LE 23" Naish
Dave Kissane 2nd 14ft Starboard Canoe/ace
Sam Parker 3rd " "
Paul Jackson 4th Fanatic 14ft
Travis grant 5th NSP/ DC 14ft


Waiting on girls results

X angie

"14' Starboard Canoe/Ace" a new way to describe that board!?!

Don't think the 2013 Aces have landed yet. Tall blonde woman must be Terrene.

angie pangi said...

PTWoody said...
Don't think the 2013 Aces have landed yet. Tall blonde woman must be Terrene.

Nellie was 1st
Alison 2nd

Don't know anything else

X

After the battering Ali got in the shorey ending up 200m south of the start, it's amazing she even finished the race - absolute respect for her persistence and determination.

Pic's later.

You paddled well too Sam.
How did you find conditions? Not much wind I heard, so tough conditions?

32 starters / 32 finishers - fantastic result.
The GPS's showed it was about 25km - and it was bit of slog.
There were some great stories from the mid/back packers.
Lots of cameraderie and encouragement to ensure everyone got across the line.
My hero for the day was big Mal Sawers sacrificing a couple of minutes by helping some girl to get back on her on ski. Someone else told me about it...not Mal.
Jake was exceptional. About 5 of us hit Long Reef together and, with 7km to go, Jake put the pedal down and just took off - we all had no answers. Great effort mate.
Nellie - congrats. A very lucrative day for you. Ali - cannot believe what happened to you - and to finish only 2 mins from the lead - legend!
And - very quietly - Vanessa Smith snuck into 3rd place only 2 mins behind - massive improvement through the season.
Thanks heaps to all the Queenslanders who came down to support the race. We don't race often so it is staggering to see how close it was in the end. Stevie Morrison finishing 6th which almost makes it a tie in the NSW/QLD thing - but Jakie winning probably gives it to QLD on a countback.
I'll try to put together the unofficial results and times tommorow. Otherwise go to the Oceanseries site - they usually get them up pretty quick.
Dave

Everyone who competed today should be so proud of themselves.

The conditions leaving Palmy were less than ideal and getting out from the beach was hard to watch let alone be involved in.

To use that much energy then regain composure for 25km of ocean was inspirational for me - so thank you.

I couldn't get down for the finish but after watching you all set off, I ventured to Longy and grabbed some shot's however you were all a LONG way out which made it tough for me with the overcast conditions.

Here's a video I put together - too many photo's to post individually.

My partner took a heap with her 'you beaut' SLR and I'll post them when she's got them ready.

Again, well done all - massive effort guys / girls, awesome sport and proud to be involved.

A big thank you to Dave Kissane for organisation of the series and Rod from Starboard for all of his work on the beach.

Thank you Starboard and WINDSURFNSNOW for all of your prizes and support. Also a big thank you to Sam Parker who has given a lot of us mid fielders advice, support and lent boards throughout the series. Your help and support is appreciated.

What a race. I snuck out straight through the waves and was unaware of the carnage in the shorebreak behind. Ali Cat did very well to charge through the field after her severe punishment in the shorie.

As Kissa said, lots of personal battles going on midfield. I fell at the start before my paddle even hit the water so I should have taken that as a sign of things to come. I spent the first half of the race battling Evan Green, Neelie Brown and Luke Ratcliff until I finally managed to pull away and chase Casso. I pulled about 300 metres in on Casso and then I must have hit his force field. As soon as I got within 50 metres of him I would fall. I'd catch up to within 50 metres again and I'd fall again. Casso did fall once, and when he saw me I did notice his paddle rate go up a bit. We both struggled through the Curl Curl chop and I was extremely glad when I staggered up Freshwater Beach.

Happy to finish and with the overall series result.

Well done all to finish, looked like a bit of a slog. Having said that I was supping out home and was going to paddle out to you for a bit of a gee-up.
Apart from been way out you all went past so quick I could tell I was too slow to cross your paths. So thought better of it. Fun waves!
Great work.

paul.j said...
Well done to Jake!! He smashed it!! Dave and sam also showed they have what it takes to mix it with the best. The race was well put on we all really enjoyed the day even if someone did pay laurie to fudge the forecast!!LOL
Just for anyone wanting to do anyevents in sydney it was a very easy day trip for us Goldy guys so for the next big race down there it would be great to get more people down to it.

Jacko

Always going to be a few boards to rent also so you can just worry about the flights.

Jacko, was there a reason why you rode HRS Fanatic and not carbon ?

Wondering if you thought a little weight advantageous over lightness or similar.

supanimal said...
Jacko, was there a reason why you rode HRS Fanatic and not carbon ?

Wondering if you thought a little weight advantageous over lightness or similar.

Hi Chris,

Jacko's stick was fresh little proto not a stock production board. Plenty of carbon there just hidden under a different paint job.

Sam.