Christmas is done and dusted and the New Year is just a hangover today! - so it's time to start thinking about the first big SUP Racing event for Vicco in 2014.

SUP - The Open is again part of the Frankston Waterfront Festival on January 18 and 19 - with race events for all the family - including novice paddlers who want to try racing for the first time.

This year's 10km Downwind event includes a class for novice paddlers who may have been getting in some miles and now want to test themselves.

The event is also part of the SUP Vic 2014 Marathon Championship series - so get your entry in now.

Full event details on the event website:


http://www.sup-theopen.com.au/

Shall miss it again this year - farkinjarb

im coming down ready to rock out with the bands and the hotdog stand vendor's

yewwww!!!!!

Latest forecast is for 15-20kt SW - S winds - so if the forecast prevails, the downwind on Saturday the 18th will start at Mornington - Mother's Beach and finish at Frankston.

Transport has been arranged from the event base in Frankston to Mornington, so if anyone wants to take advantage of this - please book online:

http://www.sup-theopen.com.au/special-offers/transport-booking-downwind-competitors-saturday-18th/

See you Saturday!

just packing the surftech van n trailer

ill have a few 14fters for demo on saturday,sunday

and jeff from PSUP has a few as well

Conditions looking good for tomorrow's downwind - the Dogman will be holding fort - so come on down to Frankston this weekend for the Frankston Waterfront Festival.

Congratulations to all the racers who took part in the 10km Downwind race today.

A Southerly wind was not the ideal direction for the run from Mornington to Frankston - but 32 SUPs and 2 prone paddlers all completed the course dafely.

Congratulations to Matt Nottage who flew down from Queensland, raced, won the Open Men's ahead of Heath Meldrum and Zeb Walsh and then headed to the airport to fly back to Queensland!

Belinda Stowell Brett from Western Australia won the Open Women's Division ahead of Lucy Bell from Victoria.

Mornington Peninsula brothers Nick and Chris Clarke couldn't be separated in the Masters division - crossing the line together (in what was an act of chivalry!)

Michael Jenkins took out the Over 50s Men's Division.

Here's a link to the main results:

www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=17368

Yep had a lot of fun at the Sunday races, great to be getting some vocal support from the pier from the general public while racing.
It's amazing what a little bit of applause sounds like out on the water..
Thanks to the whole crew at PSup and Tha Dogman for letting me demo the Tiger Lily Gerry Lopez (stable as an aircraft carrier)
Cheers Mel