After falling a little off the pace recently wrt SUPSA we have picked things up and are moving again.

SUPSA = Stand Up Paddle Surfers Australia

Guy Walker called a meeting a few weeks back on the Gold Coast Coast and those that turned up decided to kick start SUPSA back up again.

We voted in a new committee:

Ross Munro is President
Mike Manning is Vice President
Chris McCall is Secretary
Troy Pease is Treasure
Phil Gregory is Events Organiser

This committe had a meeting last night and we are now puttng some plans into action to get things rolling. We need to get a few things in order first but soon we will be able to put into place some of the ideas that we have.

Watch this space for more details...

Thats great news Mike , you can expect alot of support from the Goldie crew. will you be at Noosa ? I'm heading tomorrow arvo after I pick up my new 12-6 off Dale.

Rob

Hopefully we can establish chapters all round the country. We are busy getting the paperwork done but we intend to be a national organisation, affiliated to Surfing Queensland (insurance etc).

It will be great to get everyone on board so that we can represent all aspects of SUPing (surfing contests, racing, social paddling, charity fund raisers etc).

Please send in your thoughts/ideas so that we get a better idea on what everyone wants from SUPSA.

Hey Guys,

We are currently getting a Vicco Contest under way in conjuction with Soul Longboarding. I am the motivation behind the event, please send me any details you may have for a Vicco Chapter.

Regards

Phill

If you guys need a hand with web site or any thing computer related give me a yell
ill see what i can do.

Warrren

Thanks for the offer for web assistance, Warren. We will definately be in touch. Can you please send me an email with your contact details?

Mags (in SA) - we should have everything in place this week so hopefully we will be good to go nationally soon.

watch this space...

I thought SUPSA stood for Stand Up Paddlers South Australia..

DJ

DavidJohn said...

I thought SUPSA stood for Stand Up Paddlers South Australia..

DJ

Same here,so what does it stand for
mac

I'm with you DJ when i first read it i thought "yeah, we've got something going in SA" But i was wrong again

Hi Guys and Gals,

At a meeting this morning it was decided that SUPSA will first and foremost concentrate all it's efforts into it's Gold Coast based members. As resources and time are a valuable commodity, the committe felt that we could not do justice to running anything but a local club at this stage. For those that have expressed interest from locations other than the Gold Coast, we encourgae you to start your own clubs and if we can assist by sharing our experiences and plans how how to get going, please feel free to contact us on [email protected]
We look forward to seeing other clubs pop up, perhaps we can get some inter club comps going, Gold Coast up against Sunshine Coast vying for the Qld Cup??????

Secondly, in a very real public forum, the committe would like to thank all those founding members of SUPSA for getting the club going in the first place, we hope we can emulate the efforts you guys put in and take it forward as you visioned.

Memebrship
Membership is now open, please email us on [email protected] and we will send back the application form. For previous members, we will email you shortly with your application for renewal. We have kept costs as they were last year with the exception of family memebership which we have reduced to $100!!! Bargain!!! We also have kept the practice of supplying all adult members with a club t-shirt, although for the kids we may have to look at something like a SUPSA Sun Smart Hat due to sizing issues with the little ones.

Program for this year
The calender of events will be out shortly. Our first event is set down for Sunday the 19th of April 2009. That's the Sunday before the kids head back to school after school holidays. The format is a Open Day / Membership Drive where we are inviting ALL industry folk to come along and display their wares, whether it be boards, paddles, SUP Schools etc, everyone is welcome to participate. We have compiled a listing and will email details shortly to the industry folk but please feel free to contact us directly on [email protected] if you want to participate. The day will start at qaround 8.00am and wrap up around lunchtime with a BBQ sponsored by SUPSA.

The overall aim of SUPSA is to provide a vehicle for all people interested in Stand Up Paddling to get together and spend a morning together and have FUN. SUPSA is for Stand Up Paddle Surfers, Flat Water Paddlers, Distance Paddlers and everyone in between. It can be your club, all you need to do is support it.

Any queries, please send email to [email protected]

Thanks

Chris