TassieSUP "Winter" Classic 2020
The Winter Classic kicked off with free surf Friday, Dave & Hamish scored a shed full of empty clean head high pre comp waves at Roaring Beach. Saturday wasn't looking quite so good with not even a ripple at Pirates Bay, so the call was made to move the surfing to the home of SUP/The SUPer Bank/Carlton River as it was looking like the only option for any sort of contestable wave. Entrants were greeted with an ordinary waist high wave, but the as the day went on the and the heats were surfed it grew to a clean chest high wave with rides over 150m in length giving SUPers plenty of opportunity to impress the judges. It was very hard to seperate the scores with some very close surfing and everyone getting plenty of waves with it coming down to the wire with many split decisions deciding the winners.
James Davies took the triple crown taking out the Open, 0/40 & 10' divisions.
Sunday saw Mick Hawes take out the tech race at pirates bay, with the marathon canceled due to adverse conditions.
Big thanks to the beach crew and also Lufra Hotel & Appartments for their hospitality.
Open
1.James Davies
2.Mat Steele
3.Andrew Bowes
4.Dave Banks
0/40
1.James Davies
2.Elaine Chu
2.Barry Vaughan
4.Mat Steele
5.David Strickland
0/50
1.Geoff Harling
2.Dave Smith
3.Andrew Bowes
4.Dave Banks
0/70
Tony Leitch
10"
1.James Davies
2.Dave Smith
3.Barry Vaughan
4.Hamish Robinson
Tech Race
1.Mick Hawes
2.Geoff Harling
3.Dave Smith
SUNDAY 27/09 Flatwater Paddle
Soft Downwinder this Sunday
5 Mile Beach to Dodges Ferry, forecast 20kmh Westerly, start 11.00 at 5 Mile beach rec area, if you need to car shuffle meet at Dodges Ferry School and be ready to leave at 10.30.
Bring a wing if you have one, but too shallow for foils.
A small, but keen crew turned up for Sunday's 1st paddle of the season with many been put off by the snowy conditions. After a miss calculation of the tide meant needing to walk 1/2 way to Midway Point before we found some deep water and then headed off on a very sunny 9k paddle with some wind assistance and only the last 1k requiring any real effort and forcing Mick & Geoff into the walk of shame. Tony elected to "wing it" and looked like using the oyster racks as a slalom course, but somehow managed to stay out of trouble this time. Next flatwater paddle October 25 + maybe a bonus paddle before then.
Photo credit to Roz.
Select to expand quoteSummer Surf Series R1
The call has been made and with warm offshore winds and a good swell we will be Surfing at Little Canada. Meet at the Carlton Park Surf Club, checkin closes 8.15 with the 1st heat in the water at 8.30
Enter now.
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Summer Surf Series
R1 kicked off today at Little Canada in some of the best conditions seen at a Summer Series. Newcomers Dave B & Hamish R showed the old guard a thing or 2 and pushed each other all the way, but at the end of the day there was very little to separate the surfers with several tied scores. Big thanks to judges, Roz our photographer and our new series sponsor SMIK.
Don't miss R2 17 January 2021
Results
Dave B 3720
Hamish R 3720
Geoff H 3460
Dave S 3440
Mat S 3340
Steve C 3180
Chris W 2800
Mick H 2440
James D 2440
Tony L 2440
SMIK Summer Surf Series
R2 ran once again at Little Canada with plenty of overhead closeouts on offer to test the endurance of the crew, but there were also a few diamonds for those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. The SUPers that stayed on for a free surf after it was all over managed to get the best of the waves as the tide dropped, but too late to add to their scores. Big thanks to SMIK the series sponsor and judges, especially Chris W.
R3 will run on 14/2 and 31/1 is our next flatwater paddle.
Hamish R 4000
Steve C 3360
Dave B 3460
Mat S 3440
Chris W 2686
Dave S 2686
Mick H 2332
Tony L 2332
James D 2332
Summer Surf Series R3 14 Feb
There's still time to enter the series and every SUPer wins a prize. Thanks to our sponsors SMIK & also Mikie @ Australian SUP Life we have a warehouse of gear to give away, maybe not a warehouse, but we will need a bigger box for it all, t shirts, leggies, caps, mugs, photo annuals and more !
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Sumer Surf Series R3
The SUPer Bank turned on some waist waves this morning and the big crew that turned up didn't waist anytime tearing them apart. Matt, Geoff and Dave all with new boards seemed to have the edge over the others and it showed in results at the end of the day. Big thanks to our sponsors SMIK, Australian SUP Life, judges and Roz for the pics. Don't miss R4 March 14 as everyone will take home some merch and will be in the running to take out the series.
Matt S 4000
Dave S 4000
Geoff H 3720
Dave B 3720
Hamish R 3440
Steven D 3440
Chris W 3180
Grant C 3060
Mick H 2920
Steve C 2800
Tony L 2800
James D 2680
Great conditions for this morning's Huon River cruise with Lisa getting into her rhythm on the new board.
