Well winter came early, last Saturday when NSB held their monthly club contest with high winds, heavy rain and solid waves greeting the crew for what turned out to be a great day of surfing. In what was a first for the club who picked up and moved down to the big shed and it proved to be a winner with the extra protection keeping everyone dry.
The roll up was solid in all divisions, with a massive amount of interest in the 18’s draw, which was great from a club point of view. After an intense battle it was down to the final and it was pocket rocket Nathan Munro who carved his way to his 1st win of 2009. His impressive performance saw him net 12.50 including a 7 point ride and that was enough to secure the win over run away series leader Max Brokman with Jesse Francis a standout in 3rd and Adam Frigo 4th.
The Opens had class written all over it , a lot of the Kirra Teams Boys turned out as a warm up and it took an awesome performance from Max Brokman to claim his 1st ever Open win. The natural-footer was outstanding during the final posting a 8 point ride that included some serous turns and a nice air. With the pack chasing he then grab a nice back up of 5.5 to take the win from Tristan Mc Caffery who was stoked to be back in the fold after a couple of months overseas. Coming in 3rd was Heath Irving , 4th David Hislop, 5th Arnauld and 6th Ollie Ingham.
The action was electric in the girls department with Lauren Mc Aleer in red hot form in the 16’s girls final posting a massive 15 point out of 20 to claim the win from an ever improving Tori Levett with Sophia Bernard and Jodie Randall rounding out the final. It was a Mc Aleer double with Sister Kate taking the 13’d girls win from Emily.The Open women’s saw Sam Walker bounce back winning the final from Jesse Horin and Ashley Maaka .
Congratulations to all in the new mini grommets in the club great to see so many new faces, the 12’s final saw Louis Dowling rain supreme but he wasn’t alone in the ripping department with Zac 2nd , Toby 3rd and Will 4th in what was a great look into the future.
It was a battle of the Jacks in the 14’s final , Morrison outlasted an impressive Andrews with both showing plenty of flare, coming in 3rd , 4th and 5th was Sam, Malachi Scruse and Tom Mc Caffery.
Last but not least was the elder statesman the B Grade, The final saw a late entry from my mate Bullman , and it must be said he was surfing great and it took a mighty effort from Tai Rophia to take the win from him , a disappointed Jan couldn’t buy a wave ended up 3rd with Wazza Randall claiming fourth after forgetting that dropping in was a no no in a final, It was worth it though with the wave running down the line for the ‘MR’ look alike , 5TH went to Shaun , 6th to Ronny Wong and Dazza Speight took 7th .
Again it was a great effort from the whole gang setting up and packing down and remember every member has to judge 3 heats an event.
Next event in 2nd weekend of March
See ya thier.
Dimmy