In what was a first for NSB, last Saturdays add on club round saw members compete in the tough ‘’Surf Tag’’ format and the overall feedback was positive with everyone having a great day out.
Yes there was teething problems and some teams where more stacked than others but the whole idea was for one to bring everyone together in a fun environment and build club spirit Also we wanted to give everyone the opportunity to surf what is regarded as the toughest format in surfing.
For the club to move forward it’s always good to keep the grommets and older on track with practice part of what it takes to be successful.
Its sounds easy , three waves in 10 minutes but the reality is , it’s tough trying to pick a wave that won’t shut down as most heats are separated by only a couple of points
Onto to the day , there was plenty of personal in the water as one of the bigger more cleaner swell arrived in time for the contest with waves reaching the 4 feet range on offer.
Teams for the final where
Red Heath Irving , Lucas , Jesse H , Malici , Dave
White Shaun Irving , Nathan , Jack, Lauren ,Shaun
Yellow Tristain Mac, Bodhi , Spohia , Ty , James
Blue Jan Bruun , Ronny , Emily, Seb
The final saw Nathan Munro and the white team on fire, the goofy footer posted a 21.0 total. This kid is a star of the future and one of our strongest juniors. Other to post good scores early included Ronny Wong (18.5) ,and Heath Irving (23.5) . It started to get tight during the middle stages and the white team who lead early came back to the back to the field after some of the boys got caught in the line up and couldn’t get back in the box for the tag. The final was exciting and everyone on the beach was cheering and with 15 minutes remaining an unlucky star emerged James Mitchell a late starter in team yellow produced a performance that our top guys would have loved. He kicked off with 2 solid scores of 5.0 points before unleashing on the set of the day. A series of radical turns in the pocket on the left peak that stood up right down the bank, set the crowd cheering. It was the best wave of the day and in fact the 9.5 score could or should have been a perfect 10, that’s how good it was. That wave was enough to secured there team a much deserved win. Spohia Bernard and Brodhi Atkinson were outstanding and also deserve praise.
As I said, it was our first Tag Team and I’m sure there will be many more in the future.
GREAT WORK CREW
Dimmy