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

The Honolulu grill was the venue the NSB Presentation night and it was great to see a packed house there to celebrate another awesome year at club level and to crown our 2008 club champions. The weather was bearable for the 1st time in days and it was our two WCT Surfers with Dayyan Neve and Kai Otton who took charge of the floor and we announced each division top four surfers.

It must be said the grommets were out in force and they really enjoyed the comedy that both the boys provided. A night like this takes a lot of effort from everyone and I would like to personally thank all those companies that donated, such epic prizes for everyone.

We gave away over 15 grands worth of prizes including 5 new custom made surfboards to our junior champions, Otto and Insight, Dayyan and Hayden, along with Aloha Manly and Warner surfboards  provided a lot of joy and we thanks them heaps.
Quiksilver , is now one of our biggest supporters and they threw in 5 grands worth of stock and vouchers for our members in 2008. Also O’Neil wetsuits, Volcom , Hurley, Oakley Sunglasses, Ocean and Earth, Dakine , Smith Sunglasses, Mambo and  Lost threw in gear .
During the year , we had a lot of success both in teams and individual contest , NSW Jim Beam team placed 2nd in the NSW event before going to place 3rd in the National final.   Also we had both Dayyan (19th)and Kai (15th)  kill it on the WCT  with both placing in the top 20 in the world.
Victor Levett made finals at the Nationals in two different divisions and will now go onto the World Masters.
In the grommets we had great success with Max Brokman , Blake Levett , Tyson Bruun, Nathan Munro , Tori Levett and Bonnie Hall all making the NSW State Junior Titles.
Lauren Mc Aleer has major success on the junior circuit and the stylish natural-footer represented at the Aussie Titles.
Other performances of note include 14’s club champion Nathan Munro , claiming his 1st major title as he out lasted a classy field to win the Hurley ‘’BL Blast Out’’.
I would like to thank my board, Wazza Randall  , Dazza Speight  , Ronny Wong  , Andy Bullman , Suzanne Hennessey for making things happen.
Our major sponsors Aloha Manly and Surfection give us so much and their money goes towards making things like the presso night happen.
Most of all , thanks to the member who believe in NSB and hopefully will do so for many years to come.
Cheers everyone, seeing everyone so happy and stoked like Sunday night makes it worth turning up each year.

Final 2008 Results
13’s Girls
1st Sophia Bernard
2nd Tori Levett
3rd Jodie Randall
4th Rosie Vanderfield
12’s Boys
1st  Jack Morrison
2nd Kyle Levett
3rd Liam Pearson
4th  Louis Dowling
14’s Boys
1st Nathan Munro
2nd Tyson Bruun
3rd Bodhi Atkinson
4th Adam Frigo
16’s Girls
1st Bonnie Hall
2nd Bronte Barham
3rd Lauren Mc Aleer
4th Ashley Makka
18’s Boys
1st Blake Levett
2nd Max Brokman
3rd Oliver Ingham
4th Tom Lane

Open Men
1st Dustin Atkinson
2nd Bill Langley
3rd Craig Barrett
4th Kaz Slater
Open Women
1st  Sam Walker
B Grade
1st  Cameron Grey
2nd Ronny Wong
3rd Dave Ansley
4th Warren Randall

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With a  clean swell on offer and most of the club top opens men’s ready to roll , Nth Steyne Boardirders held their 2nd event on the 2009 year and it was a great day out with some big scores going down in most divisions.
The Open men’s final was a cracker with Heath Irving posting 15.5 to out gun Dayyan Neve 13.5 , Dustin Atkinson 11.0 and Justin Cook 10.0 in what was a quality final. Its all fun but with $100 in cash and important point on offer all four went at it hard. Irving has now taken a sender lead in the race for this year’s crown.

Other divisions of note include the Open Women’s who turned up in great number to compete. The standard was all-time and it was Bonnie Hall who grabbed a tight victory from Jesse Horin , with Ashlee Maaka 3rd , Paige Houden 4th and Louie Smith 5th. In the 16’s Girls it was Jodi Randell who clamed top spot.
Other wins came from Max Brokman (18’s Boys), Jack Morrison(14’s Boys) ,Louis Dowling (12’s Boys) and Ben Serano (B Grade).
Other news It wasn’t our day at the Jim Beam surf tag at Narrabeen, with the team of Beau Mitchell(21.5), Dayyan Neve(13) , Dustin Atkinson (11.5) , Heath Irving(15) and Justin Cook (16.5) bowing out in the quarter finals.
It was tough but it just didn’t happen for us on the day placing third with 81.5 behind Bronte on  93.0 and Dee Why 85. but we will learn from it . The positive was the younger guys will get better in the format and Beau Mitchell again proved that he is the ultimate Tag Team surfer. The goofy-footer is truly the master posting scores of 26.9 and 21.5 in his two heats and the second score was done in an incredible 7 minutes. The only sad part for the team was the lack of support from club members, I’m sure that most knew It was on and to only have a few people shouting support was a bit lame, good on ya Timmy and Maddox , It’s important that we really get behind our teams in events like this.

Anyway see ya on Saturday
Dimmy
For any information call 0415 642 782

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As Frankie Valli put it in that classic song years ago, “O What a night” the NSB 10 Year Anniversary was just that, the biggest most entertaining night in the clubs history.

Past and current members came together to celebrate the clubs biggest milestone and to name the first 4 life members along with the team of the decade and to acknowledge the 10 Opens champions…

It was a real chance to get everyone together for a party to end all party’s and the crew  didn’t let anyone down getting into it  like their was no tomorrow.

The North Steyne Surfclub provided the back drop after a couple of solid hours of getting on it, it was time to start the ceremony and it was up to me to do my Presidents speech.

It was weird, after ten years in the top job I had so many things to say but I couldn’t quiet work out how to do it justice. This club has given me some of my life’s best moments, so I thought the best way to do it was to write a list of important things down and wind through them. Problem was when I pull my notes out; I couldn’t read them due to my shithouse hand writing.

So I did it off my head and tried to get all those moments that made what is an amazing history of this club, the wins and losses and all those funny moments that has transpired over 10 years.

For my National Jim Beam Surftag Title in 2003 was my best highlight.

Danny Sherwood and Richie Lovett were our MC’S and it was time for them to one by one get every open champion up on stage and what a list it was. I was blown away by how many great surfers had won the crown

John Gough (1998) Dayyan Neve (1999 and 2001) , Beau Mitchell (2000),  Kurt Jacobs (2001), Tristain Mac Caffery (2002), Bill Langley (2004), Dustin Atkinson (2005) , Paul Evans (2006), Heath Irving (2007).

Next it was ‘’NSB’S Team Of The Decade “’ It was hard to pick and it went through a process to get those five name but in saying that all fully deserved their spot in the team.

Beau Mitchell , Dayyan Neve , Kai Otton , Paul Evans and Kurt Jacobs all got the nod, All had been part of the clubs best team moments and it was great they all spoke on stage Dayyan more than anyone else but it was funny to watch it go down.

The final presentation was of the 4 Life Members, These awards could have gone to a number of people but im stoked with the outcome.

1st  up was me ,Adam Hennessey ,  Really for me its been an honour to serve this club and what drives me more than anything is to know that so many still enjoy it.

2nd was Tim Hanrahan , The guy has been there from day one and with out his support the club would never have survived. The major sponsor every year and someone who has surfed at both a team and club level.

3rd Dayyan Neve , WCT Surfer ,2 times open champion , member of nearly every NSB Team and the person who came to me and begged for to start the club back in 1998. Doffa has this place running through his veins, always has always will.

4th Beau Mitchell, 4 club titles including an Opens crown, Member of every winning NSB Team. This bloke is the most passionate competitive person we have, The king of Surftag is the only club member to surf in each team event from 1998-2008. More than often he is the reason our side has won so many times.

It was emotional on stage and it wouldn’t do it justice to relive the speeches in print but the best quote came from Dayyan mouth

It went something like this.
“Look this is a very emotional moment for me”

Nearly as emotional as the day Otto stole Jenny off me”

Buts its Okay now where good mates again

The place laughed so hard .

Both Danny and Richie were outstanding making it a ceremony to remember.

After all that it was time to get back into the festivities with the place kicking to Unleaded and Judd Carters band.

12pm came and it was time to exit with most heading to Manly to continue what an awesome night was out.

A lot of work went into the night and special mention to both Darren and Carol Speight both worked tirelessly in helping me get the night ready and it would not have gone so well without them

Also thanks to Andrew Bullman , Ronny Wong and Warren Randall for helping with the cleanup.

Dimmy .

View more photos from the night on the gallery page

members ;The Perfect Travel Co and the luxury boat The Midas MV are giving you a chance to win a $4000 free trip to the Mentawai’s
its simple just log onto www.theperfectwave.com.au to enter , the trip will be draw during the Mambo Pro Junior Presented by Dakine!

Members past and present are invited to celebrate ten years of NSB in what is sure to be one of the biggest nights in the clubs history.

The highlight of the night will be the naming of the clubs 1st four life members along with the naming of the “Team of the Decade”.

We plan a couple of sick speeches with Danny Sherwood the master of ceremonies

The night will round off in true NSB fashion with a couple of sick bands including ‘’Unleaded’’ rocking the house down.

Each current club member will receive one free entry with anyone else wanting to join in the fun having to buy a ticket from the club at $20.00

Grommets are welcome but they need to be with a parent or an adult.

For tickets please ring Dimmy on 0415 -642-782