QABONLINE website

Just letting you guys know that the all new QABONLINE website for the
Queensland Association of Bodyboarding and its affiliated clubs,
Sunshine Coast Bodyboard Club, Gold Coast Bodyboard Club and
Headlanders, has now been launched, and will be jam packed with
information for the 2009 Competition year and lots more very soon.
 
 
Kind regards
 
Jaymie Jones
Web Administrator
Queensland Association of Bodyboarding
 
P: 0433 094 776
E: admin@qabonline.com
W: http://www.qabonline.com/

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THE 2009 USBA GRAND SLAM CHAMPSIONSHIP TOUR

11/24/2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    With the end of the 2008 USBA season, tour organizers and the USBA riders board members have accessed the successful 08. The USBA board with much deliberation has come to the decision to follow a new format being used by the IBA (International Bodyboarding Association) its umbrella organization.  The new format dubbed  "Grand Slam Tour" will allow both USBA and IBA athletes to compete at large venues both abroad and in the US with less travel time/cost holding greater impact at each of it's prestigious events.

    The "Grand Slam" model has been adapted from several high profile sports including Tennis and Golf. The USBA Grand Slam 2009 will work towards stimulating the growth of the sport whilst maintaining a realistic pace for competitors schedule chasing the National/World Titles. By focusing on three major events in the US the USBA tour will have the opportunity to concentrate all it's efforts into these venues bringing a higher value to both the athlete and sponsor through larger media and onsite presence at the nations premier Bodyboarding venues (Huntington Beach Pro,Sandy Beach Pro and the Jenkinson's Pro). All three major Grand Slam events will be held during the summer months to maximize media exposure and also make it feasible for Amateur athletes to meet the travel requirements.

Along with this new schedule will come a slightly new point schedule, prize purse break down and requirements for our regional events!

Definition:

    Grand Slam event: A large-scale event, 1 per US region totaling 3 Grand Slams per year. This event counts as 1000 points on the USBA tour and a rider must compete in all three events to have a legitimate shot at the US national title. A Grand Slam is run via the USBA with no outside organization

    Regional Event: Is a smaller scale events ran either by the USBA or sanctioned event organizers. All events count for 500 points on the national tour and 1000 points for CA, East Coast and Hawaii regional title tours simultaneously. Currently there are 6-scheduled regional event for 09 seasons to be held in NY, Fl, HI and CA in 2009!

A total of four events will count for the year, which means a rider must do one regional event per year to get his fourth counting event with a maximum of 3,500 points total for a USBA Grand Slam season!

Note: A 2009 schedule of events is attached to this email. All dates are tentative and will be confirmed by the USBA's first scheduled event the dual sanctioned IBA/USBA Pipeline Pro!


For further information please contact Jason Bitzer tour director at
usbatour@gmail.com or 808-255-8671




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2008 Club break-up Presentations will be held at 8am 13^th December 2008 at La Balsa Park, Point Cartwright.

Happy Bodyboarding

Lloyd Llewellyn

SCBC Media Officer

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MANDURAH BODYBOARD CLUB FINAL NEWSLETTER

Here are your MBC 2008 Division winners. As you can see the competition was very close this year with the B Division top 2 having to be separated by Countback. Congrats to all you guys who took out Division placings and well surfed this year!!!

C DIVISION

1st Jake Ellis (200 points)

2nd Declan Genge (180 points)

3rd Ben Hardman (140 points)

4th Scott Spencer (120 points)

B DIVISION

1st On Countback Cameron Dicks (280 points/2 1st placings)

2nd On Countback George Humphries (280 points/1 1st placing)

3rd Davis Blackwell (180 points)

4th Calvin Galbraith (140 points)

A DIVISION

1st Chad Abbott (360 points) (MBC Club Champion)

2nd Aiden Stampalia (340 points)

3rd Brenden Gabel (180 points)

4th Joint Michael Grainger/Lane Stampalia (120 points) Could not be separated by countback


I would like to take this final oppourtunity to thank our sponsors, major sponsors, Chad and Linz at EBB Mandurah and our other proud sponsors UNITE, No Friends Australia, Nomad and finally Dunes. Our sponsors threw in a heap of gear and prizes this year and without their support we would not have a club.

Thanks for a good season guys and hopefully you all get behind your new president and keep MBC going strong.

Thanks guys

Ralphy

mandurahbodyboardclub@hotmail.com

ralfanator@hotmail.com

0439519742


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THE BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS USBA TOUR

Presents

THE 2008 SCION NYBB PRO

Presented By: Verizon Wireless

SPONSORS: SCION, BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS, MARRIOTT HOTEL & VERIZON WIRELESS

Amateur tour sponsor: EASTCOASTBODYOARDS.COM

  The final day of the 2008 SCION NYBB Pro Presented by Verizon Wireless was nothing short of an amazing event. Mother Nature was the events best friend today as tropical storm Hana had moved off the coast of NY providing swell and offshore/cross shore winds for the first round of the Men's Pro.

            Starting off the contest was a focused Jeremy Wright who progressed through his heat with ease, along with a Puerto Rico's Jorge Colomar. In heat two of round one Jason Bitzer seemed to have a field day with the solid conditions linking a barrel to roll to barrel combo and a solid invert to back up his first wave for the win. Miguel Ochoa of Long Island did his home town proud placing second to an on fire Jeff Hubbard who was keeping the level of surfing high through the event. An upset went down with three Californian riders going down in round one. Rusty Friesen, Ray Machado and Justin Crossman all could not find their rhythm and were sent back to NYC to enjoy the rest of their vacations. Willy Petrovick (HI), David Phillps (HI), Sean Kircher (NY) and Brian Stoehr (MD) all put together solid performances pushing them through to the quarter final round. Hawaiian hero Jonah Romero was not as fortunate and was left on the beach to watch his brother Jacob advance into the next round.

In quarters the local talent had started to loss their steam after great first round efforts. Names such as former East Coast Champ John Heyman and famous photographer Matt Clack along with local charger Tim Seif (all from Long Island), where taken down along with NJ talent Ryan Wade.

 Just prior to the Semi final heats the winds had shifted more west making the offshore conditions more textured and difficult to read.  This left riders like Jason Bitzer( NJ/HI), Miguel Ochoa (NY),Sean Kricher (NY) and Brian Stoehr (MD) off their game. Jason and Brian finished 3rd and 4^th in their heats respectively, both not finding the second score they needed to advance.

Miguel Ochoa had put in a solid run of maneuvers with dual rolls on a set wave but it was not enough to oust Jeff Hubbard and Jacob Romero of Hawaii. Placing 4^th in the Semi Finals was Sean Kricher who after having a great event thus far seemed to fall victim to the wrong place wrong time syndrome that comes part and parcel with wave selection and contests.

            The all Hawaiian final was an all out slug fest, with Willy Petrovick striking the first blow in the form of an ARS to Roll/Spin combo. It took riders ten minutes to counter Willy's first nailed attempt and it was Jeff Hubbard's "Gorf" (inverted air forward spin) that put him on the board behind Willy's stronger first wave. David Phillips soon after answered with a cleanly rotated air reverse followed by a back up wave of ARS to Roll. Willy again put together an ARS to Roll combo that had him in the lead with two similar scores for both his waves. Jeff still needing a back up score was in tricky position as the time winded down. David Phillips found a smaller but clean faced wave to find his back up score with an ARS to Roll which had him in close proximity of Willy's top two. In the final two minutes of the final Jeff Hubbard snagged a medium size left set wave which he tore to shreds from his first bottom turn. It was an ARS (Air Roll Spin), spin to roll to spin combination that set him up for his second consecutive win at the SCION NYBB Pro presented by Verizon Wireless.

            With the results tallied it was Jeff who lead the webcast out as the winner thanking the USBA sponsors such as SCION, Bodyglove Bodyboards, Verizon Wireless and Eastcoastbodyboards.com for the support over the past 4 years along. The USBA signed off the webcast with a shot of Jeff calling his wife heather to inform him of the win while young fans lined up for his signature!

This was another great year for an amazing event and The USBA would like to thank SCION and Verizon Wireless for making it possible again in 2008.

USBA STAFF  
 

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  Day one of competition at The SCION NYBB Pro presented by Verizon Wireless saw overcast conditions and a fog layer line the sky. This had left organizers scared of possible rains of low visibility heading into the Drop Knee Pro and Amateur rounds.

As the morning hours rolled on the fog rolled out and provided a fun 2-3ft-background swell from Ike and Hanna (Hurricanes) that the Amateurs and Drop Knee USBA Pros took apart. The normal standouts progressed through the drop knee rounds with Willy Petrovick (HI) finding his stride as he worked his way to the final. Willy also had a strong presence in the Stand Up division, which was comprised of the most competitive field seen yet outside of USBA Hawaii events. Brian Stoehr and Jeff Hubbard came up with strong performances in the semi finals that had them once again make the NYBB Pro Drop Knee final for the 3rd year in a row. Jacob Romero was able to keep it consistent landing him in his second Drop Knee final of the year. In the finals of the DK Pro it was a hard snapping Jeff Hubbard who ousted fellow Hawaiian Willy Pertrovick for the win. Following their solid performances was Brian Stoehr who made his second appearance in the finals during the past two northeast USBA events. Jacob Romero who was on the ball through out the day could not keep his rhythm in the final and settled for forth place at days end.

    Heading into the Open Amateur heats there was a few new NY faces that caught the eye of the judges today. Dave Fava and Nick Andosca where amongst a crew of NY riders that where making a push into the later rounds. It was much of the same into the 13-18 Amateur divisions with a strong NY presence. However it was New Jersey's Dilan Druz along with Kauai's Travis Smith who led the entire field all the way to the finals. In the Finals of the Open Am it was Travis Smith (Kauai HI), Dilan Druz (NJ), Miguel Ochoa (NY) and Brian Vitalo (NY) in that order first to forth, all of which put on a show from heat start to finish.

    The 13-18 divisions was just as competitive if not more so then the Open Amateur division and once again it was Travis Smith who took out Dilan Druz the current US Amateur Champion in the final by a small margin. Following the two top seeded riders it was Billy Murphy (NJ) and Pat Camden (NY) who rounded out the competitive division. With only two more events on tour it will be a close race between our two top contenders Dilan Druz and Travis Smith for the USBA Amateur National title in 2008.

    With Saturday looking to have sub par weather and surfing conditions organizers have opted to resume competition the final day of the waiting period on Sunday in hopes to catch the swell forecast to arrive tomorrow onward with very solid swell headed our way!


Stay turned to USBATOUR.ORG for more info on the event and also usbamag.com/webcast for webcast starting Sunday morning 8 am (EST).


USBA STAFF

Results

Open Amateur
1. Travis Smith
2. Dilan Druz
3.Miguel Ochoa
4.Brain Viatalo

Amateur 13-18
1. Travis Smith
2. Dillan Druz
3. Billy Murphy
4. Pat Camden

Drop Knee Pro
1. Jeff Hubbard
2. Willy Petrovick
3. Brian Stoehr
4. Jacob Romero

Stand up
1. Willy Petrovick
2. Brian Stoehr
3. Jonah Romero
4. Ryan Wade

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THE BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS USBA TOUR

Presents

THE 2008 SCION NYBB PRO

Presented By: Verizon Wireless

SPONSORS: SCION, BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS & VERIZON WIRELESS

Regional Sponsors: EastCoastBodyboards.com, NMD, VS, Empire, Ally Sporting Goods, Ay! Caramb Restaurant, Original Skates & UnsOund surf

The 2008 SCION NYBB Pro presented by Verizon Wireless started its waiting period today and was put on hold for a possible epic swell lining up from Hurricane Ike. Even though there was swell on the horizon this morning it was not optimal for the USBA competitors. Event organizer Bob Baldwin opted to put the event on hold until the weekend in hopes for the weather maps to line up to the cuttent hype.

Riders such as Rusty Friesden and Jeff Hubbard have flown into town for the event with a crew of who look to add to the already competitive field. All division of the USBA SCION NYBB PRO will be on call for Saturday morning with a possible on call for Friday if the swell arrives early.

Riders please keep posted to the below sites for updated information and check in times. There are still slots left in all divisions so please email the two below emails to confirm you entry.

Email you entry to: usbatour@gmail.com and pay at paypal.com online to the same email

Please cc: all emails to nybodyboarding@gmail.com

Entry/Event info inquiries visit www.usbatour.org

Live Webcast at: www.usbamag.com/webcast

Contest Info at: www.NYBodyboarding.com

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THE 4TH ANNUAL SCION NYBB PRO SEPTEMBER 3-7 LONG BEACH, NY

Presented By: VERIZON WIRELESS

 Click here for usba webcast  NYBB Link

http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_live_chat.swf?channel=usba&auto_play=false&start_volume=25&backgroundImage=" http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_live_chat.swf         http://www.justin.tv/usba"

REGIONAL SPONSORS: EastCoastBodyboards.com, NMD/VS/Empire Bodyboards, Ally Sporting Goods, Ay! Caramba Br & Grill, unsOund surf, No Friends, NYBodyboarding.com

Long Beach, NY [Sept 31, 2008] - The 4th Annual SCION NYBB Pro Presented by Verizon Wireless will be held from Sept 3-7 in Long Beach, NY at Lincoln Blvd. With all kinds of action heating up in the tropics, this year's event will be one to remember!

Competitor registration and reception will be held at 7pm at Ay! Caramba 6 w. Park Ave in Long Beach, NY.  Entry forms and fees can be submitted in person to Jason Bitzer at the Jenks Pro, or by contacting NYBB Pro contest director Bob Baldwin (516) 987-6321 (also event hotline) or email nybodyboarding@gmail.com.

We are very excited about the prospect of this year's event which is set to go off, so come join us in New York for a week you won't forget!

Best of luck to all competitors!

Entry inquiries visit www.USBAtour.com

Live Webcast at: www.usbamag.com/webcast

Contest Info at: www.NYBodyboarding.com

Competitor Registration/Check-in: 7pm Sept 2nd @ Ay! Caramba Bar & Grill located at 6 W Park Ave in Long Beach, NY (516) 670-8100 (across from Waldbaums & Long Beach LIRR Station). 

Lodging: The Jackson Hotel is across the street from the contest area and your best bet for local lodging. Nearby hotels also include the Uniondale Marriott, Hampton Inn or Best Western in Rockville Centre, & Long Beach Motor Inn (Island Park).

Getting Here: Access to Long Beach is easy by car, plane, or train!

    * Less than two hours from Jenks by car (Garden State Expressway/Outerbridge Crossing/Verranzano/Belt Pkwy East/Southern Pkwy East/Meadowbrook Pkwy South/Loop Pkwy to end/Lido Blvd>E. Park Ave/Left at Lincoln Blvd. You have arrived…
    * 45 mins by train or car from Penn Station NYC (take the LIRR to Long Beach last stop)
    * 20 minutes by car/45 by train from JFK International Airport (JFK)
35-45 mins from Laguardia (LAG) and MacArthur (MAC), and 55mins from Newark Int'l (EWR)

Best of luck to all competitors, see you all in New York!

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Bob Baldwin
NY Bodyboarding LLC
254 Lido Blvd
Lido Beach, NY 11561

PH: 516-987-6321
FAX: 516-442-1665
EMAIL: NYBodyboarding@gmail.com

cc:

Jason Bitzer
USBA TOUR