Contest Results and Club News

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Gold Coast Bodyboard Club

(Coolangatta Bodyboard Club Inc)

Newsletter   12^th October 2008       Duranbah

“The Grand Finale”

It was back to D’bah for our final comp for the year after spending and eventful week at Port Mac, where a number of our Club riders took out Finals.  Tom Rigby was the standout for the week, taking out the Port Mac Pro in fine style.  Adam Rose took out the DK Pro event, Dane (Poppy) Pope the Nationals DK title and Thorpe Waluew the National Groms title.  Congratulations to you all and also to all Queensland competitors who attended Nationals.  You all put Queensland on the map as far as competition Bodyboarding goes.

There was an air of excitement for our final comp and everyone was amped to do their best in an effort to take out the title of Club Champion in their respective divisions.  But there was even more excitement to come with some very special guests in attendance.

The Grand Masters had dusted off boards and fins to show Gen Y how it is done and they did not disappoint the milling crowd.  The big names were out there and went something like this.

Mel Rigby (Tom’s Dad) - 5^th place 1983 Coolangatta Bodyboard Classic.

Trevor Ross (Aussie Sports Images photog and supporter of GCBC) – First man to EVER pull off a full spin.

Allan McFarlane (Tom’s Dad) – Man who has dated Madonna.

Bret McAskill (Dylan’s Dad) – The only man ever to kill a great white with his bare hands.

These guys went all out with perfect 10’s scored by Mel Rigby and Bret McAskill showing the crowd that they can still visit the Green Room.  We hope to see you back more frequently next year as the spectators were animated through your performance.  Well done. 

The excitement gained momentum through the day when the tide went out to give us some beach for a Fin race.  It was on for young and old as they lined up to sprint the beach to the finish line with fins a blazing!!    We did give little Jack a 5 metre start but he was right there at the end milling it up with the big guys.  Well done to all and also to our winner, Jacob Hough, who walked away with a sweet pair of Limited Edition, fins donated by BSC Coolangatta.

Preso Night plans are set in stone for November 8^th @ Calypso Tavern where all Club Champions will be announced and also the winner of the Trip to Hawaii, sponsored by BSC Coolangatta.  Further details will be emailed to all members within the next week but keep the date free for a look back on a successful year for GCBC and more. 

We will also be sending details and dates of our AGM very shortly and hope to see all members and parents there to add their input into the club that is run for them.  So stay tuned.

Special Award gift vouchers from BSC Coolangatta were awarded to:-

Kev Gil  – Wipe Out of the day -  Judges and crowd decision – it was Awesome.  Hope your OK Kev?  You accepted your gift voucher so I guess you are just fine.

Mel Rigby – Grand Masters Winner – Not sure if your board modifications are legal but the scrutineers will be on sight for the first round next year.

Dave – BBQ Chef Extraordinaire – with limited amenities Dave managed to feed the multitudes in fine style along with our usual little helper Jack.  Thanks heaps guys cos without your help our club would not be what it is today.

BSC gift vouchers this month were also awarded to the winners in each division with results being:-

Grand Masters

Mel Rigby

Bret McAskill

Allan McFarlane

Trevor Ross

Grommets

Dylan McAskil

Cadets

Lloyd Vernals

Thorpe Waluew

Jordan Putland

Eric Roy

Juniors 

Tom Rigby

Sam Boulton

Marshall Hobbs

Josh Bell

Mens

Miles Mueche

Stevie Lloyd

Adam Sillars

Morgan Waluew

Opens

Results were sealed and sent straight to the Auditors

to tally prior to Presentation Night on November 8.

DK

Stevie Lloyd

Corey McLean

Tom McFarlane

Dane Pope

On a closing note, Mick and I would like to thank each and every one (competitors, parents and sponsors) for their support and dedication over the past year and hope to see your all back next year for what we hope will be even bigger and better.

Stay tuned to  www.qabonline.com for further updates on Preso, AGM and signups for next year..

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY  BSC and Unkown  

Check you all soon at Preso.

Cheers

Deb Waluew

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THE BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS USBA TOUR

Presents

THE 2008 SCION JENKINSON'S PRO

Presented By: Verizon Wireless

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

 This years SCION Jenkinson's Pro is the 4th year to the New Jersey shores largest water sports event. As in years past the Labor Day weekend event August 28th – September 1st will provide amazing entertainment for all who attend. Highflying action will be center attraction with the USBA Sling for the Bling Jet ski assisted air show to add to the already exciting SCION Jenks Pro contest.
 
This year we are expecting to see some of the worlds best Bodyboarders attending such as new to the Jenks Pro line up Legendary Drop Knee rider Paul Roach along with Prone legend and USBA top 5 rider Spencer Skipper. Local heroes Jason Bitzer (originally from Manasquan NJ) and Mike Murphy (Point Pleasant NJ) will be attending this year's event once again and hope to fair well against the national talent pool. Jacob and brother Jonah Romero are looking to make their first Jenks Pro final and will be a force to be reckoned with from what the USBA has seen so far in 2008. With three major events capping off the USBA summer of 08 tour schedule there will be lot exciting heats and valuable point on the line for this year 2008 USBA Championship!

Jenkinson's Pro sponsors SCION, VERIZON WIRELESS and BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS all have large scale promotions set up surrounding the weekend's events. The Jenkinson's official kick off party will be Friday the night of the 29th,where you will be able to meet the top 10 USBA pros and use your cell phone text messages to your friends across the dance floor via the VERIZON TEXT N PIC system. SCION will have the Jenks Pro XB and TC cars on display at the beach and event promotional parties so if you find the Jenks Pro SCION you are sure to find the action!

More to come on this great event later in the month. For more info stay tuned to
USBATOUR.ORG for news and updates.

Event related websites;

usbatour.org
Jenkinsons.com
Jenksclub.com

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SCBC: July Results - 2008
Club enquiries - scbc@hotmail.com  Manta Bodyboards -

http://www.manta.com.au/

 Inverted Bodyboard Specialists - http://www.inverted.net.au/

Eppo's Bodyboardshop.com - http://www.bodyboardshop.com/

The Sunshine Coast Bodyboard Club (SCBC) held their July monthly bodyboard contest at:
Maroochydore SLSC, Maroochydore beach, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Conditions: 2 to 2.5 foot inconsistent waves with a 15 knot south to south east wind.

Bodyboardshop.com Gift vouchers were given to:
$20 Voucher to Lachlan Cramsie (best rookie)
$20 Voucher to Kirk Davis (standout for the day)

Results

Cadets
1 Joey Orme
2 Cobin Landers
3 Kirk Davis
4 Lachlan Cramsie

Juniors
1 Daniel Jordan
2 Ethan McCarthy
3 Micheal Carter
4 Nathan Xmas

Opens
1 Joey Orme
2 Ethan McCarthy
3 Steven Venn
4 Nick Rubesame

Dropknee
1 Micheal Carter
2 Joel Brahim
3 Nick Rubesame
4 Daniel Jordan

Happy Bodyboarding

Lloyd Llewellyn

SCBC Media Officer

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July 1, 2008

EVENT: The Senor Frog 2008 Sandy Beach Pro Presented by The Hawaii National Guard

Location: Half Point Sandy Beach Oahu

Sponsors: Senor Frogs, National Guard, T & C, Vitamin Water, Star 101.9, Wahoo's Tacos


The Sandy Beach Pro is celebrating 20yrs since it's first ever event at Half Point. Over the years the event has been run at both the Sandy Beach shore break and the famous and treacherous Half Point reef.
This year will be unlike any other with the USBA's top pros's from around the nation and Hawaii will come to battle it out in what looks to be a great south swell for the 4th of July weekend.

The USBA Hawaii Judging panel will have Sandy Beach Pro celebrates such as former World Champ Ben Serverson who was once a champion at the Sandy Beach Pro as well as Drop Knee World Champion Keith Sasaki also added to the amazing panel of Judges. This years event will provide a great experience for Hawaii's top riders as well as the traveling USBA pros to prove their worth of the sports legends.

 A master division expression session will be held Saturday or Sunday pending the optimal conditions. Names like Aka Lyman, Ben Serverson, Keith Sasaki and more look to be showing the young guns where the sport came from and why bodyboarding is what it is today!

A tentative schedule can be found below along with the event Hotline number


Dates:
Event kick off party and rider check July 4th @ Senor Frogs Waikiki 6pm

July 5th First Day of contest all divisions on call (late entries will only be taken until 7:30 and will have a $10 late charge)

July 6th Second Day of the competition Semis & Finals of all Pro Divisions

Masters Free Surf with the legends:
Event wrap up party at Senor Frogs 7pm start and award ceremony!


Webcast will be at usbamag.com/webcast

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WBA Sundowner Tiona event

This event was the best yet!
 
Sundowner Tiona, at Pacific Palms, played host to WBA's event no.3 on the weekend of June 21st.
 
The venue to say the least was awesome!!
The girls were put up in the Beach House which accomodated all of us with plenty of room to spare. We had the luxury of the beach just a few steps away from our door, and on the other side was a beautiful lake.
 
Friday night the girls arrived, everyone hung out and enjoyed a BBQ dinner followed by a movie in Sundowner's cinema room, the choice of DVD was Family Guy; hilarious.
 
The next morning, everyone was up bright and early for our 7am big brekkie that was kindly organised for us. Cereal, juice and bacon & egg breakfast rolls all round, yum.
 
After all the rain and wild weather in the days leading up to the event, we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, with crisp clear skies, and a smooth groomed swell.
 
North Boomerang was producing clean 3ft wedgey peaks and became the nominated beach for the event. The girls were frothing for a surf, so
straight out there were the AAA girls.
 
Emma Roby paddled into a tasty peak immediately after the hooter sounded, and executed a carving reverse, then into a solid looping roll, an 8 point ride setting the standard early on. Unfortuantely, Roby waited and waited for another decent wave but nothing like her first wave eventuated.
 
Kaitlin Murphy was as usual whipping into some textbook perfect spins, super clean reverses, and clean rolls.
 
Nicole Fleming hung back a little, waiting for the wider sets, but just couldn't find a decent ride, only lucking into one half decent ride, a cute little tube.
 
Lilly Pollard showed skill and consistency throughout the heat and nearly pulled a big ARS but got engulfed by whitewash on the landing. The winning rides were a solid barrel and a roll on set waves.
 
AA girls headed out soon after.
Zoe Edwards and Karleah Lang set the pace, with both catching some good shaped sets.
Karleah found some good open face to carve on, while Zoe completed some really critical spins that the judges were stoked on.
 
The super grom of the event, Taylor Jackson, found a few fun waves on the inside to charge on and Ali Kriz joined her in the fun, even managing some nice looking spins of her own.
 
The much anticipated flipper race proved to be full of canarge at this event.
At the start, Karleah and Zoe collided, the result of which left Zoe grounded while the other girls raced on to the finish line.
Ali Kriz galloped to victory, claiming the coveted pair of Propel fins as a prize.
Meanwhile, Zoe was claiming foul play and was sporting a bloody gash in her mouth. The slow-mo replay on the video camera revealed that Zoe tripped  into Karleah's pointy elbow.
 
The girls finished the glorious day with a freesurf out the front of Sundowner Tiona, where they were joined by hundreds of playful dolphins.
 
The presentation dinner was awesome, with lots of yummy nibblies and everyone was able to look at the photos from the day.
 
Hooda, Manta, Turbo and Sundowner gave away some wicked prizes for the finalists, and the raffle.
 
The winners of each division scored themselves an awesome custom made Hooda jumper, you're mad not to check them out at www.hooda.com.au
 
Erinn from Sundowner took home the grand prize of the raffle which was the Manta Mist bodyboard. Erinn was super stoked.
 
Sundowner also donated the ultimate prize to the WBA girls -a 5 berth accommodation for the WBA girls to use at Sundowner Port Maquarie during the National titles! Sweet.
 
Sunday morning the girls headed down to the Sundowner Conference room for the yoga session and womens empowerment workshop. Everyone felt fresh and rejuvinated afterwards and headed home.
 
A huge thankyou to Erinn Fergusson and Simon Luke from Sundowner. Also to Clayton Pickworth and John Pollard for helping out on the day, and to all the girls for their support and making the events so much fun!!!
 
Thanks to our sponsors TURBO, MANTA, SUNDOWNER, NO CLONES AND HOODA for their support.
 
Results:
 
AAA
1st Lilly Pollard
2nd Kaitlin Murphy
3rd Emma Roby
4th Nicole Fleming
 
AA
1st Zoe Edwards
2nd Karleah Lang
3rd Ali Kriz
4th Taylor Jackson
 
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1st Taylor Jackson
 
Story by Lilly Pollard and Emma Roby
 
www.fluidzone.com/wba

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Maroubra Bodyboarders Round 3
 
Event #3 for the year was held in 3ft waves, with a gusty westerly making
things interesting for competitors. Bigger swells had played with the
outer banks, so waves were coming in a little fat before hitting the
inside and wrapping into some hittable sections.
Riders that managed to pick off the right ones were served up some decent
ramps, with very few wasted! Some big moves were being thrown around,
putting on a great little show for all the local folk having breakfast at
the café.
 
Results were as follows:
 
Cadets:
1st Scott Barry
2nd Matt Jones
 
Juniors:
1st Martin Rowney
2nd Pat McFadyen
= 3rd James Ambrose & Joel Bennetts
5th Jack Kelly
6th Reuben Gibbes
 
Open Men:
1st Jonatan Giacomelli
2nd Adam Souter
3rd Glen Sullivan
4th Anthony Verges
5th Richard Lornie
6th Brad Burgess
 
Masters:
1st Ian Teather
2nd Brad George
3rd Antoine Blachair
4th Mark Baptist
5th Cyrus Avesta
 
DK:
1st Anthony Verges
2nd Marc Abbott
3rd Ian Teather
4th Glen Sullivan
5th Alex Zouroudis
6th Adam Souter
 
Massive THANKS to the guys making MBB happen,
mainly "World Bodyboards" and the BSC crew for their endless support.
Return the favour, and support 'em back!
With a few months under our belt now, it’s great to see the effect that
the club has had on the local bb community after two decades going
without.
 
Next event is this Saturday, so make sure you’re there at 7am to register
and help set up our huge new tent!
 
Start stretching,
 
Dilan Carestia
President MBB 08
 
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Jun 25, 2008
6/23/08

THE BODYGLOVE BODYBOARDS USBA TOUR

EVENT: The Senor Frog 2008 Sandy Beach Pro
Presented by: The Hawaii National Guard

Location: Half Point Sandy Beach Oahu

Sponsors: Senor Frogs, SCION Hawaii, National Guard, T & C, Vitamin Water, Star 101.9, Bodyglove Bodyboards

Amateur Donations Provided by: National Guard,SCION, Custom X, Empire, Bodyglove, T&C Surf Shops and the USBA

Dates:
Event kick off party and rider check July 4th @ Senor Frogs Waikiki 6pm start (Video Premier and giveaways) all competitors welcome, 21 and older at 10pm

July 5th First Day of contest all divisions on call (late entries will only be taken until 7:30 and will have a $10 late charge)

July 6th Second Day of the competition Semis & Finals of all Pro Divisions

Masters Free Surf with the legends: Keith Sasaki, Haoli Reeves and others

Event wrap up party at Senor Frogs 7pm start and award ceremony until closing


Webcast will be at usbama

 usbatour@gmail.com