RIP Ryan McCurdy

A GREAT ambassador of the club, an EXCELLENT bodyboarder and most of all a GREAT BLOKE.





RIP Ryan McCurdy

MBC 2009 Expression of Interest

Hey guys

This is just a quick one to let you all know that Mandurah Bodyboard Club will be back and going strong next year.
John Barker is going to be the new president, with help from Chad Abbott and myself on comp days.
What would be really helpful at the moment is if you guys could please get back to me here, via mandurahbodyboardclub@hotmail.com or on the myspace page myspace.com/mandurahbbc to let us know if you would be keen to compete next year.
We are just trying to work out numbers for next year so your replies would be very helpful.
So let your mates know and get them to log in a put their names down.

Thanks again guys, have a happy Christmas and safe New Year and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

Cheers

Ralphy
Media Man
mandurahbodyboardclub@hotmail.com
ralfanator@hotmail.com

End Of Season Results

Hey guys

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!!! You can all go into EBB Mandurah from today the 14th of November to pick up your prizes.

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.

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

Cheers

Ralphy

MBC End of Year Pressos

Hey guys

Well the season ended on a bit of a downer with the last comp being cancelled but hopefully the end of year pressos will help make up for it.

The presentations will be held on Sunday the 26th of October, so around 2 weeks from now at the beach front park at Madora at 11AM. We will put on a sausage sizzle and some drinks for you all and we will hand out all the prizes etc for the division winners plus a few extra prizes.

We have wiked sponsors this year such as Chad & Linz at EBB Mandurah, UNITE, No Friends, NOMAD and Dunes who have thrown in heaps of prizes.

So make sure you get down there and congratulate the winners.

Could you please email/call/sms/myspace me to let me know if you are coming so that we can cater for everyone.

Thanks guys

Ralphy
mandurahbodyboardclub@hotmail.com
ralfanator@hotmail.com

MBC Needs Your Help

WE NEED TO FIND SOME PEOPLE TO RUN THE CLUB NEXT YEAR. I cannot do it next year so we need to find a bunch of people who are willing to help out with the club, both with the admin stuff and also running the comp days.
If we cannot find anyone willing to do it, the club will fold. There are no other clubs in WA so that means no comps for you guys, anywhere, other than states.

So, get onto your parents, the best way would be to have a group of parents willing to do it, who could take it in turns running comp days and then come together to do the admin stuff.

Please contact me on mandurahbodyboardclub@hotmail.com OR ralfanator@hotmail.com if you are keen, if you know someone that may be or you have any questions.

Ralphy

MBC Round 6, Final Round of 2008

The Final Round of the 2008 MBC Season will be going down this Saturday the 4th of October.
Get your $10 comp fee into EBB Mandurah by 5pm Friday arvo. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED
Meet @ EBB Mandurah carpark at 7AM Saturday morning, 7:30AM first heat in the water

This is the last round of the year and with all 3 Divisions being close this final round could decide the final placings in each Division.

Congrats

Congrats has to go out to Davis Blackwell and Calvin Best who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the grommets divisions over at Nationals in Port Mac. Great work guys!!!

The Right

The Right has been cracking again, even bigger than before!!! Head over to Riptide Mag for some more pics

MBC Round 4 Video

MBC Round 4 from Miller Best on Vimeo.
Video above is the Round 4 vid from Miller Best. The next and final comp will be after the Nationals that are held in mid-late September. So i am aiming for early October for the finish of the season. Good Luck to all those guys that are going over to Nationals

Funkshen Closing

As you all probably already know Funkshen is closing its doors at the end of August. Im pretty devo as im sure alot of you fellow Sandgropers are. To say thanks to all the guys who supported them over the last 9 years they are having a final sale, with custom PP boards with all features going for $350 & PE boards with all features going for $300. Get your orders in by close of business on the 29th of August and the boys will get them out to ya.

Mike Stewarts Fire

The only vid ever released featuring Mike Stewart, edited by Scott Carter will probably have the best barrel footage EVER, & i mean ever. Mike is the man when it comes to helmet cams, the bumble bee etc so i will guarantee you now that there will be some sweet footage in this. Perth premiere is on the 25th of October.

Round 5 Pics

All pics by Chris Scaddan

MBC Round 5 Results- A Bit Late

Round 5 of the MBC 2008 season, presented by EBB Mandurah, No Friends Clothing, UNITE, Nomad & Dunes went down in waist to chest high waves at Singleton on Saturday the 9th of August. The waves were pretty average for competition bodyboarding but all the competitors tried hard and busted out as best they could.

The A Division final was the first final into the water. Chad Abbott surfed extremely well to take out his third 1st placing for the year. Chad utilising his many years of local knowledge snuck into a few good barrels on his way to the win. This gives him an almost unassailable lead of the A Division & Club Champion awards heading into the final round of competition. Coming in a close 2nd place was Lane Stampalia. Lane stroked into a few tidy barrels during the heat and managed to combine these with some big rolls and inverts. Following very closely behind Land in 3rd place was his brother Aiden Stampalia. Aiden, like usual, surfed with a very smooth style and showed off some very powerful forward and reverse spins. Taking home 4th place was Aiden Price who was competing in his first comp for the year. Aiden busted a few big rolls but could not find the high scoring waves he needed to place higher than 4th.

The guys in the B Division final once again surfed with a great deal of skill and explosiveness during the final. Taking home 1st place was George Humphries who picked off the bigger bombs and surfed them with a great deal of skill, executing numerous powerful spins and rolls on his scoring waves. 2nd place went to Mr Consistent Cameron Dicks. Cameron has placed in every comp this year and looks like he may challenge for the B Division Title. Like usual Cameron launched numerous large rolls clear of the lip in taking out 2nd place. 3rd place went to the recently crowned State Champion, Calvin Best. Calvin showed why he is the State Champ with some committed moves off the bigger closeout sets. 4th place went to Davis Blackwell who as usual surfed with a butter smooth style. Davis could not find the high scoring waves needed in the final to place higher than 4th.

The C Grade final was the last one in the water. Taking out 1st place with a dominant display was Jake Ellis. Jake returned from B to C Grade for this comp and his improvement was on show for all to see. Jake carved some very powerful reverses on the way to 1st place. Taking out 2nd place was Declan Genge. Declan has shown a steady improvement this year and this showed with some high scoring rolls. The Margaret River charger could be in with a chance of taking out the C Grade Division with some very consistent showings in the last few rounds. 3rd and 4th place had to be split with the Official MBC Count-Back. Karl Mungar and Scott Spencer scored exactly the same wave scores and could not be split on count-back so the Official MBC Count-Back system was called in to split them. Karl took home 3rd place after successfully beating Scott on the Best of 3, Rock-Paper-Scissors Official MBC Count-Back system.

The Winner of the inaugural $50 ExpressSesh was Lane Stampalia who busted out a massive invert in the hour long ExpressSesh. There was some pretty amazing surfing that went down during the ExpressSesh, with many riders looking to the future with numerous flip variations whilst many looked to the past for inspiration with some sweet take off rolls, reverse rolls and rollercoaster riding.

Arica Chilean Challenge Day 2

The Arica Challenge has to be the best bodyboarding comp on the planet. Check out the footage below to see why. Rawlins owns it!


Arica Chilean Challenge - Round 2 from Rhyees W on Vimeo.

Watch This

Do yourself a favour & watch this. It is as good as bodyboarding gets and you can easily see why BP is a 2X World Champion.

BOOM! Ep 2.1 NMDtv Indo Trip- Ben Player Profile from Waldron Bros Production on Vimeo.

MBC Round 5

Round 5 will be going ahead this Saturday the 9th of August.

There will be light offshores & the swell should be around the 2/3m mark so there should be some fun waist/chest high waves.

If you want to compete you need to get your $10 comp fee into EBB Mandurah by 5pm Friday arvo (or contact me by then). There will be no late entries.

Meet @ EBB Mandurah car park at 7am Saturday morning.

Hoodies are being printed this week so i should have them to you by next week, fingers crossed. Sorry for the delay guys but the gas shortage pretty much stopped all the printers in Perth so they have been on hold for about a month now.

Arica Chilean Challenge

Arica Chilean Challenge - Round 1 from Rhyees W on Vimeo.
As you can see the Arica Challenge has been going down in some cracking conditions. There are still a bunch of Aussies in the draw, including Ben Player, Ryan Hardy, Winny, Rawlins and Showell. Check out IBA for live coverage

Beyond Industries

Beyond Industries is a local WA based clothing company that will be putting some sweet looking threads in the shops this Summer. Owner & designer, Sam Kerr, is a local bodyboarder so make sure you get behind him when his stuff hits the shelves.

MBC Round 5

At the moment, Saturday the 9th of August is looking pretty sweet for Round 5. I will let you all know by Wednesday if the comp is on.

MBC Round 3 Video

MBC round 3 from Miller Best on Vimeo.

Here you go, the long awaited Round 3 video, filmed and edited by Miller Best.

Brendan Newton Retires

Im dissapointed but as the the title reads, yes, Brenden Newton has retired from being a Pro Bodyboarder. Hopefully he made the decision based on wanting to do something else rather than money problems etc.
I hope that we will see him back in the big stuff again one day.

Unlucky

I feel pretty sorry for you guys that are in Bali at the moment. There is a cracking swell running & you cant surf at Uluwatu or Padang due to the standups holding the Rip Curl Search comp there. Rip Curl have outdone themselves this year, they have searched far and wide for new and remote waves, didnt find any, so went to a 3rd world country, threw buckets of money at them, remove all the surfers from the water for around 2 weeks and run a comp for 40 guys who could all probably buy the island themselves with the amount of money they earn from sponsorships.

Unlucky guys, hopefully Bingin/Impossibles is OK. Thats if they arnt fenced off too

EBB Pro

Well the EBB Pro went down in some pretty fun beachies down at Smiths last weekend. Coming out on top was Michael Novy. Winny came in 2nd, with Hardy placing 3rd. Local Ben Delfs who you can see busting a rather massive backflip in the pic above ripped it up all day but couldnt push higher than 4th in the final.
The DK was taken out by Trent Sanford (big DK turn above), with Kim Feast 2nd, Mark Boehm 3rd and Liam OKeefe 4th.

States got blow out, so it has been re-scheduled for this Sunday back up @ Scarbs again.

MBC Round 4 Pics.... Artistic?????

A bit more of an Artistic angle was used by Bunyip in these last pics. Turned out pretty good i reckon.

Round 4 Sequences; Hands Bros

Ryan Hands Rev Seq

Dylan Hands Barrel Seq

The Hands brothers put on a bit of a show at the recent Round 4 comp. Both surf amazing and here is the proof

All sequences from Jackk Bunyan

More Round 4 from Jackk Bunyan

Brenden Clark on a cracker

Brenden Gabel flipping out

Brenden Gabel slotted

Chris Steffaneti lining up



All pics were taken by Jackk Bunyan

MBC Round 4 Pics

Here is the 1st pics from Jackk Bunyan of the recent Round 4 comp. As you can see there were some crackers going through unridden all up & down the beach.

Relations

A few more pics from Chris Scaddan featuring cousins Ryan Donavon (pic 1 and DK in pic 3) and Shaun Stoneman (pic 2 and dropping in pic 3). Both guys surf really well and pretty much look exactly the same in the surf, hence the reason i did not recognise either.

MBC ROUND 4 Results

Round 4 of the MBC 2008 season, proudly presented by UNITE went down in the best conditions of the year at Singleton on Sunday the 20th of July. The thirty plus competitors were initially greeted by a very cold & misty beach that upon clearing revealed some very fun waist to chest high waves with some bigger head high sets. The big blow during the week had formed some really nice banks that offered up numerous barrels and ramps for all competitors. The quality of the waves allowed for a very high level of surfing with all finals being extremely close and numerous 10 point rides being awarded.

The C Grade final was the first one in the water. Impressing in only his 2nd competition, Brendan Clark took home 1st place. Brendan launched off everything that came his way during the heat. He landed numerous big rolls but topped it all off with an 8 point invert. Coming in a close 2nd place was Scott Spencer, also in his 2nd comp, who showed off his smooth style with a couple of spin to roll combos. Coming in 3rd place was Mr Consistency Ben Harman. Ben has placed in every comp this year so looks like a good chance of taking out the C division championship. Once again Ben landed some big rolls and managed to sneak into a little barrel in the final. 4th place went to Margaret River man Declan Genge, who looked a little more comfortable in the bigger surf on offer. Declan attempted a few ARS’ during the final but could just not stick the landing.

The guys in the B Division final were next out into the surf. The B Division final was once again action packed with the younger guys taking every opportunity to launch clear of the lip. The heat proved to be the closest final all year with 2nd through to 4th place having to be separated by a count back. Coming in a clear 1st place once again was Cameron Dicks. Cameron, like usual, took every opportunity to launch well clear of the lip with some massive rolls and inverts. 2nd place on count back went to Chris Steffaneti who surfed with a butter smooth style. Chris’ reverse spins were very powerful and this combined with some neat roll combos handed him 2nd place. Unlucky in 3rd place was Calvin Galbraith. Calvin managed to sneak into a few small barrels during his heat but was extremely unlucky to lose out on a count back decision. George Humphries like usual surfed with a lot of power for one so small. He managed to string together a few spin to roll combos but like the other two had to settle for a count back decision to determine final placings.

The A Division was the last final into the water. The level of surfing in the semi finals was amazing and this continued into the final where two 10 point rides (to go along with the 2 from the semis) were handed out. Competing in his first MBC comp for the year, Ryan Hands made up for lost time, taking home 1st place with a combined wave total of 18 out of 20. Ryan picked off one of the bigger sets, rode the barrel for a few seconds before launching a massive invert out into the flats. That ride earnt him 10 points. His second scoring wave, an 8 pointer was another long barrel followed by a big ARS. Brenden Gabel followed closely behind in 2nd place. Brenden surfed numerous high scoring waves, the highlight being a long barrel to massive roll, which earnt him 8 points. Coming in 3rd place was Aiden Stampalia who as usual surfed with an extremely smooth style. Aiden managed to score a 10 point invert in the final (and also in the semi final) but could not find the other high scoring wave needed in the final to place higher. Coming in 4th place was Dylan Brand who managed to string a few spin to roll combos together but could not get the bigger set waves needed to place higher.

MBC ROUND 4

George Humphries

George Humphries on a cracker

Well Round 4 went down in the best conditions we have had this year. There was a consistent swell and light offshores for the whole comp. Waves were around the waist/chest mark with a few bigger sets thrown in (when we could actually see them through the mist) with good shape for the whole comp. I will post results later but to keep you tied over until then here are some pics taken by Chris Scaddan.

MBC Round 4 This Sunday

MBC members have until lunchtime tomorrow (which is 12pm Saturday the 19th of July) to register and pay your $10 comp fee @ EBB Mandurah for the comp on Sunday the 20th of July.
If for some GOOD reason (none of this "I cant be bothered driving into Mandurah") you cannot get into EBB Mandurah by then you can contact me (again by lunchtime). Comp rego cut off is at 12pm tomorrow.

NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE TAKEN

Meet @ EBB Mandurah carpark @ 7am Sunday morning.

3m swell, light offshores, UNITE prizes, what else do you want????

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30% OFF selected DVD titles......huge selection!

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EBB Pro/States; New Comp Area

The EBB Pro and 3rd Round of States that is to be held next weekend (25th-27th July) will now be held at the Yallingup end of the South West Cape rather than down in the Gas Bay area.
So that means any number of breaks including Smiths, Supers, Rabbits, Bears and Injidup could be used.
If you havnt entered yet you can find the entry form at SurfingWA or EBB

Donks

Hey guys i would recommend having a look at Donks' blog. He is a sick surf photog from West Oz but lately has been spending time over in some of the worlds conflict zones, mainly in the Middle East taking some pics to show the world what is occuring there (like the one above). Very ballsy and congrats to him for following his dreams. Stay Safe Donks

Dodgy

The pic above is of a dodgy fishing boat that has run aground at the take off zone at Padang reef, one of the best reefs in Indo and perhaps the world.
All the crew bailed and ran off onto the mainland and left the boat and its contents (illegally taken fish) to the locals. Safe to say there isnt much left on the boat as its all been taken by the locals who im sure will put it to good use.
There is a fair bit of oil and diesel leaking from the boat, so hopefully it doesnt affect the area too much.
It doesnt appear to have affected the waves too much though as the local Padang comp was still going down.

Round 4 presented by UNITE this Sunday

MBC Round 4 presented by UNITE will be held this Sunday the 20th of July.

$10 comp fee needs to be into EBB Mandurah by 12 lunchtime on Saturday. NO LATE ENTRIES will be taken. If the $10 comp fee is not into EBB Mandurah or i have not been called/msgd by 12 lunchtime on Saturday you will not be competing.

Meet @ EBB Mandurah 7am on Sunday morning.

Expect consistent waist/chest high waves with a few bigger sets (head/head+) thrown in for good measure. There will be light offshore winds pretty much all day too so all up a pretty good day for a comp.

All division place getters will receive UNITE clothing.

Ben Player #1

Ben Player has taken out the SIC for the 2nd time in a row over the weekend. Coming in a very close 2nd was Ryan Hardy, 3rd went to Sth African Marc Mcarthy with John Showell placing 4th. The comp was held in rubbish conditions (thats putting it lightly, put it this way, every MBC Round this year has had better waves) with mushy knee/waist high waves running accross the Island.
Anyway, that puts BP right in the running for his 3rd World title, so good luck to him.
There are two comps over in Sth America, then 3 in Europe in the next few months so hopefully BP and Hardy can keep surfing well & bring another world title to Oz.

Underground

Hey guys, lately, myself and Bunyip have been logging onto the Riptide forum and have been showing the guys on there how good some of you guys really are. The site has pro riders drifting through and a few have commented on some pics and vids we have put up of you guys. So if your name is Brenden Gabel, Davis Blackwell, George Humphries, Dylan Brand, Ryan Hands, Aiden Stampalia, Alex Halsey, Calvin Best and a few other guys i suggest you have a look at the forum topic and also might want to think about sending me some pics/vids etc that i can put up for ya.

EBB Mandurah-More Specials, Straight from the Horses Mouth

Im slashing 20% to 30% OFF 07/08 board models at EBB Mandurah!

Got to make room for new ranges that will be arriving in a few months so take advantage of the huge savings and grab a bargain this School Holidays!!!

Excludes 08/09 models that have just recently started to arrive.

Basically all the boards on sale are marked so everyone knows whats what.

FREE copy of Transfer DVD with every board purchase! (while stock lasts)

Enjoy!

Chad Abbott

SIC Final Rounds

The SIC will most probably wind up on Saturday. There are 7 more heats to run, but the swell is looking a bit dodgy. Anyway if you are keen to have a look, tune in around 1pm (high tide isnt till 4pm) on Saturday for all the action of the final rounds.

MBC Round 4 Presented by UNITE

The 4th Round of the MBC Season, presented by UNITE is scheduled for next weekend, the 19th/20th of July. I will let you all know which day the comp will be held by Wednesday next week.
Remember, all the prizes for this round are from UNITE, so there will be shirts, hoodies, hats, etc for place getters plus a few more for Wave of the Day & Move of the Day.

States: Round 2

The 2nd Round of the WA States went down in pretty epic conditions last weekend. Sunday had some cracking waves at Scarbs with some pretty high scores going down. There were a few competitors from the club that went up and most of them surfed really well and came home with placings.


OPENS
1st Alex Halsey 2nd Joe Jordanoff 3rd Rod Ferguson 4th Brenden Gabel

WOMENS
1st Lauren Williams 2nd Rio Clark 3rd Kirby Smith 4th Sarah Robinson

DK
1st Kim Feast 2nd Mark Boehm 3rd Liam O'Keefe 4th Chad Abbott

JUNIORS (U 18's)
1st Ryan Hands 2nd Alex Whitehead 3rd Ryan Donovan 4th Tom Morris

CADETS (U 16's)
1st Aiden Stampalia 2nd Dylan Brand 3rd Dane Robilliard 4th Brydyn Vivian

GROMMETS (U 14's)
1st Calvin Best 2nd Davis Blackwell 3rd Mark Shearman



So congrats to all the members of MBC who did well up at the States. The final state round is going to be held on the last weekend in July down at Gas so there should be some more cracking waves for the final round.

SIC Round 1 Completed

Round 1 was completed on Saturday with a few big names going missing. The following guys are through to the next round.

Guilherme Tamega
Airam Cabrera
Mark McCarthy
Jonathan Vega
Oliver Herrera
Amaury Laverhne
Ryan Hardy
Pierre Louis Costes
John Showell
Max Arent
Mitch Rawlins
Mike Stewart
Christian Riguccini
Ben Player
Dallas Singer
Magno Oliveira

Well my tip for the comp got knocked out early so look out for the past winners in Tamega, Stewart, Player and Hardy but i reckon McCarthy, Showell and Amaury are right up there too.

Check out the vid below for some highlights of the first round.


I hope you all made the most of the conditions yesterday, there were some decent waves going down along the whole coastline, so hopefully you got into it.

Best Time of the Year

Seeing as though its my birthday today i thought i will post something about me. This time of year, for me, is the best time of the year. The San Fermin Festival is about to start over in Pamplona, Basque country, Spain and the bulls are going to start charging down those streets from the 7th of July. This time last year i was there and was lucky (stupid???) enough to run in one of the runs on the 8th of July. I was cruising the net when i found the picture above, from last year, and spotted what looks to be myself over near the wall. Not 100% sure it is me but im gonna claim it anyway.
Anyway if you get the chance to get over there and run, do it, you wont regret it.

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SIC Heat Draw

Heres the heat draw for the 2008 SIC. Some pretty stacked heats, especially #4 and #6. My tip for the title is Uri Valadao, but he has a pretty stacked heat first up too. There are plenty of West Oz riders competing so lets hope they do well.
Saturday may see the first heats in the water. Check here for the live coverage.

HEAT 1
Red Uri Valadao
White Guilherme Tamega
Yellow Dave Ballard
Blue Airam Cabrera

HEAT 2
Red Jeff Hubbard
White Mark McCarthy
Yellow Jonathan Vega
Blue Brad Hughes

HEAT 3
Red Amaury Laverhne
White Oliver Herrera
Yellow Chris James
Blue Michael Chapple

HEAT 4
Red Pierre Louis Costes
White Dave Hubbard
Yellow Wesley Fischer
Blue Ryan Hardy

HEAT 5
Red Luis Villar
White John Showell
Yellow Garth McGregor
Blue Max Arent

HEAT 6
Red Hugo Pinhero
White Mike Stewart
Yellow Mitch Rawlins
Blue Chad Jackson

HEAT 7
Red Ben Player
White Paulo Barcellos
Yellow Christian Riguccini
Blue Charlie Chapplet

HEAT 8
Red Magno Oliveira
White Dallas Singer
Yellow Ben Gohl
Blue Jones Russell

States

States are this weekend up at Scarborough. There will be some decent swell this weekend so there should be some pretty good competition going down. There are a number of MBC members competing including Chad Abbott, Brendan Gabel, Ryan Hands, Dylan Hands, Davis Blackwell, George Humphries, Dylan Brand and a few others (sorry if i have not put your name down). So if you have some spare time on the weekend, why not get down there and check it out. Sunday lunchtime and arvo is looking the goods at the moment so hopefully the finals will be run then.

SIC Trialists Confirmed

The Trials were completed over the weekend and the following competitors will be entering the big event.

Wes Fischer (Sth Africa) 1st
Mitch Rawlins 2nd
Ben Gohl 3rd
Jonathon Vega (Canary Islands) 4th
Ryan Hardy
Brad Hughes
Chad Jackson
Jones Russell
Michael Chapple
Max Arent
Airam Cabrera (Canary Islands)
Charlie Chaplet (Re-Union Island)

Good to see Hardy back at it, and also WA getting good representation with Hughes and Jackson also getting through. It wont be the same without Kingy, Winny and Lester competing though.
Ah well, the waiting period starts tomorrow so tune into this website for the live feed of the comp. According to Ben Matson at Swellnet, the comp will probably get under way later this week and into the weekend as there is a decent pulse of swell due later this week.

Check the highlights of the trials below.

SIC Trials/No6 SIC

The No6 Brett Young Shark Island Trials start today and go on through to Sunday. There is a bit of swell around Cronulla at the moment so there should be some decent waves for them to compete in today and maybe tomorrow. There is only 1 ozzie (Ben Player) in the top 16, so fingers crossed a few of them (such as Rawlins, Hardy, Winchester etc etc) make it through the trials and into the final gig.
The SIC waiting period starts on the 1st of July, so not too much longer now. Keep your eyes on this website for live webcasts.

Heres some footage of last years SIC, which Ben Player won, to keep you entertained until this years challenge starts.

Flying Sharks

This is pretty hectic, some tourists were on a Shark boat i assume in South Africa when one of those jumping noahs decided to jump onto the boat. This is real by the way.

Pororoca-Longest Wave in the World

Check out vid below of a few guys surfing the longest wave in the world, the Pororoca. It is a tidal bore, that with the right conditions forms in the Amazon River. If you want to skip straight to the surfing start the vid at 4 minutes. Check the hold-down one of the guys gets!

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More Pics

Calvin Best on a smoker

Brenden Gabel slotted

Aiden Stampalia lining up

Dylan Hands on a bigger set

????

All pics were taken by Chad Abbott, if anyone knows who is on the cracker in the last pic please let me know

Decisions, Decisions

Another pic from Jed Currey showing the judges at work. Rory Nelson from the newly formed MidWest Bodyboard Club (closest), Ralphy with the laptop, 3rd judge Sean Coffey (in the eskimo suit) looking rather cold and Dylan Hands getting ready for his next heat. And the headless chook in the black EBB wetty is George Humphries

More from Round 3

A nice little barrel sequence of Aiden Stampalia, taken by Jed Currey

Round 3 Pics

Cameron Dicks??? slotted

Shaun Stoneman, Style Spin

Shaun Stoneman again, on a nice one

All picks are by Jackk Bunyan
There are a few more on the way so be on the lookout.