Surf Report 31/5/08-2/6/08

Give tomorrow a miss, should get pretty blowy tonight and most of tomorrow, although might glass off in the arvo, maybe. Banks are sweet so get into it Sunday & Monday!!!

Sunday will be glassy early and there should be light winds most of the day. Swell will be around the 2m mark, so expect to find waves around the waist/chest region, maybe a few bigger sets. Tide will be on the way out from 7am, so waves should start to feel the bottom a bit better after 7.

Monday looks sweet, fresh offshores for a majority of the day, swell will be around the 2m mark again, so look forward to waist/chest high waves with maybe a few nudging the head region. Tide will be running out from 7:30am so watch for the waves to start feeling those banks a bit better, hit up those rip banks.

L, L, L, L, Ladies

If you would like to read up on what the lovely ladies have been up to in the bodyboarding world you can download their 3rd newsletter here. If you would like to read up on the previous issues the 1st one can be had here and the 2nd one here. By the looks of it they are tearing it up, if you would like to know more about womens bodyboarding hit up their myspace page. They even have a sweet deal going with Glenn at Turbo Surf Designs, become a member of the WBA, get 20% off your next custom. Sweet deals, get into it Ladies.

EBB Mandurah Specials

EBB Mandurah have some more special goodness for you all. They currently have 15% to 35% off selected board models and have just put a large number of clothing items onto the SALE rack. Lay-buys are welcome.
They are closed this Monday long weekend so go and say hello before then! Check them out at 3/47 - 49 Pinjarra Road Mandurah OR hit there myspace page OR email them at ebbmandurah@ebb.net.au

Bored??? Like Cheese???

The annual Gloucester Cheese Roll took place last Monday at Coopers Hill in Gloucester, England. This crazy-ness holds a dear place in my heart as i was there last year to watch the carnage unfold. Unfortunatly i did not get to "run" as i did not get their early enough to beat the other crazies to the start line. If you ever get the chance, get over to the UK for the last weekend in May, head down to cider country and chase that cheese. Check out the official website here and check out the footage from the one just gone below.

Calvin

Calvin is one of our members and as you can see, he rips. He will be pushing up into A grade sometime this year and may compete against guys who have been surfing for as long as he has been alive. Not bad for a 12 year old.
Vid by Miller Best

Rankings

Going on from the last post, here are the current top 10 on the Mens tour so you can see for yourself how many Aussies???? are killing it at the moment.
1st Uri Valadao BRA
2nd Paula Barcellos BRA
3rd Luis Villar BRA
4th Ben Player AUS
5th Hugo Pinheiro PORT
6th Pierre Costes FRA
7th Guilherme Tamega BRA
8th Amaury Laverhne REU
9th Yeray Martinez CNY
10th Silvano Lourenco PORT
Check the rest here

Pro Tour News

Well Rawlins is killing it, must be due to the amount of quality waves hes been surfing over here of late.
He placed 1st in the Rheo QLD Pro at DBah back in early April, came in 3rd place behind Dave Winchester at the Rheo Newcastle Pro at Nobbies in late April and recently took home 1st place again at the Coastal Real Estate Pro in Warnambool, Vic.
Pretty safe to say he is chopping it up. Check here for full comp writeups

On another note the Shark Island Challenge has had its waiting period pretty much chopped in half, so instead of the 40 day comp period its now down to 20 days. Will be interesting to see how this one turns out as the Island is notoriously fickle. Supposedly all of the top 16 will be there, which contains all of 2 Aussies. However there are bulk Brazilians in the top 16, so fingers crossed they bring along some of their lady friends. Hopefully some Aussies (such as Rawlins, Winny, Kingy) get a few comp spots. My money is on Uri Valadao to take it out (& the world title), he is mental and has previously launched a backflip onto the dry reef. There will be a live web feed so keep your eyes on it from the 1st of July.

Good to see the No6 company jumping aboard as the Island Trial sponsors. Always good to see some new(er) guys supporting bodyboarding.

Bored???

Chad and Linz down at EBB Mandurah (proud major sponsors of MBC) are currently having a 30% off sale on selected DVD's, so if you are bored, need something to amp you up for that next surf or just like sitting on your ass, get into EBB Mandurah quick.

just4fun

Do yourself a favour and head over and check out Miller Best's website.
He has been working hard filming and editing for his new film, just4fun, which is looking sick, and is always down the MBC comps, filming, surfing etc
Check it out here

Red Nuts

Vid from the only ranga member of MBC, i think, Jono Russell
Vid by Luke Waylen

Wade "Where are you" McCurdy

Just a quick vid from one of MBC's most decorated members, someone tell him to come to the next comp
Vid by Luke Waylen

Remaining Rounds

Round 3 - 7th/8th June

Round 4 - 19th/20th July presented by UNITE

Round 5 - 9th/10th August

Round 6 - 7th/8th September

MBC Round 2 Results

Round 2 was held in fun conditions at Singleton on the 17th of May. There were waist/chest high waves for most of the day so made for one of the most competitive rounds of bodyboarding in recent seasons.

A Grade
1st Chad Abbott
2nd Michael Grainger
3rd Aiden Stampalia
4th Jeremy Smith

B Grade
1st Dylan Brand
2nd Calvin Galbraith
3rd George Humphries
4th Davis Blackwell

C Grade
1st Jake Ellis
2nd Alex Tufnell
3rd Daniel Scott
4th Sean Coffey

MBC Round 1 Results

Round 1 was held back in April, in pretty average conditions at South Singoes. The swell had died and the banks were pretty straight but the guys all pushed really hard and some pretty sick surfing went down.

A Grade
1st Chad Abbott
2nd Aiden Stampalia
3rd Lewy Finnegan
4th Michael Grainger

B Grade
1st Aiden Stampalia
2nd Michael Grainger
3rd Davis Blackwell
4th Calvin Best

C Grade
1st Dean Revell
2nd Chris Steffanetti
3rd Roadi Nelson
4th Brandon Beckman