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| Tweaking in the weekend - photo by Anton |
Because the last two previous events were wave events, the last event was earmarked as a freestyle event. A compromise was reached on the beach to run the contest in the waves but with an emphasis on freestyle.Because it was so windy, freestyle moves were limited giving way to wave orientated moves - loops, backside aerials, wave riding and big f..ing jumps.
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| Showing off the new board and new sail - pic by Anton |
The final was quickly sorted and after a ten minute thrashing in the elements, the round and the freewave series were decided. Clayton took the round and the crown for a consecutive year with a mix of old school freestyle and sold wave riding and jumps including a landed gu screw. I was runner up for the second round and a second place in the series again for 2010. Tim Haxell freestyle specialist took third place actually managing to hold down some freestyle moves in the extreme conditions.
Anton was photographer of the day - all his shots can be seen here.
Troy Purcell who squeaked into the final and 4th place has written a great account of the day from his perspective.
5 comments:
Ah! Looks awesome! I sure do miss those grunty Lyall Bay sessions... and the follow up at Maranui Cafe. Is that place open again?
Congrats on number 2! Pretty damn respectable given the level there James!
Ta Fish, Lyall is missing you too. Maranui is open again and still cranking.
Hi James,
Nice to see that Lyall Bay and Plimmy are still going off... also the lads are still going off! ;-))
Ciao,
Pete
Is that new stick of yers a twin or a quad?
Twin, pretty nice too. Tested the quad over a couple of months and decided that the twin was a much better board for the types of conditions we get here and the type of sailing i do i.e. Onshore to cross onshore with a jumping bias over wave riding.
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