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Thursday, June 28, 2007

peakin’
Like my friend Nicky always says about her husband Jamie…"it peaked early". The predicted monster swell for today actually arrived a day early. Yesterday afternoon lit up as Sydney was bombarded with a huge ESE swell. I saw waves on sundown around the 10-12 foot solid mark. Only a handful of surfers braving the large unpredictable conditions. Today it’s much smaller. Like half the size. Bondi had 6-8 foot sets and it’s still howling offshore making it quite hard to paddle onto them. That said it’s a top surf day. So many places would be working so it wouldn’t be hard to find an uncrowded wave. Most lineups are empty. Water is pretty damn cold and that offshore breeze has chilly claws that dig deep.

soft
On the 26th May was the Soft-on – the search for the master Foamie rider down at North Bondi. A whole lotta characters came out of the woodwork to compete in this soft event. Softest Overall – Spiderman aka Justin, Softest Slide – Perth Standlick, Softest Style – Damion Fuller, Softest Style – Damion. Linda Benson and Viocorp have a created video covering the event. watch video

snowy
Global Surf Industries presents the 2007 Snowy McAllister Winter Longboard Competition to be held this weekend in Manly. 186 surfers will compete in 9 Divisions over Saturday and Sunday. This is the 20th year this event has been run in honour of Manly Local Waterman. In 1926, C.J. "Snowy" McAllister who emerged as Australia’s first great surfer, winning the men’s surfing championship that year and the year following. Heats start 7:00am Saturday and the finals start 1:00pm Sunday. There is a charity and social event planned for Saturday night at Manly’s Steyne Hotel where Legendary Bob McTavish will MC a fun night’s entertainment.

For more details go to www.mmbc.info / www.surfindustries.com or call President / Contest Director – Lynden Riley Mob #: 0411 566 223 or Vice President Tim Browne Mob # 0413 227 168 or Principal Sponsor Mark Kelly 0403 045 159