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2009 Waveski Titles - day 7 summary (and 6 video) |
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Open final 4 are: Rees Duncan (Australia) vs Malan Calitz (South Africa) and Matthiew Babarit (France) vs Tony Cherry (New Zealand) Open positions, 5th = Lance Milnes (Au), 6th = Renan Leloutre (Fr), 7th = Nigel Bryant (NZ), 8th = Virgil Humbert Tag Team event was an entertaiing-fun, social event with France wining, 2nd = Boardriders, 3rd = Australia, 4th = South Africa and 5th = New Zealand. That was awfully close people... would have been embarrising to loose all-out to the boardriders. Tomorrow morning begins with the Verterans, Grand Masters and Masters finals and then the remaining flow will be decided based on conditiions. Day 6 video available for download here. |
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2009 World Waveski Titles - day 7 underway |
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Day 7 is underway with open rounds; so far Tony Cherry (NZ), Nigel Bryant (NZ), Lance Milnes (Aus) and Rees Duncan (Aus, with taped up shoulder) are through to the next round. Wind has swung from the N to the S - cooling temperatures, swell remains the same size and the onshores have kicked in earlier. Interesting side note, the Tag Team event will include a stand-up surfers (made up from event judges). Should be an interesting outcome. |
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2009 World Waveski Titles - day 6 summary |
Day 6 has ended an finalists for most rounds are now known (see below). Still to be decided is the Juniors and New Age divisions. Weather and surf-wise it has been same-again with the paddle out getting tough on the on-shores with the outgoing tide. Tomorrow will be the Open Round 7 (the first of the man on man heats), Junior and New-Age semi-finals, Open top 8 rounds and the Tag-Team event.
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2009 World Waveski Titles - media coverage |
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Other media coverage on the net: NBN TV, Coffs Coast Advocate - "Waveski star keeps battling", and more coverage here (kayaksurf.net). |
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2009 World Waveski Titles - Day 5 summary |
Conditions have worsened this afternoon with onshore winds breaking the surf up and making the arena more challenging. Surprising some the organizers have continued with the Open rounds. Dramas in the water include Rees Duncan dislocating a shoulder, getting it reset and continuing on surfing with the shoulder taped up (and still making it through to the top 16). In another heat, Blair Moore and Tyler Lausten were in a dead heat for first with only seconds to go when Lionel Angibaud caught a wave and came through to take the heat out. Tyler and Blair were forced into a countback with Blair conceding to Tyler.
Scores have been low, anything above 5.5 has been tough to achieve in the later rounds.
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2009 World Waveski Titles - day 5 video |
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Day 5 video available here now... worst...wipeout...ever! |
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2009 World Waveski Titles - day 6 underway |
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Day 6 has begun with similar conditions to the last few, starting out with 3ft, low tide, light-glassy conditions getting bigger (5ft) and loosing some shape with the incoming tide. The bigger waves have a tendancy to close out so wave selection is becoming critical. Non-open rounds are being held today with some good personal performances coming from the likes of Jackie Dillon, Steve Gibbs, Mel Hardy, Heather Seaton, Col Sugars and Eric Tocock along with others - seeing them through to later rounds in their various divisions (Veterans, Grand Masters, Womens). Stay tuned for further updates later in the day. |
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2009 World Waveski Titles - day 4 video |
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Day 4 video available now... from here... best...footage...yet. Also - new photos available for viewing (and purchasing) from Penior Photography. |
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2009 Waveski Titles - day 4 summary and day 5 |
DAY 4 Conclusion
Yesterday saw the Veterans, Grand Masters and Junior Rounds finish off the day in wind affected conditions with a strong pulse occurring in the swell.
The day came to an early close as conditions were not improving with an uneven swell and onshore winds.
Steve Gibbs of NZ asserted his presence in the Grand Masters as defending world champ to comfortably win his heat from seasoned Australians Bill Campbell and Mal Settree (both from Sunshine Coast in Queensland). The remaining Grand Masters fought it out in tough conditions which saw wave selection as the most critical choice in their advancement. Jackie Dillon was leading her heat against three guys until the final seconds when both Steve Cleary of Australia and Kirk Taylor of the USA outscored her by the narrowest of margins.
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