The drought has broken, a whole week of waves, some banks trying to form and more swell to come. Promising days indeed.
In more distressing news Cronulla lost another surfer last week when David Hunter Crawford - who was one of a kind - tragically lost his life in the Royal National park after coming off his motor bike.
A Shire resident his whole life, Craw died how he lived; doing what he wanted when he wanted to do it. A man who loved to surf the Point almost more than the punt, he leaves behind a loving family and hundreds of friends. RIP.
I have been interstate most of the week but did make an appearance in time to surf the Alley left suck which also made a rare appearance. The circus left town but left behind some promising conditions and Swellnet predicts a new 6ft swell with some Sou West winds for the weekend.
Today's report is done under adverse conditions as I am now in Melbourne, but bear with me, I am home next week for good! My spies did tell me the waves are smaller than yesterday but there are a couple of banks at Nth Cronulla, so don’t waste them.
Snapper Rocks Surfriders have won the Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle for a second successive year at Cronulla.
The defending champions from Queensland were on top of the leaderboard heading into Day 2 and maintained their consistency as a series of threats fell by the wayside. Despite finishing second in the last event of the day in the teams’ relay division, Snapper had enough points to take the overall title home again.
Coffs Harbour Boardriders will be celebrating long and hard after knocking over Snapper to win the teams’ relay division and take second place in the overall points in their 50th year celebrations. Coffs were outstanding on the final day led by Jayke Sharp. Culburra Boardriders finished third overall despite being eliminated from the teams’ relay division on Saturday.
The powerful Snapper Rocks lineup consisted of: Joel Parkinson, Mitch Crews, Mitch Parkinson, Reef Doig, Holly-Daze Coffey Sheldon Simkus, Quinn Bruce, Jay Phillips, Wayne Bartholomew (coach) and Lorraine Bryant (coach).
“Thanks very much for another amazing event down here,” said Snapper Rocks captain Jay Phillips. “We love coming down here, we love the locals and enjoy the atmosphere with all the clubs.
Cronulla Sharks had a good win with Paris in the womens and a win in the teams heats finally finishing 15th out of the twenty teams.
The Original Source Australian Boardriders Battle is the country's biggest grassroots, boardriders event series with $120,000 in prize money. It involved Australia's best boardriders clubs in eight State qualifying rounds starting last October and culminating in this weekend’s, two-day National Final.
That all I got.
Crawf's funeral is on at 10am, Saturday at Woronora... so “get on with it-Genius!”
