BSC Team Rider Jimmy Williamson has been through all sorts of hell over the last few weeks after being diagnosed with a rare type Meningitis last Sunday. After feeling a little run down on Saturday with a reoccurring headache his parents took him into the Gold Coast Hospital to get him checked out. Shortly afterwards, Jimmy was placed into an induced coma to prevent the matters from getting any worse. The next 48hrs were critical for the young star as medical staff had trouble getting any response back from him. However Tuesday afternoon he woke up and managed to breathe all by himself-from a health perspective this is amazing news! However on the downside it seems that Jimmy’s school work clearly needs some touching up as when asked a refresher question by the nurse who the Prime Minister was, his response was “I have no idea”…….
The even better news is that he is now out of hospital and walking around, he was even in a good enough state to pay the guys at BSC on the Gold Coast a visit yesterday!!
Jimmy’s goals over the next few months now are to ease his way back into the water(hopefully in time for the Nationals), and to bulk up a bit as he lost a whole heap of weight whilst being in hospital(not that he needed to)….

Good luck to Jimmy in making a full recovery ASAP!

Check out this sneak peek of the new boards now in store at BSC Narrabeen and BSC Coolangatta. Dozens of new models from the 2009 BZ, NMD, Versus, LMNOP and Morey ranges are now available for you to get your hands on… but initial stocks are limited so get in quick to be one of the first on a new VS Rawlins Gold deck, LMNOP Super Stone or a NMD Winny with neon blue slick!

More boards will be pouring into the store over the coming weeks so stay tuned… and as per usual ALL these boards are available online, right now at bodyboarders.com.au.

SCIENCE RESIGNS THOMAS ROBINSON

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13/8/08

Mike Stewart Science is proud to announce that it has resigned exuberant phenom to the label for another year

Thomas has been on fire this past year and continues to blow doors in the line-ups around his new home of the south coast. He has been shooting a stack of footage around Australia for upcoming films “Thrash” and “Hello”, which he will feature heavily in, not to mention being in the firing line of many of the top photographers lenses in his travels.

Science Brand manager Chris Apps said “ We are stoked that Thomas has signed on to ride for the brand again as we believe that he is arguably one of the best riders in the world today not only that he also oozes style and personality out of the water, a trait many other riders are lacking in this day and age.

“I am stoked to continue riding for Science, the products are second to none and the brand is constantly moving forward with design and innovation. Everything I’ve achieved in bodyboarding has been branded with Science in some way. We’ve got a good thing going on and it is only getting stronger, I’m amped for the year ahead” Thomas said.

Thomas new 08 board models, TR LTD, TR Polypro and TR Dow will be available in Bodyboarders Surf Co within the next week.

Mike Stewart Science is owned and operated by Mike Stewart. All Mike Stewart Science products are designed out of necessity and tested in the toughest conditions worldwide to ensure that you are getting the most functional equipment on the market today. For further information, contact JPI Pty Ltd on (07) 56658333.

SBC round 6 saw some of the best waves & best tricks we have seen this year
go down. big thanks to all the boys for getting in & judging the heats along
with helping set up the tents & the parents for the on going help at the BBQ
hot plate. Also well done to the grommets for getting out there & giving it
a real big go in the testing conditions. hope to see you all at the next
comp.

> Results Comp (6) at Avalon 3rd August 2008

> GROMMETS
> 1st Harry Sarin
> 2nd Oliver Lloyd
> 3rd Patrick Kelly
> 4th Nich Sumner
> 5th Matt Banham

> CADETS
> 1st Guy Williment
> 2nd B J Leef
> 3rd Tim Bond
> 4th Charlie Lance
> 5th Alex Papp
> 6th Ned Mc Cabe

> JUNIORS
> 1st Seb Miller
> 2nd Tim Malcolm
> 3rd Mark Brenchley
> 4th Alex Natoli

> MENS
> 1st Luke Shearer
> 2nd Sam Matthews
> 3rd Kieren Redmond
> 4th Lachlan Ainsworth
> 5th Chris Strada

> WOMENS
> 1st Zoe Edwards
> 2nd Julia Heasman

> SENIOR MENS
> 1st Dan Reynolds
> 2nd Nick Chandler

> GRAND MASTERS
> 1st Andy Miller
> 2nd Greg Webster
> 3rd Mal Leydon
> 4th Tony Rabbidge

> OPENS
> 1st Max Arent
> 2nd Ewan Donnachie
> 3rd Tristan Hogan
> 4th Alex Wilkie
> 5th Sean Rayworth
> 6th Michael Ryan

> D.K.
> 1st Matt Pike
> 2nd Shane Davis
> 3rd Ed France
> 4th Dan Reynolds

2ND AUGUST SUNDOWNER TIONA
9TH AUGUST SUNDOWNER PORT MAC

The world’s biggest DK riders from around the globe will be descending on the first event at Sundowner Tiona placed in the wave haven of Pacific Palms, Forster. With guys like Micah McMullin and Colin Black representing Hawaii and loads of aussie lads like Jake Sharp and young gun Keegan Cronin set to do battle, its looking like a great draw for both events. Organiser Clayton Pickworth mentioned that the numbers are looking the goods so far, “Yeah we already have more numbers than last year at Tiona and it looks like healthy numbers again for the Port Mac comp so it’s all good”. “Waves along the coast have been pumping over the last week so things are set for an awesome battle between the guys”.

Maurice Wakeling will head up the judging panel with his vast experience and knowledge of the jack stance along with international judges from Peru and experienced locals like Ash Murray. “I really wanted to mix it up with the judges this year, and to have some oldschool dk riders like Ash involved is certainly pleasing” Pickworth said. Riders will assemble this Friday arvo at Sundowner Tiona for a meet and greet BBQ and the announcement of the heat draw. Then around 7am Saturday morning the contest will kick off, then the presentation that night back at the park.

DKS HOODIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE COMPS

It has been reported also that Town Beach in Port Mac is under some dune reconstruction at the moment and beach access is limited. “Yeah its barrier taped at the moment but I am working on council to have some sort of access ready for the contest” Pickworth said. As usual contests like this only happen with good support and the people getting behind this years events are Sundowner Holidays, Turbo Surf Designs, BSC, Liquid Malisha and Quantum Assessments.

Anyone still wishing to enter needs to get online and download an entry form from www.dksessions.com and send it in ASAP as there are still some spots available.

Western Australia’s most prestigious and longest running professional bodyboarding event, the EBB Pro was completed over the weekend, with some of the country’s best bodyboarding talent converging on the South-West corner of the state. The seventh event on the Bodyboarding Australasia Pro Tour will go down in the record books as one of its finest, as a combination of clean offshore winds and pumping swell greeted competitors.

EBB Pro - Smith’s Beach WA. July 26th – 27th 2008. Bodyboard Australasia Pro Tour Event # 7.

South-West WA delivers sun, surf, and some simply epic performances, as one of the events of the year unfolds.
The ‘2 star’ rated event which offered a total prize pool of $4000 culminated with Queensland’s Michael Novy taking out one of the biggest wins of his career. “Im stoked to have finally won an event, it makes the trip West all that much sweeter”, said Novy who secured his win in the dying minutes of the final with an 8.33 ride that he backed up with a 7.33 for a combined total of 15.66 out of a possible 20.00.

Novy took the title by less than one point from Dave Winchester (Curl Curl, NSW) who finished with a combined total of 15.00 points. The old saying close enough is good enough was not the case for Winchester who had to settle for second place, after looking to be the man to beat early. ‘Winny’ as his know to his peers on tour scored an 8.00 ride in the first few minutes of the final, and looked to have the win stitched up after locking away a 7.00 ride as a back up.

Former WA resident and long time pin up boy of the sport Ryan Hardy finished the final in third place, but wasn’t at all disappointed with the result. “It was great to get back to WA before I shoot off to Chile’, it’s good to be a part of the only WA event and I was definitely impressed with how smooth everything went and the hard work done by all” said Hardy, who will continue living the dream in his pursuit of World Title glory that has thus far eluded him.

Gracetown local Ben Delfs finished in fourth place, struggling to find the waves he required. Delfs had been one of the form surfers of the day winning each of his heats on his way to the final. Delfs provided the highlight of the day with a massive back flip that had the whole beach in disbelief, finishing the event as the highest rated WA competitor.

The 25 minute final was somewhat wave starved compared to earlier heats where Smith’s Beach produced some solid sets in the 3-4 foot range, allowing competitors to weave through some seriously deep tubes, as well as attack the lip with real ferociousness. With a diminishing swell and strong winds forecast for Sunday, event officials decided to make the most of the great conditions on offer Saturday and pushed through the pro divisions in one day. Competition Director Ian ‘Goldy’ Goldthorpe commented, “The forecast for Sunday was looking really bad, so we made the most of what was on offer and the guys seemed really pleased with the outcome.” It made for a viewing spectacular; great waves coupled with awesome riders, it was like nothing the WA bodyboarding scene had witnessed before.

Some worthy performances included that of Gold Coast ripper Tom Rigby who made it through to the semi finals with flair and style that has him touted as the next ‘big thing’. WA local’s Adam Luehman (Bunbury), Ian Fergusson (Scarborough) and Brad Hughes (Trigg) also flew the flag on home soil, all made it through to the semi finals with impressive and innovative surfing.

The EBB Pro Drop Knee final was a two horse race with Trent Sanford (Perth) showing great skills and taking out the title form close mate Kim Feast (Gracetown). Sanford and Feast went blow for blow, but it was Sanford’s huge repertoire of manoeuvres that guaranteed him the win ahead of Feast in second, Mark Boehm (Scarborough) in third and Liam O’Keefe (Trigg) in fourth.

It is so good to have a number of real superstars of the bodyboarding world on hand including Ryan Hardy, Dave Winchester, Brad Hughes, and Chad Jackson, it provided a huge opportunity for some of WA’s up and comers to see and meet their idols first hand and continue the sports development into the future. 2008 has seen the EBB Pro’s profile grow to one of Australia’s biggest bodyboarding events and is assured of becoming bigger and better in 2009. The great waves that WA has to offer along with a bigger prize pool and higher ratings points will see the event firmly placed on the minds of Australia’s best bodyboarders in the future.

The forecast of gale force winds and a dropping swell rang true today, with the third and final round of the EBB State Bodyboard Series having to be postponed today due to horrendous conditions. The event will be rescheduled for the coming weeks with the National Titles approaching fast.

FINAL RESULTS:

Pro Men>

1st – Michael Novy (QLD) – 15.66 pts
2nd – Dave Winchester (NSW) – 15.00 pts
3rd – Ryan Hardy (QLD) – 13.73 pts
4th – Ben Delfs (WA) – 12.14 pts

Pro DK>

1st – Trent Sanford (WA) – 15.44 pts
2nd – Kim Feast (WA) - 13.60 pts
3rd – Mark Boehm (WA) – 9.17 pts
4th – Liam O’Keefe (WA) – 6.16 pts

Check out some of the highlights from the BSC Avalon Pro!

The NSW State Round 2 took place the day after the Pro Tour event in similar conditions, with a small but clean 2 foot swell and some very contestable peaks on offer. Congratulations to BSC team riders Alex Wilkie and Mandy Zieren who won the Opens and Womens divisions respectively! The pair demonstrated their superior skills at their home break and were simply too good for the competition. Congratulations to all competitors for contributing to what was a very successful event!

Here are some images from the days of competition:

The pro division was held today in some clean 2 foot peaks that made for some interesting competition. Big names fell and the South African contingent made their presence felt in the final. Congratulations to BSC team rider Corey McLean who finished 4th overall!

The final results were:

1st: Mark McCarthy (South Africa)
2nd: Nathan Blanch (Port Mac)
3rd: Wes Fischer (South Africa)
4th: Corey McLean (Gold Coast)