Saturday 20th April was on the calendar for staging the 3rd Round of the Gold Coast Bodyboard Club. Following up from the previous weekend with DBAH hosting the Rheo Pro & QAB State Round 1, it seems the infamous beachie was still in the mood for dishing out some heavy waves. Although the weather backdrop wasn’t ideal with early winds and temperatures worthy of winters on the South Coast-the swell was pushing 5ft sets with the dropping tide. Not all competitors were keen to take it on, instead deciding to stay at home in bed-but those who did had plenty of barrels and bowl sections to play with. The bigger stand outs for the day came from some of our very own team riders with big individual wave scores, Jimmy Williamson got a 9.5 in his Junior Semi Final, Tom Rigby with a 9.5 in the Opens Final and Corey McLean with a
perfect 10 in his Opens Semi with a barrel to roll to air reverse combo(nuts)!!

Not to disappoint in any way these three guys all finished real well at the end of it all, Jimmy came 3rd overall in Juniors, Tom came 1st in Juniors and 3rd in Opens, and Corey stole the show with a 3rd in DK(what) and took out the Opens in what was by far the closest and toughest final, if not heat to be seen all year over Brunswick Heads ripper Sam Boulton.
Major sponsor, BSC have put a trip to Hawaii up for grabs to the overall winner of the Opens Division at the end of the year-and so far the gap is so close between our own Corey and Tom, then Sam Boulton!!

The next round will be held on the 11th of May once again at DBAH.

Written by Ben Oborne