A small field of only 18 competitors contested the Rheopaipo Vico Pro on Saturday in tiny conditions. BSC’s Dave Winchester reported that the sets were ‘one foot max’. Winny eventually came up trumps - taking out the event! Check out the official press release below:

The final at Vico Winny (1st) Corey (2nd) Joe (3rd) and Novy (4th)….

The Rheopaipo Vico Pro was held yesterday (Sat) in small hip high waves at 13th Beach Victoria.

It was a great day and Winny was too strong for the Qld trio of Corey McLean, Joe Clark and Michael Novy.

The Vico State titles were also held in conjunction with the event and a full press release wil follow tomorrow.

Many thanks to Rheopaipo, Shed 9 and Club 4Play as well as Surfing Vico for the support…

This Saturday, the 9th April, the Milkshakes Womens Bodyboarding Association (WBA) will be holding an event at Whaley Beach, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Girls and ladies of all ages and abilities are encouraged to come along to the event. There’s awesome prizes to be won from WBA sponsors - Hive swimwear, Milkshakes bodyboards, Hooda custom designed Hoodies, and BSC Bodyboarders Surf Co.

And for some added fun, we have created a theme for this event, which is tight and bright! We are encouraging everyone to come along dressed in their tighest and brightest fluoro 80’s clothing and wetsuits!

We will be having a beach BBQ, and music playing. So everyone is welcome to come along and watch, or join in!

This event was scheduled for Anzac Day 25th April, but had to be cancelled due to the large East swell that hit Sydney’s Northern Beaches. This saturday there is another swell forecast, but not as large, and from a better southerly direction. With clear skies and offshore winds predicted, saturday is looking to be an awesome day!

The WBA is a non-profit organisation that holds fun club competitions all over NSW, with beginners to advanced divisions, to cater for girls of all abilities. There are currently around 25 members of the club.

Northern Beaches locals and IBA Australasian Tour competitors Mandy Zieren, Zoe Edwards, Julia Heasman and Sylve Colless have all confirmed they will be coming along to the event on Saturday. Along with many other girls, including elite Australian bodyboarders Lilly Pollard, Emma Roby, Kaitlin Murphy, Emma Cobb, and Nicole Fleming.

All the girls will be on hand to give helpful bodyboarding tips.

Memberships start from $15 for social members, and $50 for competitors.

Any girls interested in joining us at Whaley Beach, please meet us at the Whaley beach carpark at 7.30am. If it appears the swell is too big, we will move the event north to Palm Beach.
The next planned event for WBA will be held at Sundowner Tiona on NSW’s mid North Coast on 1st-2nd August.

Any questions please contact Karleah Lang on: 0408 901 519, and check out www.womensbodyboarding.com for our latest news and updates.

Lilly Pollard

Manager -Milkshakes Bodyboards
http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com
President -WBA girls bodyboarding club
http://www.womensbodyboarding.com

Mob: 0404 489 024
lillypollard81@yahoo.com.au

Check out these shots of BSC’s Jordan Putland throwing down some solid moves in the most recent GCBC comp. The kid’s got style!

Hi girls,
We are rescheduling the Whale Beach event for May 9th due to the dangerous surf conditions that were present last Saturday.

Please keep checking www.womensbodyboarding.com for updates and our latest news. Thanks.

Lilly Pollard

Manager -Milkshakes Bodyboards
http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com
President -WBA girls bodyboarding club
http://www.womensbodyboarding.com

Mob: 0404 489 024
lillypollard81@yahoo.com.au

Comp 3 Report.

The start of the comp was greeted with a clean 3 foot clean south swell, however as the day progressed so did the swell along with a treacherous rip that gave many a workout trying to make their way back to the beach.

Standouts included Tom Rigby with the only 10’s across the judges sheets for the day and Jimmy Williamson with a amazing tube ride.

Unfortunately we had to end the comp early as the surf just became far too dangerous and challenging for all competitors.

To finish comp 3 we will start at 6am sharp at the next event (Sunday 10 May) with cadet’s semi 2.

All the following competitors MUST be at DBah at 5.50am for briefing. BELOW is NOT the order of the finals so make sure you are there or you may miss it.

Cadets Semi
Jack Sanderson-Dyer
Will Rogers
Jake O’Sullivan
Jordan Brown

Junior Final
Jimmy Williamson
Eric Roy
Billy Trembath
Connor Nelson
Tom Rigby

Cadets Final
Keelan Biltoft
Lachlan Hough

Mens Final
Tim Roy
Stevie Lloyd
Nicholas Daniel
Adam Sillars
Peter Norman

Drop Knee Final
Adam Rose
Corey McLean
Stevie Lloyd
Dane Pope
Curtis Prior

Opens Final
Tom Rigby
Corey McLean
Joe Clarke
Liam O’Toole
Jimmy Williamson

All other club members are to be at the event at 6.30 am for sign on.

NEXT COMP Sunday May 10th Dbah. (Sorry mums its Mothers day)

Thanks to Trevor from surfphotos.com.au for all the images of the day!

Attention to SBC Club members,

We now have a new look & feel for SBC.

We have just set up a blog site for SBC to keep everyone up to date on the latest in the club, results, photos, news etc! Whaley salt dog Tim Boreham has written up a flavoured account of this years first comp to kick things off!

So stay clean, surf mean & check da blog!

Peace Pikey (VP)

http://sydneybodyboardclub.blogspot.com/

A big congratulations to BSC team rider Joe Clarke who placed 3rd in the Rheopaipo Pro on the Gold Coast over the weekend. Come pop in and see Joe working at BSC Coolangatta!

Written by Terry McKenna

Some of the best bodyboarders from Australia and the world were on hand to compete in round one of the Pro tour to compete for early valued points. The competition ran over three days with the final day dishing up some classic Duranbah wedges. It was also doubled up with the 1st round of the amateur QAB(Queensland Association of Bodyboarding) state championship series.

In the Pro Men’s final it ended up being an all QLD affair with local knowledge proving a major advantage on testing Duranbah conditions. Mitch Rawlins had a slow start with Jake Stone slamming a massive backflip of a solid 6 footer landing hard to finish off with a spin and a roll and being the main man to catch. Only to have Joe Clarke quickly fight back whipping a nice stylish ARS(Air Roll Spin). Corey McLeon was next to notch a high scoring wave smashing a full vertical inverted air to land hard in the flats. Mitch showing his long knowledge of the Duranbah waves waited patiently getting bread and butter moves in until the dying moments of the heat when a 6 foot wedge popped up, Mitch was quick to pounce and flew down the face and wacked it hard flying into a full rotation air reverse landing smoothly and pulling off to solute to the screaming spectators who were applauding the fantastic final. Eventually it was Mitch Rawlins from Gold Coast/Western Australia 1st, Jake Stone from Sunshine Coast 2nd, Joe Clarke from Gold Coast 3rd, Corey McClean from Gold Coast 4th

As Mitch Rawlins stated “Duranbah is one of the best suited waves for bodyboarding around Australia! I love coming home every year to compete at Duranbah. But the level of competition is getting so much better and if you’re not on your game you’ll be knocked out.” At the end of the contest it was also confirmed that the last leg of the Pro Tour will wrap-up at Duranbah in November in conjunction with the Australian National Titles of Bodyboarding. Mitch also has to say this “I am also stoked to hear the National Titles and last leg of the Pro Tour will be held here as there is a fantastic arena here(Duranbah) for spectators as you can see by the large amounts that have been around to watch over the weekend. I’ll definitely be back again to compete here!!”

In the Pro Drop Knee final it again proved to be an advantage to have local knowledge with Dane Pope from Gold Coast showing a stylish but powerful approach to the powerful Duranbah waves. South African Sacha Specker was the early leader in the final landing a heavy floater and getting some nice smooth cutbacks. But Nathan and Dane were quick to fight back with Nathan getting a great sized wave and digging the rail deep to slam a nice sized cutback. Over half way through the final Dane used his local knowledge to get shacked in the Duranbah green room showing full style as he cruised through the barrel to come out and smash the oncoming section with a nice wack.

The next round of the Rebel Sport IBA Australasian Pro Tour will be held at Soldiers Beach NSW next weekend.

The next event is the Soldiers Beach Pro which starts on Thursday on the NSW Central Coast.

Late entries for this event are still being accepted by calling Terry McKenna on 0401023661

The first round for Gold Coast Bodyboard Club 2009 kicked at Duranbah Beach on Sunday 15th March. With waves and weather in our favour, there was a whole lot of ambience surrounding the days events.
The club itself has so much to celebrate this year including a long list of new members as well as new sponsors. Topping that list are the clubs two Major Sponsors: Escape Travel Tweed City & Bodyboarders Surf Co. followed up by the Minor Sponsors: Bakers Delight Coolangatta, Milt Cromptons Meats, Onelife Health & Fitness & Quick Colour Print.

The club is here to support its members as well as their families, so we strongly urge all parents, partners and friends to get involved throughout the year. There will always be plenty of food and drink to go around, as well as activities to keep you amused all day long such as ball sports, music and not to mention helping out with some of the clubs overall roles such tasks as judging or lending a hand on the BBQ.

This year the clubs aim is to start showing its true potential-and with a newly elected committee in place-this is sure to happen. Already the club has worked together to get hold of some much needed new equipment, such as tents, chairs as well a PA System. All of this combined created a really strong atmosphere which clearly marked bodyboardings goals for the future on the Gold Coast as well as Queensland.

The talent within the club this year already has proven to be above standard with a lot of new faces putting up quiet a fight against some of the well known locals looking whom are keen to add some more silverware to their already full shelves. The day itself dished out some fun 2-3ft waves, which the younger competitors took advantage of straight up. The judges were handing out some pretty high scores while the waves were still clean which made it pretty hard to make it through the initial heats. Leading into the afternoon, peaks became a little harder to come across-but those with the local knowledge made the most of what was available.

The conditions began to diminish leading into the finals but the level of surfing only grew with some pretty high combinations being put together in all divisions. Overall the day was a huge success and looks to get even better as the year goes on. A big shout out goes to all the clubs members for making it all possible

Dont forget that this weekend, Duranbah plays host to the first state round for QAB as well as the Rheopaipo Pro. All the action kicks off on Friday so make sure you get down there to show your support, as well as catching up with some of your favourite riders. Also good luck to all our club members competing

RESULTS

GROMMETS FINAL
1st Jackson Schepers
2nd Kent Mullins
3rd Liam Rhodes
4th Harrison Petalas
5th Zane Breen

CADETS FINAL
1st Thorpe Waluew
2nd Jordan Brown
3rd Dylan McAskill
4th Jack Sanderson-Dyer
5th Keelan Biltoft

JUNIORS FINAL
1st Jacob Hein
2nd Jordan Putland
3rd Tom Rigby
4th Saul Adamson
5th Damien Slockee

MENS FINAL
1st Tim Roy
2nd Casey Redden
3rd Stevie Lloyd
4th Adam Sillars
5th Ben Phillips

MASTERS FINAL
1st Tony Charteris
2nd Justin Becker
3rd Mel Rigby
4th Brett McAskill

WOMENS FINAL
1st Kira Llewellyn
2nd Luciana Menezes Torres
3rd Nat Keillah
4th Rafeala Baia
5th Daniela Guitard

DK FINAL
OPENS final
1st Matt Lackey
2nd Stevie Lloyd
3rd Dane Pope
4th Corey McLean
5th Adam Rose
6th Mick Parkhill

OPENS FINAL
1st Corey McLean
2nd Sam Boulton
3rd Tom Rigby
4th Liam O’Toole
5th Jimmy Williamson
6th Jack Oliver

Proudly Sponsored by:
-ESCAPE TRAVEL TWEED CITY
-BODYBOARDERS SURF CO
-Bakers Delight Coolangatta
-Milt Cromptons Meats
-Onelife Health & Fitness
-Ella Bache Coolangatta
-Quick Colour Print

The Rheopaipo Pro and Unknown QAB state round 1 are just around the corner - being held from the 19th to the 22nd of this month at Duranbah beach on the Gold Coast. These contests are always huge events, with massive turnouts and high calibre surfing. Download the entry form to QAB round 1 here!