(28-02-06)
have you seen this person?
Confirmed results to follow
1st - HYDRAULINK RACING
"who is this person last seen at Raglan pub? (not just any young
surfer with dirty dreads)"
(also found on the beach at Raglan a pair of blue
jandals, email
me)
Today was the 4th and Final Round of the NZ Surfcross
Championship....so you'd expect scrutineering at 8.30am to be a
tense time as the guys prepared their boats and themselves for the
crucial final races......but the atmosphere was very laid back and
relaxed....so.......
Racing finally got underway at 11.45am, probably our latest start of
the season but no one seemed to be in any particular hurry.
The surf was about 1 and 1/2 metres with the odd 2metre+ standing on
the back lines, the on shore wind picked up a few times during the
day causing the guys a few problems as they headed out to B-Buoy.
First flip of the day went to our favourite contenders for 'The
Flipper of the Year Award', House of Travel, then followed by Now
Couriers, Lowrance Matrix, Toyo Tyres
The strong on-shore wind made it tricky
heading out to B-Buoy, as the boats cleared the top of the waves the
wind would lift the nose and turn the boat anti-clockwise, just
about all of the flips were because of this and the 2 Steve's in
Plumbquick once again providing the best jumps of the day.
This part of Raglan Beach has a lot of
sand bars and holes which made the Le Mans starts tricky trying to
find a stretch of water where everyone was standing in the same
depth water.
But what caused the most excitement was
the finish line, the tide would wash out a long way so one second
our finish flags were knee deep in water and then the next moment
there was a 30 metre run.....and run they did, a lot of places were
lost and gained on the run up the beach, fastest sprinter had to be
Matt from the MORE FM boat, he was STEAMING up that beach and ran
down anyone in front of him.
Our B-Graders were slotted into the
outside grids with the A-Graders, once again you guys handled
yourselves exceptionally well, mostly managing to stay out of
trouble :)
Once again thanks to our Officials and
Marshals, Steve Frogley for organising the gear trailer, the
scrutineering and the beach setup, Leigh and Elle and a warm welcome
back to Corinne for handling the scoring and points, Rhelda and co
handing out finish tickets, Gary as our starter and Kev as Assistant
RD and our volunteer on D-Buoy (sorry I forgot your name) and I
would like to say thank you to most of you for making my job as RD a
pleasant one.
This weekend we are in Wellington, only
a 9 hour drive from Auckland so I guess we'll hook up somewhere on
the road down. Sounds like a lot of us are leaving on Friday
morning, breakfast in Hamilton sounds good.
Rod
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