After some planning with the Half Moon Bay SLSC,
RPS is proud to be the SUP sponsor for the inaugural 2011 " King of the Cerb" SUP, Paddleboard, surfski race.http://halfmoonbayslsc.com.au/CerberusSwim/
The race will be 2.5kms approx and it will be the first race in Port Phillip Bay to involve all 3 categories similtaneously.
For those wishing to enter, you can register online at the website above [and save $15] or on the day. There will be a drop off and pick up area in the main carpark for paddlers with boards and ample rack storage for boards once at the beach. The HM SLSC even have additional matting to rest our precious craft on should numbers require it.
The sup race has a listed start time for 11.30am, but depending on the forecast conditions, may start earlier. The RPS demo trailer will be running from 9am.
There will be a $150 on offer for the first male and female sup's and loads of various random prizes.
RPS will also have a SUP demo throughout the day and there will be non-stop kid friendly, family focussed activities at the event.
SUP racing is alive and kicking in Melbourne!!
PT. Mowing is over rated.
Now there seems to be a few differences between the above and the Half moon bay website. Most noticably the cost on the day seems to be $5 more and the distance 1.2kmhttp://halfmoonbayslsc.com.au/CerberusSwim/events/
halfmoonbayslsc.com.au/CerberusSwim/race-information/
Some of us are planning to do a downwinder to the start line as the forcast seems favorable, so we drop a car at Half moon then go north. This would mean more fun plus getting more than just a short sprint in on the day
DAve
Dave, I had some text messages from Warwick this afternoon as he'd just arrived back from Japan and I understand he is meeting with the SLSC in the morning to nail down the course and other details. So stay tuned.
Dave,
Dw'er to to the course sounds great, except I'll already be there. 
As PT mentioned, I'm meeting with the organisers first thing in the morning to finalise the course, which will be 2.5kms. It'll be cool to see you guys mixing it with different paddle craft.
Apart from being an annual event, this year's race is a major fundraiser. Read on.
DIVE in and help out the Half Moon Bay Surf Lifesaving Club.
Picture: MARTIN REDDY
N34SB264 Emma Armstrong, a member of the Half Moon Bay Surf Lifesaving Club, which is hosting its annual Cerberus Swim Classic.
The club is hosting its annual Cerberus Swim Classic at the Black Rock bay on Saturday.
All proceeds from this year's swim will go the club to help fund its voluntary lifesaving activities, and to maintain its clubhouse and equipment. Race director and organiser Peter Goodear said the money was vital after an accident last year destroyed most of the club's equipment.
''About $38,000 worth of competition equipment was damaged and written off in the accident on the way to the national lifesaving championships in Queensland when our gear trailer rolled over,'' he said. ''All this equipment needs to be replaced so our members can continue to train, patrol and keep our beach safe.''
The 1.2km open water swim has been going for 16 years with 450 competitors taking part last year.
The more the merrier
Hi RPS,
Japan one day Black Rock the next, so many exotic locations!
PT was suggesting that paying early gets discount but just on website and no discount available,
mmm. beter ask Peter about that? it will be a good challenge against the kayaks.
Also rps paddle in morning? at 6.15 ock and junior ock in for it
it will be hard conditions today for the comp approx 45 k's nth/nth/west headwind with a prediction of change to west of similiar strength around the time of the start, nothing like going paddling into the wind to the destination and then on the way back the wind direction changes.
...mmm... two headwinds
oh well a good cardio workout coming up
What happened today, with the race. A bit windy !!
How was DJ's DW Spin Class?
Kristi ran a DW Spin Class on Corio this afternoon, so I popped along for the session! Something like 40 knots, and we were flying !!
Some of us did a 14km downwinder before the race. Then the 1.2 km demo race was straight into the 35 knot gale and back again with wave faces bigger than I've ever seen on Port Phillip Bay, at least at a suburban beach. On a scale of 1 to WTF, I'd say it was up there with some of the toughest and dumbest things I've ever attempted. Video later.
I didn't even do the D/W, I concur with PT the waves were big for the bay, it was a "fair dinkum" workout, after a big week, culminating in the paddle, I went home for a nap... ah a happy ending,
no not that one!
Here's a bit of video from the race today. It's a bit self indulgent (well duh, it's a GoPro) and doesn't show any real racing but it may give you some impression of what the conditions were like. As mentioned, this was just a short up and back course totalling 1.2km and the wind was apparently recorded at 30 - 35 knots during the race. It was right in our face for the first 500m and then we got a neat downwinder on the homeward leg.
Coincidentally, Warwick Lee won the race, overpowering Dave Hunt. Michael Jenkins and Paul Nottage also paddled well. In this video, you see me, Alan Fairley in the Naish Glide and Taylor Jenkins on the blue Jamie Mitchell 12'6".
Great job Paul.. That SurfRace handles the rough stuff well.
Congrats to Warwick.. Great effort in those conditions.
DJ
