Hi,
Here are some results i know of from todays Excel Ocean Race.
Conditions were a hard SW side offshore wind about 9 - 14knots. No swell but some small runners if you were on a bigger enough sup to get them.
Ideal Sup today was long and with a Rudder to push against the side wind without a rudder you were dead!
Unreal start line with approx - 150 paddlers, mostly stand up's. People paddle their 9'6's thru to 17fters.
Hope fully someone has some pics and will post them up here.
Unlimited Open Mens
1st - James Billy Watson (16ft Lakuikai)
2nd - Kelly Margrets (15ft DC)
3rd - Woogie Marsh (17ft Naish)
4th - Paul Jackson (14ft naish Javlin)
5th - Nick Mac Donalde (17ft Naish)
6th - Steven Walker (17ft Naish)
12'6 mens
1st - Troy Pease (Secret agent)
2nd - Chris Maynard
3rd - ? sorry i cant remember
Womens Sup Unlimited
1st - Alison (17ft Naish)
2nd - Sue Sheard (17ft DC)
3rd - Angie Jackson (12'6 Sic)
4th - Jasliegh Geary (14ft Glide)
sorry im not sure after that, but there was a record of 12 female sup paddlers!!
Over 40's
1st - Mark Waldeck
2nd - Dale Champan
3rd - sorry not sure
It was a great day but MAN one side of my upper body is killing LOL!! I think this event will be even bigger next year.
I'm not sure on times but i think surfing queensland site will have them up next few days.
XX angie
if we were going to surfers it would have good.some runs to be had,but they weren't going to the alley
cheers
That wind was a killer with no rudder, plus picking the wrong line doesn't help. Was awesome seeing all the SUP'ers there.
Thanks to Surfing QLD, Xcel and all the other sponsers for the race.
How was the paddle through the creek mouth with the run out tide , absolute killer.Well done Lacey on taking out the over 40,s.
Some pics from the start...
Amazing range of boards lined up on the beach before the race...
Great pics Scotty, I never realised there were so many people. Great day, caught up with people I hadn't seen for ages. Congrats to all that done well and stoked to get an idea what's required to become competitive.
Billy as always smoked the field a Great effort by Kelly Margrets 2nd place on a DC15 with a fixed rudder against the bigger boards
hard race with the cross wind conditions , good to see Jacko up there again with his leg injury. Peasey(secret agent)the dark horse has come through again in the 12-6 catergory .Ali great win on the Naish 17 and props to Sue on her 2nd and Angie's 3rd plus lets not forget the fossils Dale & Mark going 1 & 2 in the old fellas.
Great Seabreezers results
Rob
Great pictures Tryfan.. Thanks for posting them.
Congrats to all the Breezers that competed.
DJ
Here is some video and pics I took on the iPhone from the Thrower Drive bridge, just before the finish line. Hope it works, I'm using Vimeo for the first time, and found it a bit of a mission to get sorted...
Didn't stay there till the last paddlers came thru, so sorry if I missed you (and for the finger over the lens Macca). The sequence of paddlers is in order of finishing, and you can get a bit of an idea of time gaps from the boats etc in the background.
Was a great race to watch, I know how hard it would've been with the wind, and there looked like some great battles going on. You can see in the vid just how close some of the paddlers were, eg Kelly and Woogie (2nd & 3rd), and also the girls.
Scotty
Yeeeeew, made the video! Stoked! Thanks Scotty. The guy just in front and just behind me were my partners on the scenic tour out somewhere near the Horizon. Hahah. The guy on the Lahui Kai just in front of me just came 10th or something in Molokai so I was stoked to be going the wrong way with such a legend.
Great video Scotty, was expecting to see you in the race rather then taking photos and video, but i'm sure everyone is glad that you took the shots otherwise we wouldn't have something to remember the race by, so thanks!
I think we can all thank the SW wind for our tightness today.
hard race with the cross wind conditions , good to see Jacko up there again with his leg injury. Peasey(secret agent)the dark horse has come through again in the 12-6 catergory .Ali great win on the Naish 17 and props to Sue on her 2nd and Angie's 3rd plus lets not forget the fossils Dale & Mark going 1 & 2 in the old fellas. got to make the most of it
Full Results in order of finishing:-
10.5952JamesWatsonUnlimited open men
21.0205KellyMargettsUnlimited open men
31.0212WoogieMarshUnlimited open men
41.0328Paul JacksonUnlimited open men
51.0405NickMcdonaldUnlimited open men
61.0520StevenWalkerUnlimited open men
71.0613petermeyerUnlimited open men
81.0744Troy PeaseStock open men
91.0807ChrisMaynardStock open men
101.0827MarkWaldeckUnlimited Over 40 Men
111.1013SamParkerUnlimited open men
121.1014DaleChapmanUnlimited Over 40 Men
131.1108PeterDorriesUnlimited Over 40 Men
141.1128ChrisChamberlain Unlimited open men
151.1243MarkHuxleyUnlimited open men
161.1303SteveQuillerUnlimited Over 40 Men
171.1330AlisonFullagarUnlimited Open Women
181.1432PeterMorganUnlimited open men
191.1540Troy QuinlanStock open men
201.1638AndrewEdhouseUnlimited open men
211.1641AndrewReidStock open men
221.1658Peter TurnerStock open men
231.1848DougallWalkerUnlimited Over 40 Men
241.1906JeremyScottUnlimited Over 40 Men
251.1908JamesBrydonStock open men
261.1909SimonHunnybun Unlimited open men
271.1924SueSheardUnlimited Open Women
281.1930GregBeerStock open men
291.2013StuartPhinnUnlimited Over 40 Men
301.2014JayGatesStock open men
311.2029AngelaJacksonUnlimited Open Women
321.2032JulianBlanchard Unlimited Over 40 Men
331.2036GavinSmithStock open men
341.2043JasleighGearyUnlimited Open Women
351.2122AdamScottUnlimited open men
361.2212Craig JonesStock open men
371.2241AdamMunroStock open men
381.2242BenGoodwinStock open men
391.2518Brad BricknellStock open men
401.2739DaveSeymourStock open men
411.2752SimoneHorsfieldUnlimited Open Women
421.3041JocelynKempeUnlimited Open Women
431.3115Simon DyerUnlimited Over 40 Men
441.3137NickO'KeefeStock open men
451.3155PennyKempeUnlimited Open Women
461.3306Ben OxmanStock open men
471.3350Sally SmithUnlimited Open Women
481.3417JohnMossopUnlimited Over 40 Men
491.3525PaulScottStock open men
501.3645CraigPitchersUnlimited Over 40 Men
511.3740HiltonFletcherUnlimited open men
521.3830ScottLindleyUnlimited Over 40 Men
531.3946RichardBaumfieldUnlimited Over 40 Men
541.4169PaulBudrikisStock open men
551.4230MichaelCartwright Stock open men
561.4335PeterTullettUnlimited Over 40 Men
571.4659MattCoulamStock open men
581.4730MichaelRoddUnlimited Over 40 Men
591.5136John-Paul SmithStock open men
601.5457SoniaNorthUnlimited Open Women
611.5458ShannanNorthStock open men
622.0755VincentDumarskiStock open men
63DNSPhil GregoryUnlimited Over 40 Men
Results in categories at http://www.surfingqueensland.com/event-results.php?id=81
I was standing on Currumbin Rock and looking back towards Snapper there was alot of people "walking on water". Much more than I anticipated. It was a great sight.
There seemed to be a bit of confusion at the turning bouy into Currumbin Creek as to weather to stay outside it or go inside. In hindsight it would of been better to go around it as my young bloke and a mate as well as a few other kids were surfing of the rock and then had lots of craft going thru the take off zone staying close to the rock to catch runners. No harm was done while I was there.
We then went up to Winders Park fo a look.
what a difference today. a run from the alley to miami- se swell and wind with burleigh onwards just nuts. are well, it will all come together one year
Good conditions (edit) on todays paddle with Lacey to Miami / Nobbys, poor performance on my behalf. Lacey was linking 6 runs together for my poultry 1. Flat batteries for me, still feeling last weeks flu.
Time for a surf trip to an island with a couple of reef breaks and my favourite shortboards. YESSSSSS!
Kingy to fingal was all time yesterday! The best fun I've had on a downwinder in a while now. X
Well, that's how it looked like from the back of the pack... litterally! :)
I used my 10"6 C4 Pohaku which I use every week at the Alley when I plod along...
I'm pretty sure it was one of the smallest sup present on the day.
1st one is at the start, the 2nd one when pondering where the hell everyone had buggered off! I didnt take more after that and started singing in french to fill the void until the jetskis came for a little chat :)
That said I enjoyed every bit of it even if I have to say the entry of the creek was a big let down from mother nature! It was certainly testing after paddling for that freaking long... I'm happy with this 1st effort considering water wasnt part of my world 3yrs ago, let alone suppin 6 months ago.
It was nice to experience that "community" feeling at the end too... the burger and the beer went down a treat :)
Supworld magazine will have an article on the Excel Race & pic's in Issue 2. Remember Issue 1 is out on July 10!!
Haven't read all the posts but is this the Honalua race but with a new name?
Billabong needing to give some exposure to one of their other brands!?!
Either way, good on 'em for putting on a great event!
