If you are in Sydney tomorrow - get down to Manly Beach to see the SUP surfing heats hit the water from 8:00am.
The first one will be a cracker (with only two progressing through):
Heat 1:
- John Christensen
- Ben Apps
- Dan Cleary
- Stepehen Beaumont
- Matty Grainger
- Tatsumi Kawai
Heat 2:
- ?
Heat 3:
- Andrew Cassidy
- Brendan Dews
- Matt Flemming
- Jamie Willems
- Hugh Sutton
Heat 4:
- ?
If you can't get there, watch it all happen live on the internet (or your iPhone) with these live scores: live.howsthesurf.com
There is a 2km SUP race at around 11am for the general public - 12'0" board limit. Beach entries available on the day.
More details: www.manlyfestivalofsurfing.com.au
Should be a great day. Offshore in the morning for the SUP event!
Hang around and wrap up the day at out official opening starting with the Travis Grant Paddle Clinic at 5pm.
The Sydney premier of Von Piro's new movie - Living The Stoke. Screenings at 6 & 7pm
Corona Classic Warm up from 6-7pm
Otherwise known as Happy Hour, thereafter all proceeds to go to our friends the Fairclough's to help them in their desperate plight to 'Save Natalie' - www.flyingfishonline.com/news/
All at the new Balmoral Paddle Surf Showroom - 410 Pittwater Rd North Manly
See ya there! AA
Goatman managed to get on national TV this morning with some footage of the first heat.
Here are the scores from the Final:
Congratulations Matty Grainger - King of Manly!
And the scores from the Semis:
Manly Surfing Festival Sup race.
The race was run out and back through the surf. Once out the back racers had to round three bouys before making a run for a wave to the beach and sprint finish up the beach to the line. It was well attended with twenty or so entries on all different types of craft.
RESULTS : top three
Jamie Willems
Andy Davies
Stuart Murray
I'd love to join in the fun but I'll be training with Manly LSC in the morning. I'll try and get there early and give you guys some support though.
Was a fun event, massive coverage for SUP, being on the Today show and Sports tonight. Jezza got a pic in the Sydney Morning Herald as well:
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/all-aboard-manlys-festival-of-surfing-20101120-181ub.html
Casso was back to form with me and him stuffing the final by sitting too deep.
Do I read that correctly - Richie Lovett??? If that is what the future the holds for SUP then look out!
Manly Festival was all time with all parts of Surfing getting coverage,
Noosa is going to be the best Sup Event going so get your entries in. Paddle race event is going to be interesting also with format change
Www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com.au
well done Casso, and John. Conditions looked good on Sat. I got some fun little ones out the bower :)
Here are a couple of pics of Matty G from the final, I've heard that there is some video footage on the way.
Cool photos - who took them?
Matt was really throwing that little Simon Anderson Fiber Flex around. A deserving winner on the day.
