Sorry I can't make it but hope you all have a great day. Someone please take lots of pics?
Hey Guys,
When are we going to start running events on a Sunday instead of Saturdays when a number of us can't make it? Or is this the very reason [}:)] 
DM
Great day guys well done king and queen of the cut Marcus and Michelle
And everybody else who took part quite testing conditions in the second half of the race
Not going to need much rocking tonight
Thanks a lot guys that was great, happy to have finished 
Well done to all the winners and thanks to SUPWA and the sponsors and the bus driver.
Cheers Ian.
Well done to everyone that participated in yesterday's Redink Homes King of the Cut. The conditions certainly turned it on for us!
Congratulations to Marcus and Michelle, our new 2012 King and Queen of the Cut and the Divisions winners.
Male Open 14'
1st Mardrew Tardrew
2nd Ben Tardrew
3rd Cam McKay
4th Roger Goodwin
5th Peter Pridmore
Male O/40 14'
1st Gordon Stimson
2nd Wes Stansfield
3rd Chris Gage
Male O/50 14'
1st Kevin Kemp Smith
2nd Lach Simpson
3rd Kent Wright
Female Open 14'
1st Michelle England (finished 10th overall!)
Mixed Unlimited Board
1st Andrew Hill
2nd Ben Mardon
All results at:
www.racesplitter.com/races/FBCB8F05B
Thanks to our fantastic sponsors and supporters:
Redink Homes
Sunsmart
32GI
Surfing WA
Buswest
Video and photos to come 
Smooth event guys 
Thanks
Need to train for next year. Bit stiff today.
Well done Beno coming down from Gero Neck and neck all the way, great fun
The boys got some great footage of you Hilly, hope it makes the video. Should be some great vision coming out in the next day or so.
Yeah great effort for Radman to make the event all the way from Gero.
Might have to get the SUPWA crew up that neck of the woods for a surf & downwinder trip.
Great day and some great efforts across the board, by organisers and competitors alike.
Marcus and Ben led the way as is starting to become the norm.
however being a fellow member of the Old Paddlers Club, I'd like to make special mention of the great result by Kevin (O50) to come in 3rd overall not far behind the leader and way in front of a lot of good paddlers.
At the other end of the age scale, I also notice young Jackson is getting faster with each outing.
I think for most people no matter where you were in the field there was some close racing, I was in a bunch with Lach, Gordon Mc and Basha for most of the way.
The last K or so it was me and Basha.....neck and neck.......tied for 16th after nearly 2 hours 20 min of racing, it doesn't get any closer than that.
P.S. hope the leg is not to bad Thomas, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Great day and thanks to supwa and all the sponsors, good to see so many close battles down the time sheet.
Was amazing to race my homeless brother neck and neck for 20 km and to be 24 sec apart at the Finnish we had nothing left!
I have to agree on Kevin's amazing effort, someone has found the fountain of youth
Great job everyone for finishing such a gruelling race!!!
Ben
Great to hear everyone enjoyed the event !
How strong was the wind in the end ?
and the sweel would of been nice,
was there many runners to be had ?
Have to agree with Bt and Tightlines. Paddler of the day for me was Kevin in 3rd over the line at over 50! Bloody amazing effort. Amazing day, another great effort by supwa and volunteers and sponsors. Thanks so much to people like Luke and Greg (I'm sure theres more sorry) who miss out on a great run just to organize and look after us onthe day. I'm sure you'd rather be paddling. Much appreciatted. Oh yeah, if anyone knows how to slow down my little bro please pm me. Think I'll be looking at his back more very soon. Great battle little brother. Good conditions, good humans, good times! Cheers everyone involved:)
Great race yesterday and well done to all paddlers. Agree with Stimo was a great paddle for the first 3/4 of the race with some great runners however the final stage gets harder trying to link up the runners as the ocean gets really confused about 5k out from the finish and fatigue starts to kick in.
Had a great tussle with Tightlines, good on ya mate it was great to cross the line together, i thought you had me as we entered the shore break. I think it humbled a lot of paddlers yesterday.
Would be great to see some more ladies in next years race, wouldn't have changed the result as we all know Michelle is the best female paddler in WA, but it would be great to see the division grow.
Wishing Thomas a speedy recovery.
It's good to have those personal battles throughout the race, but what's even better is to be able to smile and laugh about it after.
I gave up trying to catch Kev around the 12km mark and was just worried about keeping Hilly on his 17 and Ben on his 16 behind me.
It's a shame that was/will be Kev's only race of the summer as he was looking really good and I am sure after last years dissapointment of the Dr he would be out for revenge.
Speedy recovery Thomas.
I want what ever the energiser bunny puts in his water, I hope the little homeless bloke can afford a new cardboard box to live in now with all the prize money he earned on Saturday. Well done Michelle and Marcus, you guys are great abasodors for us short arses. Thanks SUPWA for a great event, thanks REDINK, 32GI, SUNSMART, SURFING WA for you very appreciated support, Thanks to Luke for his tireless efforts you are going to be hard to replace now you can paddle again, Thanks to Darren Shapland for his help with the lead boat and his PA Natasha who saved the day by bringing down the REDINK truck for the boards, Thanks to BUSWEST for supplying the bus and my sister Jodee for sacrificing her saturday to drive the bus and baby sit mine and her kids. Thanks also to Matt Holder for filming the event and Chris Clifton for taking the stills, thanks also to Sal Simmo for recording the finish times and the gorgeous Tardrew girls Suzy and Ash for their assistance on the day. Thanks also to Mandurah searescue and Col for patrolling the back of the fleet in their boats it would have been a long day at sea. Also thanks Adam for organising the boats for us. Lastly thanks to my wife Soph for her patience and assistance with set up pack up and barbecue duties.
Can't wait for the next event ....
Mission complete,1300 ks round trip awesome stuff sup wa,well worth every cent spent,the pain between my shoulder blades is easing , first 20 ks for myself as well nothing Like a bAttle between you and the ocean.having some mates along side also Helps,highlights for me was crossing parth with some yacht I do believe some one yelled shark but I didn't see any,and the tussle between hilly and the fellow on the coreban i ran out of steem and must have picked up some weed and was to lazy to remove it i no now you are far better of removing it.speedy recovery to the injured that shorey was causing a bit of havoc ,supin in some flat water will be good rehab once healed,spent the morning down at sorrento with the rest of the rad tribe competing at the surf club meet they did team Radman racing proud with some places in the iron man ,boards and swim, ther already
Asking if they would be able to compete and catch some runners with sup wa,time for the rest of you gero deros to sign up with sup wa get hold of some downwind equipment,we do have some of the best conditions just jump off the point on any thing from north to south wind direction,let's not stay 20 years behind the rest of the state on this one the thril of completion and comradery that goes with it is well worth it +1for the formation of a gero pod ,training fitness ,wave comps,flat water racingand downwinders all so doable with our multitude of un crowded beaches,the lads from the metro area sound keen to ha ve a piece of it,thank you organizers, volunteers and sponsors I love supnMight get up at 5 and loosen up with a 8 k paddle up the point and back ,new years resolution run some cleaner oil in the engine blow less smoke and get hold of a 17'4 bullet. SIC,unlimited s not dead it's just gone to bed
Might get up at 5 and loosen up with a 8 k paddle up the point and back ,new years resolution run some cleaner oil in the engine blow less smoke and get hold of a 17'4 bullet. SIC,unlimited s not dead it's just gone to bed
Second all the praises everyone else has given, awesome day, great conditions, good people, big thanks to all the support people and organisers, world class stuff. From sleepy perth.
On the shark note, I was pretty sure I saw a not dolphin fin before the start of the race, looked something like the pics in the west Australian last weekend. Didn't quite believe my eyes so went with it been a dolphin, Donna reckons she saw it from the beach.
I will say every time I went in the water it was like a trampoline, didn't get very wet for the time I spent off my board.
I'm liking the sound of the big SIC boards, you would of been flying for the first 10kms. Defiantly worth a look. Maybe we can get a bulk discount.
Hope your ok Thomas and get back on your feet soon, was a pretty interesting exit.
P.s. I found a pfd so if anyone is missing it, PM me.
It was a crazy exit to say the least. Plenty of lessons learned on this one. Thanks again for all the help - much appreciated. Fibula is unfortunately out of action for 6-8 weeks which is a serious bummer. I did see something else that was "interesting" about 30 min into the race which kept me well on he board for about 10 clicks...
"I want what ever the energiser bunny puts in his water"
he runs on 32GI!
...that and a fine tuned training program and tonnes of determination!
Well done Kev. He was my smokey to take it out. Look out guys next year!
This is a pic taken by Col on a recent cut run. Does the fin you guys saw belong to this?
"A few minuets later I fell got up quick but leggie got stuck round fin had to jump back in very quickly"
It was a very impressive exit of the water too Stimo, you looked like one of those penguins launching onto the ice.
We have a heap, Scott was busy at the start and finish just need time to go through them.
Got another container today, so unfortunately won' be tommorrow.
Cheers,
Ian.
