Select to expand quotegoofy said..
In my opinion this issue was not about surf craft but more about access to the waves,.
Whoever the bright spark was that thought it would be ok to run 2 comps (one at the point and one and one in the bay) at the same time on the same weekend got it wrong, combined with one of the best swells this year it was always going to be ugly.
Even if the 2 comps were organised completely independant of each other (not sure what the case is here) both organisers would have to of realised the 2 comps combined would take up the 2 main breaks for pretty much the whole weekend and that it would piss a lot of people off.
It it was always going to be crazy busy that weekend regardless of whether or not there was a comp, you can't expect to displace that many local surfers without copping some push back and from the photos looks like both sides were as bad as each other.
I reckon the lesson from last weekend is surfing WA or whoever ran those comps should not have ran them both on the same day..
When I arrived Saturday I couldn't believe they locked down the area, most could see the point was a long board event but it wasn't clear about the bay area.
I was also surprised there wasn't more drama from locals as many I spoke to were really angry.
Throw blow-ins from Perth and it was pretty sad.
I don't know of any local competitors which added to the insult of outsiders rocking up and telling locals they couldn't surf their own break while it was firing best its been all year.
Suggest you hold the comp where you are welcome because you certainly were not at Mandurah.
Select to expand quoteIFocus said..goofy said..
In my opinion this issue was not about surf craft but more about access to the waves,.
Whoever the bright spark was that thought it would be ok to run 2 comps (one at the point and one and one in the bay) at the same time on the same weekend got it wrong, combined with one of the best swells this year it was always going to be ugly.
Even if the 2 comps were organised completely independant of each other (not sure what the case is here) both organisers would have to of realised the 2 comps combined would take up the 2 main breaks for pretty much the whole weekend and that it would piss a lot of people off.
It it was always going to be crazy busy that weekend regardless of whether or not there was a comp, you can't expect to displace that many local surfers without copping some push back and from the photos looks like both sides were as bad as each other.
I reckon the lesson from last weekend is surfing WA or whoever ran those comps should not have ran them both on the same day..
When I arrived Saturday I couldn't believe they locked down the area, most could see the point was a long board event but it wasn't clear about the bay area.
I was also surprised there wasn't more drama from locals as many I spoke to were really angry.
Throw blow-ins from Perth and it was pretty sad.
I don't know of any local competitors which added to the insult of outsiders rocking up and telling locals they couldn't surf their own break while it was firing best its been all year.
Suggest you hold the comp where you are welcome because you certainly were not at Mandurah.
Not sure if you directed that comment at me but to clarify I had nothing to do with either comp except for the fact I too was seriously inconvenienced.
