Wind went from 5.3 to 4.2 then back top 4.7 but we managed to get through it all.
Swell was all up and down. 35 compeated and 50 at the prezzos. Ben beat Pete Volwater in the elite final. Hoops won the open. Hoping for wind and swell tommorow
before the long drive back !!!!
John Grulich
Full results from WINDSHACK Green Head Wave classic Sat 23 Jan 2010
Elite
1st Ben Severne
2nd Peter Volwater
3rd Danny Brusch
4th James Hooper
Open
1st James Hooper
2nd Andrew Lang
3rd Mattias Moerman
4th Jens Lodders
Equal 5th
Pete Tomsett
Ben Pallant
Will Kolbrink
Xavier Koenig
Equal 9th
Ben Newson
Matt Gwynne
Owen Pallier
Primo
Alex Bertrand
Duane Hand
Steve Teckenoff
Max Ploumis
Women
1st Kanza Stott
2nd Kirra Young
3rd Justinya Sniady
4th Natalie Fleetwood
Masters
1st John Grulich
2nd Allan Gwynne
3rd Serge Pillonel
4th Nolan Penning
Equal 5th
John Koch
Alberto Caielli
Lachlan Lidbury
Tim Crommelin
Chris Selman
Simon Fleetwood
Ashley Cowan
Thanks again to Alberto from WINDSHACK and to everyone who turned up and had a great time.
Great to see a whole buch of new faces out there giving it a go!
Cheers from Windsurfing WA
For my first comp I really enjoyed the good vibes and to catch up with everyone. Thanks to those who organised a fun event. If only there were comps more often and closer to home.
Oh and Langy... You should thank your lucky stars that the wind dropped during our heat
1st ever comp as well, big thanks to the organisers. We should organise small unofficial events at scarbs or metts when conditions are good, everyone put in 5 or 10 bucks and we can have ourselves a good day
We should also acknowledge the juniors who competed - those who are going to keep our sport alive when we're too old and too decrepit to get out on the water any more.
Kanza Stott and Matthew Gwynne have no junior peers to compete against so have to put themselves in the womens/mens open divisions. A daunting task for 16 yo Kanza and 14 yo Matthew. While their peers are following the mainstream, these guys are out on their own, driven by their passion for windsurfing.
Kanza did extremely well to win the Women's event.
Matt had some tough opposition in the men's open, coming up against the eventually third place getter in his first heat. A tough ask! Matt regularly pulls off clean forwards and backs. And check out some of his waveriding at Margarets recently in the photo section, a seasoned pro would be proud of the airs that Matt gets! This kid's got guts!
Can't wait to see him compete at Margarets in the Nationals.
