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Sorry .. I was putting the grand daughters to bed .. it takes about three hours
.. there are lots of procedures to go through
.. traditional stuff like growling at the monsters under the bed
.. telling them about my best waves .. and what a gun surfer I was and still nearly am
.. and how we're having pancakes for breakfast
.. and how they have to take me surfing with them even when I'm on a zimmer frame.
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Just a tempter, 2 minute walk from the Lufra Hotel to this
Awesome.
ET.
No SUPer in Tasmania
will ever live in cold .. vote for me.
Just get some booties .. 7mm are best
and start using them so that you're
not stumbling on the BIG DAY ..
LUFRA HOTEL AND APPARTMENTS (AND SPAS)
HAVE POSTED THEIR ACCONNODATION RATES
DISCOUNTED TO LESS THAN COLLINGWOOD SCORES
OFFERING, AS WELL, THE "BIG BREAKFAST" (extra $ but essential)
PANARAMIC VIEWS OF FIVE FABLED SURF BREAKS ..
OPEN FIRES .. LIVE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT ..
AND PETER THE SUPING MANAGER WHO "UNDERSTANDS"
PHOTO PACKAGES FOR TassieSUP WINTER CLASSIC
You've scraped the ice off your SUP, busted out the 5mm wetsuit and bought your new booties.
The only thing left to do is pre order a professional photo package to capture your bravado in all its glory!
TassieSUP has teamed up with world famous photographer Stu Gibson to offer discounted professional packages for competitors.
Stu has shot surfers from all around the world and had his work feature in mainstream and surfing press.
PLUS he shoots at 6 frames per second ensuring that he can make even your inevitable wipeouts look good!
For $30 Stu photographs all your heats and provides you with copies of photos taken at high res quality.
Packages such as this are usually sold for five times the price.
We do however require a critical mass of surfers to take up the offer to make it worth his while.
We ask that you please indicate your interest ASAP, with all payments to be made by the 18th of June, one week prior to the event.
To express your interest email benstockwin@gmail.com
TassieSUP Winter Classic Program.
Friday, free surf Friday, check out the breaks and the opposition,
meet and greet diner at the Lufra and live music....
Saturday, Lufra BIG brekie,
9 am SUP surf comp, followed buy 12'6" and under technical race,
presentation diner at Lufra
including random mega prize draws for all registered entrants that are present
and live music from the "kook to kool SUP skoolers SUPer group.
Sunday, Lufra BIG brekie,
10 am 14' and under 1/4 & 1/2 marathon flatwater race.
+don't forget to get your bookings done with the Lufra now,
at these rates they will fill up fast.
Don't forget photo packages.
we have had enough interest, so it is DEFINATELY a go-ear.
$30 gets you Stu Gibson snapping your heat, taking some edits and giving you everything he shoots.
im told for an extra $5 he will photoshop 5kgs off my waist and put back some hair!
interested? Pre bookings only.
benstockwin@gmail.com
Please tell me Clifton Ben
can young Stu Gibson photoshop other body regions ?
Enhancement of the pubis bulge region could be of benefit
especially in the cooler waters.
Could be a good selling point for these photo packages.
3 weeks to go, banks at eaglehawk are looking ok, some of the southarm crew were spotted at the weekend tearing it up
NOW
ALSO
THE:
Australian Cold Water SUP Championships
ALL you guys from "Australia" that are coming down for the TassieSUP Winter Classic
similar to other states, you can't enter the State titles
BUT there will be another division as part of the competition:
"Australian Cold Water SUP Championships"
If for some strange reason there aren't enough of you to fill a final, then:
TassieSUP will select some local wild cards to fill it up and help you on your way
AND we have a couple of sponsors
to recognise your efforts:
STOP PRESS
BLUE PLANET SUP AUSTRALIA ARE SENDING A TEAM
for the AUS COLD WATER SUP CHAMPS
AND ARE ALSO LATE ENTRY SPONSORS
too late to get on the posters
but with us in body and spirit
BIG THANKS TO BLUE PLANET
Demo road trip around TAZ
Very important to get your pre-surf warmup done
.. especially on a cold day .. before taking to the surf.
www.facebook.com/100000026999524/videos/1480422908635261/
Clifton Ben did Eaglehawk Neck today, with his birthday pressie GPS, shoulder to head high,
nobody else in sight ..
VENUE FOR TassieSUP WINTER CLASSIC
and also
AUS NAT COLD WATER C'SHIP TITLES
inaugural ..
Entries close Wednesday, here's the link.
www.surfingaustralia.com/SurfingTasmania/event/hif-tassiesup
GingerSUP putting in some practice the other night, making a return to competitive SUP after a few years off, could be a dark horse in the 0/40
And remember .. It's the Journey
And this is part of our last year's road trip
To the TassieSUP Winter Classic.
www.facebook.com/splentale/videos/566762046759201/
Here they are, 2 of the most sort after trophies in international SUP competition, the "TassieSUP Winter Classic wave and race perpetual trophies, yes that's right, perpetual trophies, that means you only get to keep them until the next Winter Classic.
These have held pride of place in Crusin's best chook house for the last 12 months, but alas he has handed them back to be passed on to this years champions.
Crusin is the 1st person in history to be the holder of both trophies in the same year, a feat that we may not see again for a long time.
This is the wave map for comp day Sat@9am .. shows 2.5 to 3.0 m licking up the coast
which will wrap into Eaglehawk at 1 to 2 m .. perfect .. wind offshore all day .. perfect.
BOM swell forecast looking a bit better, slightly more Southerly aspect and one darker shade of green, though it may peter out towards end of the day. Lets hope the surf gods continue to smile upon us!!
BOM swell forecast looking a bit better, slightly more Southerly aspect and one darker shade of green, though it may peter out towards end of the day. Lets hope the surf gods continue to smile upon us!!
looks good Brad6, banks are in pretty good nick after the storms a couple of weeks ago
2MT was down there checking it out today.
BOM swell forecast looking a bit better, slightly more Southerly aspect and one darker shade of green, though it may peter out towards end of the day. Lets hope the surf gods continue to smile upon us!!
looks good Brad6, banks are in pretty good nick after the storms a couple of weeks ago
2MT was down there checking it out today.
Hoy, where's me T-Shirt??
ET.
2016 HIF Tassie Winter SUP Classic Results.
Three years in a row Eaglehawk Neck has delivered calm sunny days with small/med surf for the popular Winter Classic. A terrific and enjoyable day for all competitors who enjoyed the ideal two to three ft peaks from the predicted easterly swell that picked up as the morning progressed and began to fade later in the afternoon. The next SUP Surf/BOP/Marathon event will be at Bicheno in late November. Keep your eyes on Surfing Tasmania's facebook over the next few weeks for the new 2016/17 Events Calendar.
HUGE THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
1SUP1,Canoe N Surf, Jay Sails & SUP, SUPWorld Magazine,JP Australia',Lufra Hotel & Apartments, Fanatic, ION, Starboard, Watersport TAS, HIF Insurance, Naish, What SUP Boards Tasmania, Surftech ,NSP, Seabreeze, Bicheno Surf. Stuart Gibson Photography.
RESULTS:
OPEN MENS; 1.Lewis Freeman, 2. Andrew Leitch, 3. Ben Stockwin, 4. Jake Steele.
OPEN WOMEN; Claire Vervatt
U/21: 1. Lewis Freeman, 2. Jake Steele.
O/40; 1. Craig Rapple, 2. Ben Stockwin, 3. Brad Quinn, 4. Anthony Spinks.
O/50: 1. Peter Genders, 2.Dave Smith, 3. Brett Bradford 4. Steve Miller.
O/70; Tony Leitch
The events all went off very well ..
here are a few pics but stay tuned for the
Stu Gibson's work ..
There were lots of bombs out the back .. we're saving those for later
AND .. THOSE BOYS LINE UP