Congrats Hubb ! New 2009 world champ ! Yewwwww. More news and details after the break. The Confital contest isn’t over yet as we write this. Winny and Mike were close but lost a little too early to really have a chance to beat Hubb from what we’ve understand and seen on the contest results sheet.
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Alright, we’re late on this one but it’s not too bad, only one day passed by so far since the beginning of the contest. Confital in the canary islands is the last stop this year on tour and the new world champ will be crowned there so make sure you don’t miss the show, it’s here online: http://www.confitalibatour.com/. It’s gonna go live again as soon as the waves are pumping. We’ll keep you updated! Can’t wait to see who’s gonna be the next world champ!
Watch the recap of the 1st day here: http://vimeo.com/7924120
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DK riders beware! The 2010 dates for DKS are as follows:
DKS TIONA 31st July/1st August 2010
DKS PORT MAC 7th/8th August 2010
Clayton Pickworth, DKS Manager – “This year DKS is excited to have the involvement of Manny Vargas! Manny is a very experienced global DK rider and has vast experience in the industry, now hosting a bunch of “FreakFest” travel trips along with his Indo Experience camps. Manny is also the man behind the innovative internet show called “Bodyboarding Live”.
Also DKS is in talks with some more “old school” pro’s who are willing to attend along with the “new school” guys like 09 winner Kim Feast, 08 winner Bud Miyamoto, Hawaiian ripper Micah McMullin, 7 time finalist Grant Molony, 09 Tiona winner Jake Sharp along with the world’s best riders and we will have updates over the new year break, so keep your eyes peeled to the DKS site for all the latest news.
DKS is currently in the update mode for the website all thanks to Vico shredder Justin Welsh. Welshy will have 2010 entries available on the site soon so make sure your in early and get your accommodation booked as i’m sure DKS Tiona will sell out!
More updates soon!
www.dksessions.com
www.myspace.com/dksessions
www.twitter.com/dksessions
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The Peniche contest results (Portugal) – Peniche was the last of the 5 European events on the world tour this year. There’s now 1 or 2 more events to go before crowning a world champ if we’re not wrong… (sorry for the fuck up in yesterdays Peniche news we posted)
MENS
1- Lucas Nogueira (Bra)
2- Dave Winchester (Aus)
3- Mike Stewart (USA)
3- Amaury Lavernhe (Fra)
WOMENS
1- Neymara Carvalho (Bra)
2- Isabella Sousa (Bra)
3- Eunate Aguirre (Eusk, Esp)
3- Clare Mc Gowan (UK)
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We havent really followed the latest events on the world tour (IBA) since the Arican Chilean Challenge, mostly because they didn’t look too attractive (sorry) with waves and spots that werent really matching the Pipe, Chili, Shark Island, Chopes, Cloud9 or other events that we had on the tour a while ago and are better suited to bodyboarding and proper TV material & entertaining stuff. However, considering how bodyboarding struggles to get coverage and touch a wider audience to make the sport bigger, better and richer we totally understand that the latest events are much needed on the tour because there’s a wider public to touch, there’s investors, sponsors and people to watch on the beach. Less impressive spots but impressive crowds and more money…
Anyway, here’s the recap of what happened on the world tour since the Chilean Challenge:
Viana Pro – Portugal: Eder Luciano wins
Sopelana BBK Pro – Spain: Amaury Laverhne wins
Sintra Pro – Portugal: Hubb wins (and his brother Dub wins DK event!)
Ferrol Deeply Pro – Spain: Winny wins (and Dub wins the Dk event again!)
Next event is Peniche, Portugal. Peniche is famous for its deep hollow barrels and it’s a world class shorey so let’s cross our fingers for scik waves and action !
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WA’s Kim Feast has blasted through the quality DKS field to take out this years DKS Sundowner Port Mac event. Feasty beat off 3 riders in Grant Molony, Daniel Coy and Mitch Cox, all from the Central Coast in the 30 min final. Kim dedicated the win to his Father who past away last year but was also super stoked to win.
The early exit of Jake Sharp ment that it was anyone’s title to take hold of and Feasty took it with both hands making clean moves and even getting a shack in the final to secure the win.
Big props to Sundowner Holidays, Turbo Surf Designs, Liquid Malisha, No Clones, Trevor Ross(surfphotos.com.au) and Matt Brockie for the massive support they have given us this year. A handfull of guys also scored some amazing shots at LHB this morning so keep an eye posted on the next issues of both movement and riptide.
Check the video here: http://vimeo.com/6029761
Mike Stewart wins the Arica Chilean Challenge 2009 ! At 46 Mike defeated David Hubbard in a nice final at El Gringo. Respect Mike ! He won with a total of 13 points on his best 2 waves against 11.5 for David. Super cool contest, good waves and good webcast. Thanx to the IBA and all the people involved for bringing the contest to our computer screens !
Here’s a short Sundowner Tiona DKS recap on Vimeo. Small but clean and fun waves. Watch it til the end coz there’s some Paul Roach shredding 2 mini waves to pieces like no one else does. Watch it all here.
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Shark Island, Cronulla (Saturday, August 1st, 2009) – Ewan Donnachie from Sydney’s Northern Beaches has won The 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge in clean 1 – 1.5m conditions to claim first prize of $10,000 over an accumulated two round points system.
Since the completion of Round 1 back on the 12th of July, riders and officials have been on stand-by waiting in anticipation for the second round to commence. The weeks that followed saw small to flat condition as Sydney basked in a stable weather pattern. Towards the end of the 21 day waiting period riders voted unanimously to extend the period to accommodate a strong fetch of ground swell that was predicted to reel up the N.S.W coastal – and it’s paid off.
Riders were greeted to a freshly groomed Southerly ground swell, a direct result of a powerful lower pressure system situated in the Tasman Sea. As dawn broke, long clean lines peeled around the infamous reef giving everyone an early viewing on what laid ahead.
Due to the southerly direction Contest Director Mark Fordham wasted no time on calling the event ‘ON’, taking full advantage of the perfect low to mid tide conditions.
The heats were reversed (4, 3, 2, and 1) to ensure that all riders had their fair share of tidal conditions. Riders had 45 minutes to top up their round 1 scores.
Overall each heat had their fair share of waves. Competitors basically lined up to enjoy the fun barrelling conditions. Standouts from Round 2 were Alex Leon, Ben Sawyer, Dave Ballard, Chris James, Nick Omerod, Ewan Donnachie, Christian Riguccini and Shaun Peterson.
Upon the completion all headed down to Bar 2230 for the presentation. The “Best Off” awards were presented and then the top eight place getters where called up for the final countdown. Riguccini and Donnachie were the last two standing. Both had shown great tube riding skills and wave knowledge through out the event. In the end, Riguccini, the 1999 SIC Champion was pipped by a mere 5.3 point leaving Donnachie to take to SIC 2009 title..
THE WINNERS LIST
First Prize – Ewan Donnachie $10,000 winner takes all
Best Barrel – Dave Ballard 2 weeks stay at The Secret Sumatra – Surf Camp
Best Move – Shaun Peterson 2 week boat trip courtesy of The Surf Travel Company
Best Wipe Out – Glen Thurston $500 – courtesy of Bar 2230, Cronulla
Longest tube time – Dave Ballard Buzzing over Sydney in the world renowned Red Bull Stunt Plane
“In the end it came down to the most consistent rider and that rider was Ewan”, explained Contest Director Mark Fordham. “Even though he didn’t win a Round he managed to secure two solid scoring waves from both days. For example, Dougy Showell was leading after the Round 1 and couldn’t find his rhythm in Round 2. Dave Ballard only scored 1 solid wave in Round 1, but managed to find his rhythm, especially in the barrel and took out Round 2 – it was a tight event – the luck could have swung in anyone’s favour, that’s competition…
I guess Round 2 was a savour for many. The waves were great for all heats so I guess everyone is happy. It would have been great if it was a little bigger though as the old saying goes ‘you take what you’ve been given’ . After analysing the swell yesterday I thought that it was going to pump as the tide got higher, instead it just hovered at the 3-4ft range. Regardless, everyone on board is stoked, there was plenty of tubes and plenty of ramps to hit so all in all everyone had an equal chance to improve on their first round scores.”
After the winner’s speech, Donnachie was quick to comment on the importance of the event, “Overall it’s been a ‘Challenge’ for everyone, physically and mentally, unlike any event in the world… I am stoked that everyone saw the bigger picture and decided to extend the waiting period. Having that flexibility is essential – that’s the beauty of the SIC- it gives us the chance to express our sport in the best possible way…”
On a final note I (Mark Fordham) would like to thank all the Sponsors of this year’s event for their continuous support especially in this economic climate, the riders for the total commitment and positive frame of mind and attitude during the entire competition period and, of coarse the officials and crew for their upmost professionalism. See you in 2010…
More info on http://www.limited-edition.net.au/
After Peru the world tour heads to Chile for the The Arica Challenge (sorry for lagging we’re 2 days late !). The contest hasnt started yet anyway.
Arica Chilean Challenge
Date: July 29th – August 9th
Location: El Gringo, Arica’
Country: Chile
Prize Money: U$20,000
Status: IBA Men’s Grand Slam
IBA Points: 2000
Latest news: The Arica Chilean Challenge was put on hold today as organizers wait for a big swell thats due to hit early next week. The waves at El Gringo were fun but this place can dish up amazing waves so fun did not cut it today… Over 110 of the Worlds best riders are assembled and pumped for the second IBA Grand Slam event on the 2009 MWT. Stay tuned for tomorrows call by signing up to IBA twitter on live site and front page…
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