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July 31, 2009 at 11:46 am | Spongercity Contests News
Riders vote unanimously to extend the waiting period for the 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge
Shark Island 26th July.
For Immediate Release
After long talks with riders and officials; it has been decided to extend the waiting period for the 2009 Nomad Shark Island challenge for an additional 2 weeks to accommodate the end of the second tidal window and inturn to introduce of a third. The waiting period will now carry on till the 9th of August, a total of 34 days, the third longest waiting period in the event history.
“It has been a shocking period for swell” explains Contest Director Mark Fordham. “There has been plenty of activity down South though the swells seem to keep tracking in an S/SW direction which is unfavourable for Shark Island itself.
The 180hr+ swell models are showing signs of a new pulse which is predicted to hit the Tasman Sea region towards the end of the week so we will see how that system develops.
If that swell produces the goods it will miss the end of the second tidal window and roll into the lay-day period with an afternoon start being our only option. (Refer to chart below). Remember, we only need a minimum of 2hrs to complete this event so anything is possible.
If that predicted swell fails to meet expectations then we will roll into our third tidal window with our first available high tide not coming into affect until 4th of August. Therefore, as of the 4th we will have six days to finish the event. The riders seem positive that something will come out of it, all we need now is for Huey to come to the party….”
Shark Island local Alex Leon has been following the swell action all period and is adamant that something special is on the way. “It’s great that the riders have voted in favour of extending the waiting period for this prestigious event. Extending the waiting period for a couple days isn’t much good. We need to extend it for a week or two. There is a lot of swell in the Bight (Great Australian Bight) and all we need is just one of these low pressure systems to swing up a little past Tassie and it’s on.”
All eyes will be on the charts pending the movement of the Southern Ocean. Stay tuned…
July 31, 2009 at 11:32 am | Spongercity Contests News
Supported By: SWS, I Am None, Zion, Boom pod casts, Sky Dive On The Beach and Movement Magazine – Raising money for JAAGO.
4Play are pleased to announce they will be running an U/20’s Grom Comp on Saturday 15th August at Kiama Wedge. The event will be run by 4Play team manager / shaper Reon Fisher, in conjunction with team riders Thomas Robinson and Dallas Singer. “Dall came to me with the concept a while back and when we mentioned it to Thom he was all for it! The idea is to use the comp as a bit of a talent search, looking for some new grom team riders to add to the 4Play team, as well as raising money for a great charity” Reon said.
First place at the event will score you a year’s sponsorship on the exclusive 4Play team. Giving you the opportunity to be apart of the same team as Damian King, Dallas Singer and Thomas Robinson. There is also a bunch of other rad prizes donated by supporting sponsors SWS, I Am None, Zion, Boom pod casts and Movement Magazine. On the day there will also be raffles and other prize draws with CD giveaways, and a chance at winning a tandem Sky dive from Sky Dive On The Beach.
All money raised from the event will be donated to JAAGO. www.jaago.com.bd -JAAGO Foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to the betterment of underprivileged and poverty-stricken children of Bangladesh. Founded in April 2007 in Dhaka by a group of young students, it focuses mainly on battling malnutrition and illiteracy in children, and on rehabilitating them to better environments and social conditions. JAAGO is currently directed to conducting activities to provide more long-term and sustainable benefits to children who are under the poverty line.
The event will be run in the same format as a professional event with 4 man 20minute heats with the top two progressing. There are only 32 positions available for the competition so make sure you get entries in early as it will be first in best dressed.
Poster artwork is here.
Comp entry form for people who wanna participate is here. (PDF document) – Right Click the link and “Save as”.
July 27, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Jeff just won the Peru event of the IBA Tour. More info and pictures here. He defeated local Jorge Hurtado (Peru) in the final to make history as the first ever winner of an IBA event in Peruvian waters. Almost 5,000 spectators lined the shore of Chilca to support the event and this will guarantee the longevity of the IBA’s newest event on Tour. The crew now pack up and head towards Arica for the second Grand Slam for Men, The Arica Chilean Challenge, so stay tuned for more action from ibaworldtour.com
July 22, 2009 at 9:17 am | Spongercity Contests News
Riders and officials will be on call as of Friday 24th for an anticipated Southerly swell that is forecasted to sweep the N.S.W coastline. Since the completion of Round 1 the East Coast of Australia has been dominated by an unusual summer pattern that has basically starve the normally wave hungry coastline. With strong low pressure systems dominating the southern oceans and tracking towards New Zealand any real chance of swell is being deflected away by the large and stable high pressure weather pattern.
The plan for the completion of The 2009 Shark Island Challenge depends on this weekend’s event. If waves do not meet the required minimum 4ft wave range then, upon the request of the riders all will meet to discuss the option of extending the waiting period of an additional week if the 7 day forecast looks promising.
“We have all made the sacrifice of giving up a years worth of competing because I think we all believe the SIC is and has been the Premiere Bodyboarding event of all time”, explains Sydney’s Alex Bunting. “Round 1 was not Classic Island; the majority of riders struggled to get 2 scoring waves and some competitors didn’t even get the chance of a lone scoring wave due to the hectic conditions. For the image and dignity of this event, if there is anyway we can extend the period in hope of another swell I am all for it! I know that we are at the hands of Mother Nature; though at least we can say we tried all we could to make it happen.”
A reminder that points for this unique event will not be released until the start of Round Two.
When Round Two finally gets underway riders will then be given their overall scores so they can work out where they stand and what they need to do to ensure that they take home the $10,000 winner takes all prize purse.
PRIZE PURSE
First Prize - $10,000 winner takes all
Best Barrel – 2 weeks stay at The Secret Sumatra – Surf Camp
Best Move – 2 week boat trip courtesy of The Surf Travel Company
Best Wipe Out – $500 – if you want it, it’s all yours
Longest tube time – Buzzing over Sydney in the world renowned Red Bull Stunt Plane
An update will be release towards the middle of the week.
July 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm | Spongercity Contests, Links News
DK Sessions has a new website ! Check it out here: http://www.dksessions.com/ Nice site !
And follow the DKS Twitter updates here: http://twitter.com/dksessions
July 13, 2009 at 5:49 pm | Spongercity Contests News
Tthe Shark Island Challenge was ON yesterday with Round 1 of the event. It’s on hold right now.
Here are the trials results by the way (we forgot to add them):
1. Shaun Peterson (Central Coast)
2. Doug Showell (Cronulla)
3. Brendan Ryan (Cronulla)
4. Josh Pollard (Lennox Head)
Watchout for Round 2 very soon !
Follow the event LIVE here: Limited Edition or here: http://twitter.com/ltd_edition. Il y a des slideshows de photo sur le site de Limited Edition.
June 27, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Spongercity Contests News
DK Sessions now has a Twitter account so if you’re a Twitter user make sure you add them to you Twitts and get all updates on upcoming DKS events !
Here’s the link: http://twitter.com/DKSessions
Paul Roach is coming to Oz in August for the DKS contest !
June 27, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Spongercity Contests News
The Shark Isand Challenge is coming ! So watchout for amazing action very soon in Cronulla, NSW, Australia. (4th of July starts with the Brett Young Memorial Trials, then 7th to 27th of July is the Shark Island Challenge waiting period. Both of the events will be streamed live at www.limited-edition.net.au – and for Twitter updates on the contest subscribe to this Twitter feed right now: http://twitter.com/ltd_edition !
Please read the full press release below for more info.
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April 15, 2009 at 9:25 pm | Spongercity Contests News
It’s official, the Shark Island is no longer part of the 2009 IBA World Tour.
Mark Fordham stated that due to the economic climate he would not be able to stage an IBA rated event.
Negotiations with promoter Fordham failed to reach both IBA World Tour and IBA Specialty event sanctioning so sadly the event will be black-listed and off limits to contracted riders.
This includes all the riders that competed in the Turbo Pipe Pro and those who compete in the upcoming Brazialian events.
“The riders board voted against the speciality event status because we need to work with promoters that will follow the minimum requirements” said IBA General Manager Terry McKenna. “Its that simple”.
“ If you surf in this event you will be sitting out of the IBA World Tour for 12 months from the date of the breach”
“ The riders are the product of the IBA and we must protect the exclusivity of the World Tour by enforcing this rule” said Mckenna.
Riders will now look towards Chile’ in late July for the next IBA Grand Slam event.
* exert from section 2-g of the 2009 IBA riders contracts – (g) That a 12 month ban from all IBA sanctioned events ( and associated tours) will be given to a rider that competes’ in any rebel events without written permission from the IBA & that a US$500 fine will apply
What a shame… We dont really know what to say. We all wish we could have a tour that would include Shark Island, Teahupoo, Cloud9, Chili, Puerto, Pipe and more sick waves but our sport is pretty broke and sponsors/money are hard to find these days, specially for bodyboarding, and specially at the moment with the slow economy. With the SIC contest out of the IBA it’s even worse. When reading thru the IBA arguments and the SIC arguments you’ll make up you’re own opinion. We seriously dont know what to say or what to think. Hard time for the tour, the riders, for the sport in general… It’s a shame, the last couple years we felt everything was getting better and felt that we were going in the right direction with the media coverage of the sport. Maybe we were wrong. It seemed more kids were back on the boogie and that maybe boogieboarding was cool again. Fuck, we need to support the industry, the pros, the main contests, the true, genuine and core brands (we insist on the word TRUE, CORE and GENUINE), the people who make it happen, the core of our sport.
If you want to learn more about the SIC // IBA issue, please take 3 minutes of your time and read the Letter that M. Fordham wrote. Click the link below to read on.
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March 25, 2009 at 11:44 pm | Spongercity Contests News
We just got some good news from our mate Clayton at DKS to start the 09 season. Here’s the latest from DKS:
“Hi DKS supporters,
Welcome to the 09 season. It certainly started off with a bang at the Pipe contest with some great waves and DK riding. It was good to see Kainoa back in the water and hangin with the DK crew. Congrats to current DKS Champ Bud Miyamoto for collecting his 3rd straight Pipe Crown in fine style edging out Dubb in a close final. Also here in Oz we just started the Aussie Pro Tour and State Rounds at DBah on the Gold Coast where DKS rider Dane Pope cleaned up both State and Pro divisions killing it in the solid waves on finals day.
Attached is the entry form for this years contests here in Australia. Again there are 2 events planned for this year, DKS Tiona Park and DKS Port Mac, both events are presented by Sundowner Holidays. The entry form has not yet hit any websites and are exclusive for the riders and supporters at this stage.
Accommodation specials will be advertised in the coming weeks as our new DKS website takes shape and should be released soon. The more people that support us and book accommodation at the Sundowner Holiday Parks, the more we can recieve in return, so please help support our sponsors. Please also take note of the NEW postal address for entries to be posted to.
Thats it for now but more info will be coming shortly.
Thanks,
DROPKNEE SESSIONS”
Watch the DKS promo video on Vimeo here.
DOWNLOAD THE ORDER FORM HERE.
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