Le Boogie, issue one is coming and here’s a little video teaser
Here’s a little video to keep you frothing ’til the issue one of LE BOOGIE comes to life in September: http://vimeo.com/5887994. Can’t wait for this !
Ewan Donnachie wins the 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge
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/
WA Bodyboarder Brendon Backshall has just joined the Boogerking Team
WA Bodyboarder Brendon Backshall has just joined the Boogerking team. He Joins Ben Player, Mitch Rawlins, Jason Finlay and Max Arent on the coveted Team.
“Brendons flair both in and out of the water were the major factors in Boogerking sponsoring him. Welcome aboard Brendon!” – Toby Player
OGM Bodyboardshop recruts Chris Won Taloa
OGM Bodyboard Shop, the european bodyboard shop sponsoring Pierre Louis Costes just signed another international rider: Chris Won Taloa, the north shore legend. Chris kills it standup, dk and prone and will be shredding hawaiian & californian waves under the OGM flag now. Check Chris on video here and there.
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Arica Chilean Challenge
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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Extended waiting period for the 2009 Nomad Shark Island Challenge
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…
A new PLC video available on Riraw.tv
Riraw.tv has been covering heaps of PLC sessions lately and they just uploaded more from PLC for your viewing pleasure: Check Riraw.tv for a new Bali clip from Pierre Louis ! Sick footage with PLC charging padding like it’s a shitty 2 foot beachbreak. Siiiiick !
Available on Vimeo or on the Riraw.tv Podcast (iTunes).
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Thom & Dalls Grom Bash
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”.
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Le Boogie… A new magazine & online magazine
A new mag is born! It’s coming from Oz, it will be available only on the internet (viewable online, or as a hard copy but to be ordered online).
“It’s a brand new magazine, which is all about not saying much to say a lot more. The first issue is going to blow people’s minds with the quality of the images. Showcasing the photographs in an all gallery style layout with some interesting stories penned by the riders themselves all on the highest quality stock. This issue is 144 pages and with the way things are going it’s only going to get bigger”.
Phil Gallagher – Editor/Photographer
More info & details about the mag very soon on Spongercity.com
Jeff Hubbard wins Peru
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
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