Hows the wind looking for sundau guys???

Who is going to take it out??
Ange will in womens terrin 2nd.

Men.
Ill throw a blanket over
Trav, beau, boothy, matty, jake.
I reckon matty could come out on top again

It may have cost me a shot at the title but looks a like good decision to move race to Sunday. Good luck all.

Yewww i picked it. Well done matty. 2015's best aussie down wind paddler.
Nice work by all im putting this race on the bucket list to do.

teatrea said..
first Matt Nottage second Travis , third Jake, four Beau 14 class. Seems Matt is on fire, who is this bloke first I have heard of him , what's his Background?

he killed in Hawaii last season race too.

get with the program Andrew.


swell was hitting side on so the sup racer said.

there are some what I might call not so good pace by paddlers who are better than that.

might be some boards didn't handle those conditions

TT. Hes the new kid on the block. from sunny coast. Wasn't even sponsored as of last year i dont think. Got a solid 4th at kotc last year. Then starboard picked him up. 2nd to connor in two of the biggest dw racers in hawaii this year.
Now Won the doctor and now the cut.
He paddles an ace as good as beau and looks like this year has dominated the ocean scene. Has a very solid background in OC1 racing i believe.
Top kid with a huge future in ocean racing with results like hes got this year.

This is a huge result to win in that field and to even beat the unlimiteds.

Be good to hear how the race played out from the paddlers views.

AndyR said...
TT. Hes the new kid on the block. from sunny coast. Wasn't even sponsored as of last year i dont think. Got a solid 4th at kotc last year. Then starboard picked him up. 2nd to connor in two of the biggest dw racers in hawaii this year.
Now Won the doctor and now the cut.
He paddles an ace as good as beau and looks like this year has dominated the ocean scene. Has a very solid background in OC1 racing i believe.
Top kid with a huge future in ocean racing with results like hes got this year.

This is a huge result to win in that field and to even beat the unlimiteds.

Be good to hear how the race played out from the paddlers views.

Yeah massive effort to win probably two of the biggest races in oz, and to beat Trav who I consider the best in the buisness.how old is He?

What happened to jermey riggs? Don't see his name on the list at all?

BerserkWarrior said..

AndyR said..
What happened to jermey riggs? Don't see his name on the list at all?

Jeremy Riggs had sponsor obligations in Melbourne. He was apparently going to do KotC on Saturday and then catch the red eye to Melbourne but the delayed race meant he had to miss KotC.

the bloody Melbourne crew

Were there only two women? I see only mention of the top two.

Conditions were awesome today, yeah it wasn't a true Southerly but there were some massive runs out there, previous race records were smashed, I hope every one had a great time in West Oz, we love hosting the interstate and international crew thanks for a great race SUPWA ,

Heaps of great results, congrats to Matt and Angie for taking out the top spots but the highlight for me was the one and only Radman taking out the O40's
#citybeachdrumliners #teamwestozfroth

This is a guy that lives in a remote town so hardly has anyone to train with and on a board he designed and built himself.
Nice work Benno.

Radman said..

Area10 said...
Were there only two women? I see only mention of the top two.

Oh hang on, I can answer my own Q now, from looking at the Blue Chip results list. 70 paddlers finished the race. 6 were women (8.6%). Is this a typical participation rate for women in Australia, or is there something specific about this great race that puts them off?

Area10 said..

Area10 said...
Were there only two women? I see only mention of the top two.

Oh hang on, I can answer my own Q now, from looking at the Blue Chip results list. 70 paddlers finished the race. 6 were women (8.6%). Is this a typical participation rate for women in Australia, or is there something specific about this great race that puts them off?

Maybe a little lower % because of the nature of the race but for other than social races, there seems to be a substantially lower participation rate for women.

petedorries said...

teatrea said..
first Matt Nottage second Travis , third Jake, four Beau 14 class. Seems Matt is on fire, who is this bloke first I have heard of him , what's his Background?

Andrew
(TeaTree) he comes from an outrigging background. Need iIsay anymore. he is one of our hottest young outrigger paddlers coming through.
last year he won the 45km GBROC in Cairns on the OC1 whilst the boys did it on the SUP's.

Funny that how the top oc1 guys are also top stand up paddlers. I'd like to have a go at oc1 how much can you pick a second hand one up for?

Area10 said..

Area10 said...
Were there only two women? I see only mention of the top two.

Oh hang on, I can answer my own Q now, from looking at the Blue Chip results list. 70 paddlers finished the race. 6 were women (8.6%). Is this a typical participation rate for women in Australia, or is there something specific about this great race that puts them off?

HI Area 10
WA is developing some of the top female paddlers in the country, Belinda Stowell-Brett came 3rd this year, backing up her podium finish from the Nationals. Cristiana Chessa won the O/40 female division and despite there being only 2 paddlers, she smashed her time from the previous year and finished just behind some of the age group males. Local paddlers - Nicki Jones and Zan Wilson were caught out with the date change.

The week before at the Ship2Shore we had a majority of females compared to Males in a DW event. It is just a matter of time for these ladies to develop confidence in DW - I personally feel that females are more suited to DW as they are lighter and have better balance, it won't be long before we see more and more females participating.

You only have to look at the present inspiring ladies driving SUP DW in Australia - Angie Jackson, Karla Gilbert, Terrene Black and Belinda Stowell-Brett - there is such a great community and sisterhood around these paddlers.