Bendelong contest

red · Post by **red** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 3:33 pm

There's a contest in Bendelong, NSW, Australia this weekend (7,8th Feb).
Looks like you can leave the gun at home and pack the bush pig instead. Swell is forecast to be non-existant. See here:
http://buoy.ocens.net/wxnav.jsp?region=AS&program=Maps

Look forward to having a few beers with the blokes and learning about the secret wave magnet spots.

kneelo_44 · Post by **kneelo_44** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 12:10 am

We could take a couple blank's and shape a board or two.

John

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:19 am

Looks like we have 64 for the comp including Baden ,Steen, Matty Gallaga (spelling) and Mike Novakov making a comeback to name a few
See you all there

Tony

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:48 am

hey Red and John
nice meeting you guys

what a top weekend
Though two long days on the beach

have to say great waves Sunday morning

congrats go to Baden taking it out from Kyle...Matt Gallagher then Keg
well surfed guys
And congrats also to young Nov for taking out the cadets (s*&^...or is he a joinoir) and winning the Surfers Surfer award as judged by Kyle (the KSA Surfers Rep)...well done matee you have it all in front of you...and great to see your dad ripping too...
It was nice also meeting up Sophia (Kripchick)...2nd in the womans
And a big THANX to John Clingan for all his effort in running the comp

Looks like being even bigger next year...(rebuilding)

thanx to everyone for turning up....without you we dont have a comp

cheers guys

Tony

kripchik · Post by **kripchik** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:56 pm

Hey Tony

Well we made it home safely. It was great to meet up with so many other kneelos.
It was a great weekend. Everyone performed really well in the trying conditions. The cadets did really well on Saturday afternoon competing the final in terrible conditions. Sunday morning saw a big improvement on the swell and some good surfing. John Clingan did a great job. It was awesome to see three world champs surfing as well.
There was a lot of lessons learnt on the weekend. And crikey competition surfing is so different to free surfing.
Hopefully we will be able to make it up to Coffs in May for the next one.

Cheers
Sophia

Steeno · Post by **Steeno** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:28 pm

class act gentlemen, love your work

great to see fresh faces pulling the strings, keep it up

hey andrew, that board you ride looks hard, but you made it look like a breeze. impressed

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:02 am

Hey guys

go to www.realsurf.com and scroll down to the guest reporters
actually T-Bobs Bondi report if you are quick...as in next 10 hours

cheers

Tony

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 12:04 am

Oh and thanx for the rap guys but John is the hero.....he put in so many hours...I just backed him...and good ole Stapo put in some incouragement as well

cheers

Tony

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:36 am

actually dont bother....here it is

(Report filed Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 09:51:42 AEST)
T-Bobs Bondi Report: Swells dropped (and there wasn't that much there in the first place!) after last nights southerly. 1 - 2ft (on set!) Not really much to do today except try to work out when you had a surf over 3ft. Another change due tomorrow so keep them crossed for for waves on thursday in some shape or form for south facers. Down south for the weekend, woke up sunday to a stunning 3ft swell on the beach we were staying on... only to find a national kneelo championship ruling the one peak that was working! how is that for luck. Checked everywhere else but no dice. Had to admire the kneeling little fellas, some good waves going down. sureal experience tho, being in the line up and being surrounded by the flippered ones

Cheers

Tony

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:47 am

another HUGE rap should go to Farbs and the Oatley crew (you know who you are) for providing a fantastic tent...PA and BBQ to raise well needed funds for the Sydney Club ... lugging all that gear up and down the beach.....It was indeed a real "Heartbreak Hill" on Sunday arvo

Cheers

Tony

kripchik · Post by **kripchik** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 1:09 pm

I gotta agree Tony!

Farbz and the boyz did a great job, carrying all that stuff up and down the beach, providing us with music, food and drinks. They worked all day. Good on ya boyz.

Cheers
Sophia

farbz · Post by **farbz** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:55 pm

Thanks everyone , the Oatley crew were Phil and Stu May , Ricko Clay and myself .
We managed to make a bit of money for the club which will go towards insurance or some other goverment leech like surfing tax.
To everyone who brought drinks and food ,
especially the ingeniously ripped off play on words ...."the Kneel Deal " which was basically a sausage on a stale bread roll with onion cheese and sauce.
"We salute you"
I will never look at sausages on a roll in the same way again.
onya's

scoop · Post by **scoop** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:44 am

Hey Andrew

I didnt realise you were you....
now I have seen the pic you posted it all comes to light
Hope you had a great weekend...
looks like you guys did
see you in Coffs ,if not before
(going up north on Sunday to rally up some backing

cheers matee..and well done to the novos
(gives us Sydney guys something to strive towards)

Tony