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Chris and sea bass surfed flynn's this morning ,4' clean waves with gavin colman and only a couple of others. They came out again with me this afternoon for some choppy lumpy waves. Met neil luke, talked about boards, toured the island ,and are ready to do it again tomorrow. The weather is changing "again" and the swell is rising , so tomorrow should be another good day for surf. Albert ,Sam, Chayne, Simon and others are arriving this afternoon so we will all surf together in the morning. The boys are having a great time perfecting their aussie accents and adjusting to the "aussie" way .Only a couple of days till the comp starts and it is looking good for weather and waves , and with 108 entries it will be a top weekend.

Thanks for the update on Chris and SeaBass, Jim.

Is 108 entries typical for the contest? Or are you seeing the same rising tide of interest we are seeing in Cali?

Hi Jim!

Thanks for the great report. Everyone here reading your post, and Steen's, is doing it with a big on their face.

Thanks for showing them a good time...the Aussie way is definitely

Brad

here's the forecast for PI:

Fri: Bumpy 4-6ft surf at Woolamai. Light S/SW winds ahead of a fresh afternoon sea breeze.
Sat: Lumpy 4-6ft surf at Woolamai with a possible late increase. Light and variable winds ahead of a fresh afternoon sea breeze.
Sun: Fairly solid 5-6ft surf at Woolamai, possibly a little larger at first. Light and variable winds tending S/SE'ly in the morning ahead of a fresh sea breeze.

Because it's an island it's possible to go around to the other side if there is enough swell - to ride offshore reef breaks!

Just finished a surf with the boys. Surfed kitty miller bay with a dozen kneelos and no-one else . They got heaps of waves and had a lot of fun. Chris is enjoying his birthday. They are going to the penguin parade and nature park tonight, then up early again for more surf. What a life.

It sounds as though they are having an amazing time.
It's fantastic that you all made this happen for those guys.
I hope someone is taking pictures

Whoa, that is weird. Chris' 15th b-day was yesterday in Oz, and, its happening again today in Cali.

Great to hear that everyone is having a great time.

Stoked to hear that the boyz are getting the proper tour
looking forward to hearing some of the tales from their perspectives
Hopefully they are keeping a journal and will feel like sharing some of their
experience with all the other eager souls following this adventure

and to Steve Artis, great post mate

friday arvo and woolies was a mess
so after a couple of laps of the island
Red's Coopers crew went to Summerland ... the penguin parade ( centre crack )
and I think I spotted the groms
one was on a Blast
many kneeboards ... perhaps all were on kneeboards ... very good to see

they will meet lots of people and see many surf styles and techniques
and many, many kneeboard designs

hey its chris linn one of the groms over and phillip island and i just want to frist thank all of you fro sending me, sebass and sam her becasue it is an awesome experience.

today was the frist day of the contest. sam had a heat in the open today and he got third in the first round. me, sebass and sam all have heats tomorrow. me and sebass have heats in the juniors and cadets and sam has a heat in the juniors.

they ran the open all day today and i have to say that the surfing here is incredible. every round there are amazing surfers. the level of surfing here is really high. they got all the way up to the semis of the open and im not completely sure who all of the eight in the open are but here are a few- Simon Farrer, Albert Munoz, Shane Simpson and Baden Smith. the waves were pretty good today they were about 3-4 ft. in the morning was the best but then it dropped the whole rest of the day.

i again just want to thank everybody who took part in sending me and the other groms over here. ill see you all back at the oceanside comp. gooday mates

Chris Linn (BBK)

http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/came ... e=Woolamai

link to Woolamai beach cam

news just in..the final has been surfed

no results yet though

but 3 wollongong residing gents in the final....noice

in the final was:

Chayne Simpson
Simon Farrer
Albert Munoz
Matt Gallagher

imagine who these guys surfed against to get there

good luck to them all

Steen

how so 3 gents from the wollongong area make the final when

we are all aware that

"There are no waves on the South Coast"

he he thats right

I bet it was a great event to watch
that final for the open is incredable
cant wait to find out the winner of that heat
hope the groms had a great time