Team Oz

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:10 pm

Congratulations TEAM USA your profiles with photos is SUPERB well done.

I do not think anyone is doing a TEAM OZ profile :

so here goes

Name: Greg Budgen
Age: 44
Occupation: Landscaper
What year did you start kneeboarding: 1978
Home break: Gunnamatta Mornington Peninsula
Contest experience:
Heaps of contests from about 1980 to present.
2008 KSA Grandmasters 4th
2009 Victorian masters state round 4th
2009 KSA Titles, Bendalong Grandmasters 4th
Shaper: Andrew Stump STUMP surfboards "The Professor"

What boards will you be bringing to New Zealand:
A 5ft 8in board call "50cent" coz the tail is shaped like a 50cent coin, it has Blair Micklejohn design flex fins. Also my standard 5ft8in round square with FCS fins and my 5ft8in rounded square stringerless Carbon fibre stringer board

southpeakbrad · Post by **southpeakbrad** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:42 am

Thanks Budgie, you rock! Thanks for postin and see you in NZ

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:49 am

Cool Budgie, see you in NZ.

WayneK · Post by **WayneK** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:25 am

YEAH, Budgie!
Can't wait

feralmick · Post by **feralmick** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:51 pm

G`day Greg and our American friends.
Very impressive Profile page with pleanty of impressive profiles and pics.
I`m a very ordinary surfer,

like going to contests for a holiday,

meet other kneelo`s

and watch some good surfing.

Michael McGuire 53
Occupation; part time handyman
Home Break; Noosa points.
Started kneeboarding; 1970-74, 2005 til present, with a few years in between.
Contest experience; KSA comps since 2007.
Results; mostly last and 2nd last.
3rd vets KSA Coffs 2008
Board to N.Z. 6` KB rounded pin tri fin.
P.S. Great website, folks.

mutiny · Post by **mutiny** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:35 pm

hope to meet you guys in NZ

wolruss · Post by **wolruss** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:49 pm

Hey Mick,
don't forget you came 4th overall in Australia in the vets for the year 2008

, or are you trying to underplay your hand

and suck in the competition

Cheers Wolruss

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:08 pm

Wolruss, you mean there is more than one type of shark in the water?

Sparrow · Post by **Sparrow** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:11 pm

Good on you Greg for having a go at this mate. We fall short of the USA efforts but I`ll join your side mate

Name: Simon Farrer
Age: 40
Occupation: Paramedic
What year did you start kneeboarding: 1978
Home break: Cowries, Mystics, Windang Island, Red Sands
Contest experience:
1986 World Amateur championships UK 2nd
1988 World Amateur Championships Puerto Rico 1st
1990 World Amateur Championships Japan 1st
1993 World Professional Championships Sth Africa 1st
1996 World Professional Championships Aust (Wollongong) 1st & retired!
2007 Australian Professional circuit 1st
2008 Australian Professional circuit 1st & retired again!
Shaper: Bruce Hart
What boards will you be bringing to New Zealand? 5`9 rounded pin tail thruster, 5`10 rounded pin thruster, 6`0 thruster rounded pin made specifically for NZ! & 6`2 in case the ocean wakes up!

feralmick · Post by **feralmick** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:52 pm

G`day `russ,

i was being honest,

unfortunately. Last year i got a last, 2nd last and 3rd in the vets.
Still on a high from that 3rd place

, but i can`t honestly compare myself with the better surfers in our division, including yourself.
Simon has quite an interesting profile.

Looking forward to 3 weeks in N.Z., and meeting everyone.
[/b]BLOOD CLOTS!!!!!!- Don`t forget to wear surgical stockings on the plane.
May look silly with shorts, but it`s a simple precaution to a potential problem.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy trip.

wolruss · Post by **wolruss** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:00 pm

Yeah Mike,
you gotta watch him, old feral Mick, starts telling jokes out the back of the line up and while your rolling around in stitches he sneaks the waves

Naahh, he's a good stick is old Mick from Gympie.... there's gotta be something that rhymes with that ( Ren & Stympie ??).....

Good onya Greg, Simon & Mick, wish I was going.

Cheers Wolruss

KNEELOMATIC · Post by **KNEELOMATIC** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:39 pm

It would be great to see a team oz profile with the full team like team usa for the worlds. Go ya aussiesssssssssssssssssssssssssss rip it up.

MJ · Post by MJ » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:10 pm

For what it's worth.

Name: Mark Jeffrey
Age: 41
Occupation: Chartered Accountant/CFO
What year did you start kneeboarding: 1994 (Stand up 1978)

Home break: Gunnamatta, Flinders.
Contest experience:
Not that much, with 2008 my first KSA season.
Finished equal 9th in the Open for the year
3rd Grand Master
Best placing 9th 2008 Coffs Harbour
3rd at inaugural KSV event 2/2009
Shaper: David Parkes

What boards will you be bringing to New Zealand? 5`8 rounded pin tail thruster, & in case the ocean wakes up another 5`8 rounded pin tail thruster! But with bigger fins!

I'm one of the guys there for the experience.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:27 pm

good luck to all in Team OZ