North Steyne Boardriders

NSB APRIL COMP MOVED A WEEK FORWARD DUE TO JUNIOR REGIONALS

2010-03-27T21:20:00.000-07:00

Hello all you freaks, there is plenty of news to get through and 1st up is the important info regarding the next club event. The date has been moved forward a week to ‘’ SUNDAY 4TH APRIL ‘’’.Yes it’s because of the Junior Regional’s that will go ahead the week after.
The Junior Regional Title is a great opportunity for all you grommets to show what u have, The event will see our groms go against their own age groups from other clubs. Those who qualify will be selected for the state team. The divisions are under 14’s, Under 16’s Under 18’s Boys and Girls.

April 10th and 11th at Mona Vale beach and all entries are taken on the day at 7.30am. For info ring dimmy 0415 642 782.

With only four events left for this year, its time to get in to where we are regarding points .It IMPORTANT to note that a surfers placing will be able to drop his worst three results during the year.

To spice it up I can calculated the points and where you stand in the race for the club title but IIm giving point’s just current standing.

As its stands we have had 6 events,’

12’S Boys Open M

1st Toby J 1ST Beau M

2nd , Billy R 2nd Luke A

3rd , Jamie K 3rd Max B

4th Dan C 4th Dustin A

14’s Boys B Grade

1st Louie D 1st Ronny W

2nd Peter L 2ND Bullman

3RD Sam 3rd Dazza

4th Mal S 4th Dave A

18’S 16’’S Girls

1ST Jesse F 1st Jodie R

2ND Blake L 2ND Sophia B

3RD Nathan M 3RD Tori L

4TH Mac/Jack M 4TH Rachel F

Open Women’s

3 way tie with (Bonnie, Sam, Jesse )

2010-03-14T21:16:00.000-07:00

The Qiuksilver Pro provided NSB Surfer Kai Otton the perfect opportunity to unleash his wild back hand attack and the Goofy-footer was ready for the challenge ahead in 2010 and it showed in this approach to the 1st instalment of the ‘’Dream Tour’’ With Ottz coming away with an epic quarter final finish.

Our man became world news, shocking world Champion and hometown hero Mick Fanning

In the fourth round of the event

Otton took an early heat lead posting a 7.73 (out of ten) and followed up with an excellent 8.03 narrowly edging out Fanning who, despite posting the highest wave score of the heat an 8.97, could not catch Otton who advanced into the quarterfinals.

For Ottz it was where his run would end at the hands of Bobby Martinez but who cares , it was a solid start and one that he can build from.

Otton said

‘’Its great to beat Mick and to get a result this early will go along way to building for the reminder of the year. Im not worried about anything but surfing at the highest level each time I hit the water. The new rating system has put everyone on notice to perform and I’’m frothing as it put that added pressure on you.

All you North Steyne Crew should get onto www.aspworldtour.com every event and support our boy.

Go get them Ottz, bring on Bell Beach in April

Sophia Bernard Wins Wahu U/15's

2009-12-22T13:48:00.000-08:00

SHE started the year just wanting to improve her results in competition heats, hoping to pick up an event win here or there.

And North Steyne grommet Sophia Bernard has done just that, ending the year in perfect fashion at the Wahu Surfer Groms event on the weekend.

Sophia mastered the tricky, 1 metre swell at Curl Curl Beach to take out the competitive girls under-15 division.

The 14-year-old won by just over a point from Clare Coleman (Chifley), Tayla Ayshford (Matraville) and Alex Bryant (Cremorne Point) in a close-fought final.

“It felt really good,” Sophia said of her winning end to 2009.

“I’ve had some good results this year but this was unreal. It’s a good way to finish the year.”

One which has seen the Stella Maris student impress not only on the local scene but also in various contests around the country.

Sophia is currently in the top 10 of the Australia-wide GromSearch Series heading into the final event at Cronulla next month.

“Hopefully I can get to the semis or the final there and finish strong,” she said.

“If I can do that I could get into the top five in Australia which would be fantastic.”

Sophia credits much of her success this year to working with former professional surfer Christo Hall.

“He gives me tips about my surfing and how I can improve,” she said.

“And I’ve improved a lot, especially my turns. I’ve been training hard and it’s been paying off.”

Sophia wasn’t the only peninsula surfer to excel over the weekend.

A WELCOME RETURN HOME FOR DAYYAN NEVE

2009-11-23T01:01:00.000-08:00

North Steyne monthly contest provided plenty of exciting moments and it must be said the total lack of quality waves didn’t stop any of the fun on what was another brilliant day out.

Beau Mitchell took on the contest directors roll for the first time and what a great job he did with everyone raving his ability to handle the pressure of having a thousand questions thrown at u for 6 hours straight, bet u Beau sleep well that night.

The day also saw the return to the club ranks of WCT surfer Dayyan Neve and I don’t know what it is but he presence seems to get the competitive juices flowing within the open ranks.

The final showcased the quality in our ranks but in the end it was Doofa who posted two solid scores to take the win and the $100 cash prize.

The quote of the year was , ‘’ Yes I finally got rid of all those 33rds ha ha’’

I know it hasn’t been his year but he is still world class and you only have to watch him as you realise he makes surfing look easy and that’s a true sign of class.

In the opens final doffa beat the King of the beach himself Beau Mitchell, who came home with a wet sail, Dustin was 3rd with Max 4th, Ollie 5th and James can’t pay his fees 6th.

There was plenty of great surfing from grommets with Blake Levett claiming a win in his 1st event back at the club. The 18’s will be a real tussle and that was the case on the day with Jesse Francis 2nd , Bodhi Atkinson 3rd , Mac Clayton 4th , Tyson Bruun 5th and Eddie Sherwood 6th.

Other winners on the day included Jacob (14’s), Daniel Craig(12’s), Sophia Bernard(16’s Girls), Jan Bruun(B grade), Bonnie Hall (Women’s) .

Any way , please if we can get some support to the beach for both the Women’s surf tag and the O’Neil Grom tag it would be great the Women’s is on this Sunday 29th at Curly with the Grom’s on at Avalon on Dec 13th

See Ya some hey

Dimmy

NSB LOOKING FORWARD TO A BIG YEAR IN THE TEAMS EVENTS

2009-11-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

NSB members should be getting excited ,with the club looking for some big results in a series of upcoming team’s event.

We would like to, get everyone involved in every event we compete at and to make sure that we have a strong support base for those competing.

This club has only been going a tad over 10 years but in that time we have become one of the strongest clubs in the country. For the board, the success we have had is important to the growth of the club.

Read on to see the teams for the upcoming events with reserves included:
Jim Beam Women’s team   Curl Curl Beach Sunday 29th November

Paige Houden (Captain)
Jesse Horin
Sam Joy
Sam Walker
Louis Smith
Reserve     Julia Waugh

O’Neil Gromtag    Sunday 13th December 2009 Avalon Beach

Team 1                                          Team 2
Max Brokman                           Tyson Bruun
Blake Levett                              Declon Conroy
Oliver Ingham                          Bodhi Atkinson
Damon Price                            Mac Clayton
Jesse Francis                            Lucas    Frigo
                                                  Jack Morrison

Jim Beam Surftag 2010 Cronulla 30TH/31ST

We are picking a squad of 12 surfers for the two teams, with the look at getting a couple of the pro juniors involved:

Dayyan Neve , Richie Lovett , Kai Otton , Beau Mitchell , David Hislop , Dustin Atkinson, Bill Langley,
Paul Evans, Heath Irving, Tristan Mc Caffery , Oliver Ingham , Blake Levett.

We are looking forward to getting two strong sides through to the grand final

Kirra Teams Challenge Gold Coast 2010

Dayyan Neve , Beau Mitchell , Billy Langley, Dustin Atkinson, Paul Evans, Heath Irving , Oliver Ingham , Blake Levett , Reserve , Tristan Mc Caffery. , Max Brokman

COME ON EVERYONE GET TO EACH EVENT AND LETS WINS A TITLE OR TWO

2010 NSB season kicks off with epic day of surfing

2009-10-24T17:46:00.000-07:00

It might have been unseasonably chilly for October but the cold weather didn’t stop the masses from enjoying what was a fantastic start to the new season at North Steyne Boardriders .

A host of new faces , joined seasoned campaigners in taking on the great waves that rolled into the Carlton street line-up and it must be said it had that new season vibe to it as everyone searched for that good result to kick start the year.

After a frantic start to the day in which the rego’s were sorted and everyone purchased their new NSB Jumper, which I might add came in handy with the weather, it was game on as all divisions went for broke.
The standout was the Under 18’s Boys, the way these guys surfed was awesome, in fact it seemed like everyone had improved by a great margin and it was apparent in the way they posted some big scores.

Jesse Francis, Nathan Munro, Mac Clayton led the way in the early heats and it was no fluke the trio made the final of the division. The surprise packed was pocket rocket Jack Morrison , the natural-footer has claimed a number of club titles over the years and even though he is surfing against guys much older than him in his first year of the 18’s he was outstanding climbing his way into the final.

The final saw a real shootout. Nathan and Jesse got off to flyers but it was Munro who grabbed a great score of 7.5 on a nice right hand peak that ran to the beach that took home the win from a much improved Jesse with Mac 3rd and Jack 4th.

Munro does need to work on his speeches though, ask for a comment on the win his response was ‘’’Cheers’’ .

The Opens Men were also ultra impressive with Beau Mitchell , Max Brokman , Dave Hislop, Billy Langley and Luke Ashley all fighting their way into the final.

The heat kicked off in frantic style with a three wave set pumping through, Dave took the first, throwing a heap of spray on his way down the line on a solid left. Splitting the peak was Max who also smashed some solid turns on the right but the best of that exchange came from Beau who unleashed a series of radical turns in only a way Beau can.

That 7.5 from the goofy-footer was the bench mark of the final. The ex professional than went to work on the inside looking for the sealer that would give him the win and it didn’t take long for him to grab a 5.5 as his back up to take the win and the $100 cash.

Max held onto 2nd until the final seconds when Dave grabbed a nice right going to work and the 6.0 ride pushed him in the runners up position leaving Max 3rd , Luke 4th and Langers who didn’t turn up for the final in 5th. Nice start boys.

Other winners included Peter Long in the Under 14’s Boys, with the smiling assassin, posting an impressive first up win. Peter wasn’t feeling the best ,in fact he went home such was his sickness but the lure of the waves and competition dragged him back in time for his heat and I’m sure he is stoked he did return as he blasted some big turns in his way to victory . Luka Couriel also surfed great placing 2nd with Benny Penny 3rd and Cullum Mooney 4th. Looks like we are in for a great year in that division.

Not to be out done, the girls came out to play and nice to see such a strong turn out in the opens women’s. We have a field of 5 take to the water and leading the charge was stylish natural-footer Paige Houden , who looked in great form after a strong pro junior series. She posted two solid rides to claim the win from Lauren Mc Aller 2nd, Jesse Horin 3rd, Sam Walker 4th and Bonnie Hall 5th..

Lauren also contested the 16’s girls and she was outstanding claiming a great win from Jodi Randall and Tori Levett. It’s important that we continue to grow these girls’ grades, so keep turning up ladies.

The mini grommets in the 12’s Boys, took some big spills in the 3-4 feet waves but these kids have guts and never let that fazed them as they went for it and in the end it was Jamie Krupps who took home the spoils of victory but he had to work hard with Toby Jones 2nd , Kyle Levett 3rd and Daniel Greig 4th.

To round off the day , we saw a spirited final from the old boys , Adrian Mc Gregor laid some impressive rail as he scores 12.5 out of 20 , included a 7.0 point ride, Maybe this man should be in the opens. The teddy tubby man, Andy Bullman surfed with the power that only that arse could push claiming a great 2nd place with Ronnie Wong 3rd , Ben Saunders 4th , Dazza Speight 5th and Wazza Randall 6th.

So there you have it, a nice way to start and thanks to everyone who helped out on the day. See you on Saturday the 14th of November 8am .

#Note , there are new rules that will apply this year.

Every competitor will need to judge each contest day.

There will be a folder that myself or Beau will have, that folder has each division’s members in it. After you have judged two heats, get your name marked off. Fail to do so will mean you do not get your points for that contest.