The Apollo Bay Board Riders have just had their second comp for the year at Skeney’s. There was a solid swell coming through with cross shore winds. If you were lucky enough to get the right wave you could go all the way to the shore! First up was the men’s for a change. Baz got heaps of waves in the first heat and the others were not quite lucky enough to find the magic spot. It’s clear that Baz is following in Kelly’s footsteps with two consecutive wins this year.

Mens

1st – Baz
2nd - Ben
3rd - Bags

Next for the under 12 boys and girls. Both age groups were surfing really well. For some reason there was only three U/12 boys, which meant places for all! They all decided to surf the inside waves. The under 12 boys got some screamers (Darcy, like his dad got heaps) as well as the girls.

Boys U/12:

1st – Darcy
2nd–Ned
3rd-Declan

Girls U/12:

1st – Stephani
2nd - Lily

This also had only three competitors, thanks to Oscar, Cody and Nick who had other engagements! So Will, Dion and Dan scored some extra points.

U/16 Boys

First – Will
Second – Dion
Third – Dan

This was the last event for the day. Rachel, Jeanine and Ella all decided to paddle out the back, but this only paid off for Rachel, who got some great rides. Sitting on the inside was Anna, Liz, Grace who also got a few rides. At one stage the commentator ‘DARCY’ who couldn’t stop talking or contain his excitement invited Declan up to the microphone. Declan’s job was to score the wipeouts – you could tell how high the score was by how evil his laugh was. In the in end Jeanine won by far! Well done …

Open Women’s

First – Rachel
Second – Liz
Third – Anna

Quiksilver State titles

Last weekend – the Lalors, Ben and Darcy Day, Matt and Daniel Armstrong headed to Philip Island to compete in the State title. The spot we surfed was a spot called Woolamai – the conditions weren’t that great, but it was still fun. In the first heat was Daniel, and coz he didn’t go to the first competition he had to compete in the trials, where he just didn’t get through the U/16s. Next up was Darcy who easily got through, followed by Luke who was successful with some ripper back hand snaps. In the end it was down to a final with Luke, Darcy and two others. The end results were Darcy 4^th and Luke 3^rd. In the end it was a great experience for everyone and are now looking forward to the next one in May at Jan Juc.

Oscar Lalor penned the following summation of the last comp. Photos to come with new website…enjoy!

Through the eyes of a Grommet!

The Apollo Bay Boardriders held their first monthly comp for the year 2008 at the legendary ‘289’ car park. Offshore winds and a little bit of swell made for barrely shore breaks and some filthy sandy pits guaranteed. The U/12 girls were in the water first with some great young talent in amongst them all.

U/12 Girls Results

1st Grace Day.
2nd Amber Whipple-Mc Kenzie.
3rd Danah Harbour.

Next was the U/12 boys with some stylish head dips from Ned Cox and mad hell drops survived by another minor Adam Lalor. Billy Bryant executed some wild manoeuvres across the brown sandy face of the wave.

U/12 Girls Results

1st Billy Bryant.
2nd Declan Armstrong.
3rd Adam Lalor.

The U/16 boys paddled out for some sucky barrely waves and some screaming floaters courtesy of Cody Perkins along with young Daniel Armstrong hot on his trail also with some good surfing.

U/16 Boys Results

1st Daniel Armstrong.
2nd Cody Perkins.
3rd Oscar Lalor.

Up next was the open Women with Ella Bourne catching some long rides from the outside peak. There was also some ankles to be done in the women’s, Cate Thomas milked a wave right to
the shore and stepped off on to some shallow water only to hear a crack of a broken ankle.

Open Girls Results

1st Ella Bourne.
2nd Jenny Bryant.
3rd Cate Thomas.

The last final of the day was the open men’s finalists out for a tough heat for all. Even though there was a lack of good waves it didn’t phase much of the finalists so they really got out there and ripped.

Open Boys Results

1st Brett Lalor.
2nd Ben Day.
3rd Andrew Bazell.

Thanks to Kenty at Apollo Bay Surf shop for sponsoring the day And Kim Bazell for the hot chocolate lattés and cappuccinos. All made for a good day at the Beach and a great start to the year, see you there next month.