Bin Night

The worst thing about living in the scrub is bin nights. My driveway is over 250m and there is nothing worse than having to take the bins out on every second Tuesday night. I always forget to do it during daylight hours, leaving me to do the run at the mercy of the local werewolves and axe murders. Fortunately I have some mates at mine for the Billabong Pro Junior, meaning that there are extra hands to help. I drove while Perth held on to both the recycle and general waste bins with the boot open. He was struggling to keep them upright, I suppose that me lining up the pot holes did not help, I was loosing it laughing.

In The Studio

Recording voice overs for the "Next Wave" TV show. Check out the show on Channel 10 on Sundays at 1pm.

Manly Pro Junior

Click the photo to see how shit the surf actually was.

Teams Titles 2009

In what could genuinely be the greatest comeback in Teams Titles history, the Torquay Boardriders Club took the Victorian Teams Titles Title out in small fun waves at Jan Juc.

Going into the tag team heats, Torquay trailed Phillip Island, meaning we had to win both of the tag heats to take victory. A stacked Phillip Island team comfortably took victory in the first tag, with Torquay taking second, Penninsuala third and 13th Beach in fourth.

Morale in the TBC camp was down and arrangements were being made for what appeared to be an impending bus trip to Phillip Island in 2010. With nothing to loose, TBC took to the final tag heat with confidence. Harry Mann led the troops, nailing a risky reverse on the inside section on his first wave and executing a series of cracks on his second. One surfer in and we were in the lead. Torquay stalwart Tim Hawken hit the water second, no stranger to teams events Tim took no time to lock down two solid scores. I tagged with Tim and motored out to the lineup. Sitting with Phillip Island's second surfer, Eli Curry, I took my time to select my opening ride. After what seemed to me to be eternity I stroked into my first wave, throwing down a series of turns to the beach. I looked to the Torquay camp positioned on the beach and received the signal to claim the wave, the double whammy score. Up went my two arms, followed by a tension releasing fist pump as the boys on the hill went mad, it was a 7.43 which would add 14.86 to the team total. My second score was a around a 6 and I tagged TBC president Dave "Disco" Matthews on the shore. Upon returning to the cliff top, where the club was positioned, I was informed of the heat situation. We were way out in front, with Penninsula, 13th that Phillip Island battling it out for second.

Club legend Stewy Hawken had done the maths:

If we were to win the second tag and the Island finish second, PI would win the teams titles.

If we won and PI finished third, it would come down to a surf off.

And finally if we were to win and PI finish 4th, we would take the victory.

The tension in the TBC tent atop the Jan Juc cliffs was registering at an all time high, it wasn't a case of us wanting PI to fall, more a situation where we needed 13th and Penninsula to lift their performance level. Our final surfer was current U/13 Womens ratings leader Zoe Clarke. Zoe nailed two great waves and made her way to the beach with time to spare.

All we could do is wait.

Beers were cracked, ready for the presentation.

As Surfing Victoria Operations manager Pete Murphy read the results, we could sense victory.

"Taking out the Victorian Teams Title for 2009, Torquay Boardriders Club"

Check the photos below for what happened soon after....

Intense Wave - Jordin Watson

If you are on the internet, you will most likely know that the Fantastic Noodles Intense Wave Invitational went down on Thursday last week. It was the first junior tow contest ever, and the single greatest winners prize money ever.

I went down to Kiwi Sam Hawke who took the lead from me in the last few minutes of the heat with the first 10 point ride of the event.

The day had an incredible number of highlights that I will write about over the coming days. The first of these was 17 year old Jordin Watson's performance. The apprentice plumber had never tow surfed a wave over 3ft and was in the event as a replacement for QS campaigner Owen Wright. Jordi drew local Josiah Schmucker in the third heat of the day and definitely had his work cut out. It would have been easy for Jordi to shoulder hop a few and let Josiah do his thing at his local, but Jozal went beserk, pulling into closeouts and riding some of the biggest waves of the day.

Have a look at these shots I borrowed from on swellnet.com.au.

There is also an interview with young Jeezy at

http://www.swellnet.com.au/sessions.php?session=Jordi_Watson_Big_Impact_010909.php

Someone really needs to sponsor the kid soon, he is a talent worth supporting.