The Frankston SUP Fest - part of the Frankston Waterfront Festival is on this weekend - Jan 17 and 18 thanks to sponsors - Air Calin New Caledonia, the Ramada Plaza New Caledonia and Travel Counsellors.
SUP Fun and activities - get your entry in for the Teams SUP Event - sponsored by Aircalin and the Ramada Plaza - it's open to everyone!
At the moment, forecast conditions are looking good for the downwind run on Saturday - and for the teams events on Sunday.
Entries are still open - so register now to be part of the fun!http://frankston-sup-fest.com.au/
Just having a bit of quiet time with the trophy
This is a G-rated forum so i wont show you crew the other shots of me n the trophy hitting the town
See ya all tomorrow
Looking good..
Saturday 17 January
Strong Wind Warning for Saturday for Port Phillip
Winds.. Westerly 20 to 25 knots,
tending southwesterly during the afternoon.
Winds reaching up to 30 knots in the south early in the morning.
Seas1 to 2 metres.
And the overall winner of 10km downwind expression session was Chris Clarke -combining elegance,mthe spirit of aloha and mastery of the conditions 25-30kt SW - a true waterman and all round good guy -Chris won a trip to New Caledonia thanks to sponsors Air Calin New Caledonia and Travel Counsellors.
Line honours went to Steve Ferguson (men) and Danielle Cameron (women)
The Aloha award went to Justin Ormonde and the Newcomers Award went to Mark Balish
See you all at Frankston tomorrow for another great day!
Congrats and thanks to Jeff and Lynda and the PSUPS crew for a ripper event (again!)...looking forward to the photos and the reports after they've had a cup of tea and a nice lie down . Big congrats also to the all the participants and the prize winners (will let PSUPS do the full reporting - it's their thunder )
Had the lie down, and the cup of tea - iced the Doggie's ankle and now getting the results collated and the shop in shape again - but in the meantime - here's a photo of the future of our sport - these kids are why we do what we do - I went up and down the Kananook Creek so many times with a paddle over the weekend (due to the weather conditions) taking out newcomers for their first take of SUP - at times it was like Dodgem cars with kayaks and yachts - but hey - it's the fun of the Frankston Waterfront Festival.
A huge shout out to all the crew from SUPVIC and the competitors who supported the events over both days, who helped out with the kids and who cheered on the novices in the Teams SUP event - sponsored by Air Calin New Caledonia. You know who you are - you're the ones that take whatever the weather conditions are on the day and don't complain - you just get out there and give it your best - no matter what!
Well done to Lucas, Roy, Jess, Taj and Jackson who conquered Kananook Creek in the Kids SUP event.
Sunday Results:
6km Open Men
1st Daniel Cole
6km Open Women
1st Belinda Brett
2nd Anne Thomson
3rd Patchara Songprasert
6km Masters Men
1st Chris Clarke
2nd Michael Abdilla
3rd Justin Ormonde
6km Kapuna Men
1st Paul Gaynor
2nd Damian Quinlan
3rd Leon Blachos
1.5km Open Men
1st Chris Clarke
2nd Michael Abdilla
3rd Danny LeClerc
1.5km Open Women
1st Belinda Brett
2nd Anne Thomson
3rd Kathryn Doyle
1.5km Masters Women
1st Janyce O'Keefe
2nd Kathy Naoumidis
1.5km Kapuna Men
1st Paul Gaynor
2nd Damian Quinlan
3rd Steve Cox
Teams SUP Event - sponsored by AirCalin New Caledonia
1st NRG
2nd Core4 Fitness
3rd JCL