OG SUP said...

Everyone knew who was in the top 10 paddlers and roughly how that would turn out.

The real fun and entertainement was in the mate against mate or in some cases boy against girl rivalry going on.

Kristi and Jono always fight out the juniors and it becomes a game of cat and mouse much like the LJ Torana versus the GTHO Falcon Bathurst days of the 70s. The Falcon V8 would roar away on the straights and the little straight 6 Torana would catch it in the corners.

Yesterday Jono would be flying along downwind and get a lead followed by Kristi with a smaller frame who has the advantage into the long head wind stretches all in all they are pretty closely matched.

In the 6km they got close to the beach with seconds between them Kristi stumbled in the shore break tripped the the victory was Jono's. Beaming smiles all round follwed by next race is mine, a really healthy fun spirit.

In the 1k sprint Kristi cranked it up a notch in the headwind leg and won the race again only by a few seconds, still smiles all round a handshake and discusion about who's going to take the next race at the next event.

If like us you sat on the racing sidelines for a while remember there is always someone in your age / class that is in it for fun or racing at your level. Grab a demo board and give it a crack, but beware its very adictive.

Phill

Kaihoe said...


The Falcon certainly looked "well raced" last night.

HumanCartoon said...



Jono..."The Falcon"...of course you know that's going to stick...don't you Dad?