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Tassiedevel said..heard a story that none of the competitors from the Tasmanian state titles ( including the winners ) were invited by surfing Tasmania to attend the national titles

would be good to hear an explanation from surfing Tasmania , all seems very strange IMO.
TassieSUP has had some correspondence with Surfing Tasmania over what we think is a pretty big cock up by surfing Tasmania making their president the only member on the tasmanian SUP team at the National titles after he failed to enter the Tasmanian State Titles and then didn't bother to contact any of the competitors from the State Titles for expressions of interest to compete at the nationals.
Surfing Tasmania didn't supply any trophies or prizes for the State Titles, these were supplied by sponsors and tassieSUP from funds that we made from t shirt sales, with Surfing Tasmania retaining all entry & membership fees apart from the cost of a free t shirt for all competitors that TassieSUP arranged on behalf of Surfing Tasmania.
We are still waiting for Surfing Tasmania to post the final rankings from the State Titles on their web page as promised on several occasions, but in general we think SUP has been poorly treated by Surfing Tasmania.
So as far as TassieSUP is concerned we will run the Winter Classic with the assistance of Park Beach Boardriders Club, so it will be run by the rules, but if you want to surf in the State Titles you will need to contact Surfing Tasmania.
Surfing Tasmania are looking to have a SUP rep on their board and hopefully this will go someway to correct things and TassieSUP will be happy to work with that rep if they are happy to work with us and show a bit more support for SUP down here.