Wellington Boardriders Club

Party time

Wellington Boardriders — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:01:48 +0000

We’re holding our end of 10/11 season party + prize giving on Saturday 1 October @ Manky Chops, 166 Cuba Street. The party is a BYO affair and will run from 8 till late. We’ll be dishing out a few prizes on the night, there’ll also be a few tunes, surf footage and a nice crew of people to catch up with – good times.

To view Manky Chops’ location check: www.tinyurl.com/wbcparty2011

Comp 3, 2011 Autumn Surf Series – Ripping in the Rain

Wellington Boardriders — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:34:21 +0000

The day before the third and final comp in the Autumn Surf Series was a classic day you only get @ Lyall about 10 times a year. It was well over head with super light winds and plenty of barrels. Naturally, we made the call on the Friday night hoping that the corner would still be dishing out silky smooth cylindrical spheres on Saturday.

When we rocked up on Saturday morning it was far from epic but there were still some occasional one and a half footers coming in. A good bunch of competitors had braved the cold, wet morning and fronted up too so it was ‘on’.

As soon as the call was made to start heats the swell picked up a bit and pretty consistent shoulder height sets started to come in. In fact, most competitors were able to rack up around five waves in their heats.

There was a nice, relaxed feeling about the day and Ilan (contest director) had it all under control. The heats were anything but relaxed though and they were all fiercely competed. The Men’s Open Final was particularly sick and featured some top-level surfing and some big scores. Although all of the surfers in the final did well, Jeremy Buckley was a deserving winner. In his top scoring wave he got a nice clean barrel, bashed a nice waft, did a full round house cutty and a finished the wave with another hit….not bad : c )

The results:

Open Mens:
1 Jeremy Buckley

2 Ilan Fisher
3 Pete Maloney

4 David CrofootJuniors:
1 Jack McDonald
2 Josh Martelli
3 Struan Griffiths
4 Liam Tume

Over 30s:
1 Jeremy Buckley
2 James Whitaker
3 Russell Miller
4 Mark TumeWomens:
1 Hayley Rogers
2 Maria Wandle
3 Zoe Adams

The winners were grinners too considering they received stacks of goodies from Gordons Wetsuits, Oakley Sunnies, Stoke Beers, Manky Chops, DVS Shoes, Realsurf and Wild Style. We’d like to thank the sponsors for coming to the party and the surfers for contributing to a fun (albeit bloody freezing) day. To view photos from the day check: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chroniclesoflyall/

JW
Click to view slideshow.

Contest TWO results

Wellington Boardriders — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:51:28 +0000

Results from contest 2 of 3 in the Autumn Surf Series 2011 were as follows:

Open Mens:

1st – Pete Maloney

2nd – Alex Long

3rd – Jeremy Buckley

4th – Ilan Fisher

Open Womens

1st – Zoe Adams

2nd – Hayley Rogers

3rd – Leah Allen

4th – Gemma Pearson

Junior Mens

1st – Jack McDonald

2nd – Kaya Whyte

3rd – Struan Griffiths

4th – Angus Hermansson

Over 30 Mens

1st – Kristin Savage

2nd – Jeremy Buckley

3rd – Rico Lane

4th – Sloan McPhee

Over 40 Mens

1st – Rico Lane

2nd – Te Ao Hau Luke

3rd – Russell Millar

4th – Scott Brenton

Longboard Mens

1st – Scott Brenton

2nd – Mark Tume

3rd – Rico Lane

4th – Robert Schoss

Congratulations to all place-getters. All of whom walked away with generous prize packs.

Points for the series (and 2010/2011 club season) will be updated on our website’s Point’s Tally Page real soon. Again, a big congratulations to Open Men’s winner Pete Maloney who went home with a brand new full wetsuit (Gordon’s 4’3 Steamer).

Our generous sponsors and supporters cannot be thanked enough:

Gordons Wetsuits

Manky Chops*

RealSurf

Oakley

Wildstyle

Life Water

DVS shows

STOKE Beer

Rob for the PA System

Rico Lane for the Judging Caravan

Mark Gee photography

The final event in the series is in 4 weeks time, on Saturday 7th May 2011. You can register for this final event here.

Contest ON – Lyall Bay Saturday 9th April

Wellington Boardriders — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:33:37 +0000

Contest 2 of the 3 contest ‘Autumn Surf Series 2011′ is on tomorrow, Saturday 9th April 2011, at Lyall Bay.

8am registrations/confirmation of registrations.
First heat 8:30am
(Meet at Lyall Bay Corner Carpark)
Look for the Caravan

HEAPS of prizes!!!

To pre-register go to the rego form here: http://tinyurl.com/647d3ut

Contest ON at Ning Nong.

Wellington Boardriders — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:58:41 +0000

Contest ON at Ning Nong, 9am Start. See you there….

HEAPS of prizes…

REGISTRATION FORM

Surf Gear Swap Meet – Sunday 20th March – Location TBD.

Contest 2 of 3 – Saturday 9 April

Contest 3 of 3 – Saturday 7 May

Thanks to our generous event sponsors:

Gordons Wetsuits

Oakley

STOKE Beer

Manky Chops

RadioActive

DVS Shoes

Life water

WildStyle Surfshop

RealSurf Shop

SUMMER / AUTUMN EVENTS 2011

Wellington Boardriders — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:33:28 +0000

Learn to Surf Day – 26 February

Surf Gear Swap Meet – 18 March

Wellington Boardriders Club (Inc) Autumn Surf Series 2011

[3 Surfing Contests spanning 3 Months]

Saturday 12 March

Saturday 9 April

Saturday 7 May

Club social night this Wednesday

Kristin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:24:33 +0000

Who – Wellington Boardriders Club Members

What – Social drinks / get-together

Why – Kick off 2011 with a hang out session

Where – Lyall Bay Bowling Crescent, 53 Apu Cres, Lyall Bay.

When – 7.30pm, Wednesday 9th February

How – Surf, skate, walk, run, drive etc.

IF THERE ARE WAVES, POSTPONED UNTIL SUN-DOWN, OF COURSE

Results – final 2010 contest

Wellington Boardriders — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:35:22 +0000

Saturday 11 December saw the final Wellington Boardriders Club contest for 2010, held at Titahi Bay Beach in 2 foot light onshore conditions. Congratulations to all the winners and especially to Ethan Burge, who for the second time in two events took out first place in both the Open and Junior divisions. This is a very commendable set of results.

First place getters in each division:

Open Mens – Ethan Burge

Open Womens – Hayley Rogers

Junior Mens – Ethan Burge

Over 30 Mens – Jeremy Buckley

Over 40 Mens – Russell Millar

As per usual, points will be allocated and posted on our points tally page. The last two contest result points will be added shortly. Saturday was a fun end to 2010 and we look forward to next year where the second half of the 2010/2011 contest calendar will take place.

As a club we are planning an Autumn Surf Series for next year, with a number of contests being held. So, get amped for an exciting end to the contest calendar starting in February. Prizegiving will be held at the end of autumn, so the Wellington Boardriders Club (Inc) championships are still up for grabs.

Titahi Bay venue for Sat 11th contest

Wellington Boardriders — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:14:49 +0000

The final club contest for the year will be held at Titahi Bay on Saturday 11th December.

Competitors please meet at Titahi Bay Beach south-end carpark at 9.30am for registrations and a 10am start. We are starting at this later time to maximise the use of the full tide.

Results – club contest 7 November

Wellington Boardriders — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:32:48 +0000

Sunny waist high waves greeted competitors on Sunday for the first Wellington Boardriders Club Pointscore Contest of Spring. Postponed from Saturday due to ugly conditions the day before, competitors took to the challenging yet contestable connditions with a positive attitude.

The sets were consistent but the quality was not. Finding a wave that was easy to surf was a challenge, yet competitors pressed on at The Bend, Lyall Bay.

Congratulations to all those who placed first in their respective divisions. Points will be allocated shortly and placed on this website under the ‘points tally’ tab. Our next contest is on Saturday 11 December, and will be followed by a metal concert that night to celebrate.

A big thanks to our sponsors and supporters:

Osiris Shoes
MossRax Limited
Rob Hawley PA systems
Wgtn Christian Surfers

RESULTS:

Open Mens:

1st – Ethan Burge

2nd – Jeremy Buckley

3rd – Darryl King

4th – Kristin Savage

Junior Mens:

1st – Ethan Burge

2nd – Jack McDonald

Over 30 Mens:

1st – Jeremy Buckley

2nd – Darryl King

3rd – James Whitaker

4th – Russell Millar

Over 40 Mens:

1st – Russell Millar

Open Womens:

1st – Hayley Rodgers

2nd – Dominika Zielinska

Longboard Mens:

1st – James Hakes