Surf Beach, Kiama. NSW

October 17^th -23^rd 2011

The venue for this years Nationals – Kiama Wedge

Its official!! Surf Beach in Kiama, NSW is the venue for the 2011 RAW National Titles and Rebel Sport Pro.

Around 300 of Australia’s best riders will be converging on the cozy holiday hamlet of Kiama to do battle for the mantel of Australia’s best bodyboarder.

The dates have been set for October 17^th – 23^rd.

Two separate events will be run in conjunction starting with the RAW National titles. This is the culmination of 12 months of grueling eliminations across all surfing states in Australia and New Zealand.

Ten amateur divisions spanning from the Grommets (under 13) to the Grand Masters (Over 45) will hit the water at the infamous Kiama wedge, a strong left hander that, on it’s day, produces world class waves that are highly conducive to high performance bodyboarding.

The event will also see some of the Worlds best riders exchange blows in a heavyweight hit out of the professionals in the Rebel Sport Pro, a 4 Star event offering 1250 points to the winner.

The Rebel Sport Pro Tour has 7 stops including:

Duranbah Beach                      QLD

Soldiers Beach                        NSW

The BOX                                   WA

Box Beach wedge                    NSW

Cronulla                                 NSW

Knights beach wedge            SA

Kiama wedge                          NSW

IBA Australasian General Manager Terry McKenna is excited to be heading South with this years nationals.

“ Kiama wedge is the perfect setting to finish this years competition season which features a lot of these wedging-type venues” he said.

“ This is a wave rich area of the NSW coastline and is well suited to handle the large number of competitors and their families with a wide variety of accommodation options, ” he added.

Competition will begin on Monday 17^th October and the finals and presentation will be on Saturday 22^nd.

This year there is added incentive to follow the Rebel Sport Pro Tour with the points directly aligned with the IBA World Tour qualifying rankings. This will see possibly the best ever line up contest the final event, making for a spectacular finish to the season.

Lilly Pollard at home at the wedge

The event will also be offering lots of family orientated activities including a bodyboard clinic for girls, sand-modeling contests for kids and loads of bodyboard giveaways.

For more info logo onto www.ibaaustralasia.com or contact Terry McKenna at terry@ibaworldtour.com

The event is made possible with the generous support of Rebel Sport & RAW Bodyboards, Dunes, Kiama Council & Reeflex  wetsuits.

Regards,
Terry McKenna,
World Tour Manager.
International Bodyboarding Association pty. ltd.

Address | PO Box 374 Newcastle NSW Australia 2300
Mobile | +61 401 023 661
Skype | terry.mckenna
Facebook | teza.mckenna
Email | terry@ibaworldtour.com

http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com/news/milkshakes-clothing-for-sale

Hey girls!

You know what… Milkshakes Designs has just created an epic range of women’s clothing! Yew!
But, the truth is, we cant get Milkshakes clothing into many of the bodyboard stores…..
Many stores seem to believe that there are no women bodyboarders out there to buy our awesome Milkshakes gear! What?!

Look how nice the clothing is, how could you refuse?!! >>>>
So, what else can we do?… We’ve decided to sell direct from the Milkshakes website! Woo!

Why do I say “Woo?” Well, this works out awesome for you, the buyer, because you can deal direct with us
And I really love how the clothing has turned out – nice comfy materials and clear colourful designs

Plus, we have a lovely offer of 20% discount to all orders placed before midnight Tues 14th June (Australia time), and, don’t forget that all WBA* club members receive this discount on Milkshakes clothing AND custom designed bodyboards, all day every day

You can view the range of Milkshakes clothing online here:
www.milkshakesdesigns.com/product/clothing
Available in sizes 8 to 14

Prices quoted in Australian dollars>>>

• T-shirts, singlets and caps $40
• Board shorts and jogging pants $60
• Hoodies $80

Don’t forget to take 20% off these prices (for the next week only!)

We are in the process of developing the new Milkshakes website to allow you to buy direct online on our site, but in the meantime, all orders can be directed to Matt at our factory:

AUSTRALIA

Warehouse Manager: Matt Lenton
Office number: (02) 6581 5525
Mobile Number: 0457 812 700
Outside Australia: (612) 6581 5525
email: matthew@turbosurfdesigns.com.au

Address:
Unit 4/40 Uralla Road
Port Macquarie
2444
NSW

Be sure to mention this 20% discount offer when ordering!!

WBA event one 2011

May 22 Elouera Beach, Cronulla

7am, Elouera Beach. A nice little crew of girls arrived bright and early to a beautiful sunny morning, light offshore winds, and 1ft peeling rights. Yeah, it was small, but it was still fun!

“Lilly the Lagger” as I not so proudly tend to call myself, turned up a little late with newcomers to the club, Loren Collyer and Kate McAdam, not far behind.

Stoked to see a few new faces showing up, and everyone looking happy and keen to surf!

Wasn’t too long before we were set up on the beach, kicking the football around while some filled out registration forms. Yes Laura’s last name is that tricky she even spelt her own name wrong as she filled out her form. I was quick to point this out to her… Um, isn’t there a “J” in there somewhere? Ha…

Rani, Kerry and Julia were lagging even worse, almost an hour late, but to their credit, they were the only ones dressed up to the theme, “Hen’s night!” Um, not sure why I picked that theme, because it’s kind of stupid, and too general, considering that “Hen’s nights” usually have a theme themselves ha. Anyway, their outfits were cool. Julia came in fluoro tights and running gear, claiming she chose that outfit because last hen’s night she went on they did a 10km run… Ok then… And, by the way, I forgot to take photos of their outfits, but they looked good. ha. Moving on….

Everyone got ready and we ran through the rules of competing for the newcomers and “A” division then headed out.

The WBA “A” division is basically for the girls who are just learning and developing their bodyboarding, and we encourage them to catch the bigger waves, longer rides, and any attempts at moves are rewarded with higher scores.

First heat, Rani the rocket shot straight out the back on her air mat, first out the back! For someone who has no use of her legs, Rani can damn well paddle fast! So awesome…

The three girls traded waves, Rani going for length of ride and bigger sets, charging hard as always. Loren showed that she had really great natural style, and setting a really good line on her waves, even doing a cutback and trying to land a roll! Pretty impressive for someone who has only ridden a bodyboard a handful of times!

However, today, it was Jayda Sharpe that stole the show, with a good shaped wave in the final seconds that she managed to get a nice little barrel on! It even got the crew cheering on the beach! Woo! 9 point ride for the super grom, and enough to take out the division for today J

Next up, the “”AA” girls headed out.,. Right from the beginning, it looked like Kate McAdam was onto all the best waves, and completed a couple of fast spins as well. Awesome work considering it’s her very first contest!

Kerry Head executed a really impressive carving reverse with spray, looked so sick! Definitely the best wave of the heat, but she couldn’t find a second good one.

Julia Heasman, went for a few spins in her very smooth spin style, but wasn’t having much luck making them today, while Ali had a similar problem. The surf was just so tiny!

“AAA”

Always a pretty tough division, but also usually lots of fun (and a nice relief from the seriousness of Aussie and World Tour contests J), the top level WBA girls headed out to try and impress…

Straight up, Nicole (Tassie) Fleming found a set wave and completed a nice spin to roll.

Laura Verjbitski found a few nice ones to execute her text-book style spins and reverses…. So smooth.

Jane Keel seemed more focused on drowning yours truly, and then, when she caught waves, her aim was mostly on ensuring that she didn’t lose her jiggy-jig hat.

Jane completed a nice reverse and then landed a roll, while still keeping her hat on her head, she was stoked! Unfortunately she soon lost the hat and I quickly snapped it up, wanted a go of the lucky jiggy-jig cap.

I did manage a spin and a roll during the heats, and despite completing three hat spins (which involves spinning the hat around on my head, as it was way too hard to actually do a spin in the wash in this tiny surf ha), followed by a DK ride into dry sand to face plant, my efforts were not rewarded, and Nicole scored the win, with myself second, Jane third and Laura Vee in fourth.

The surf was small, but the weather and clean conditions had everyone keen to stay in the water for longer, so we got out the Milkshakes soft surfboard and the Surfing Green wooden bodyboard to play on. Good times!

We headed up to Emerald’s new store for the presentation. The shop looks so good! Comfy couches and bodyboarding videos playing on the big screen all day, we didn’t want to leave! Des is always so entertaining to talk to as well J

Soon our tummies started grumbling, so we ventured off for some sandwiches at a café in the mall, which included some conversations and laughs that scared off the people from surrounding tables ha.

Thanks again to the support of our sponsors for this event:

Emerald Surf City –for the supply of tent/equipment/judges and first place prizes for each division! Yew! http://www.emeraldsurfcity.com/

Hive Swimwear -15% discount voucher for every competitor today J http://www.hiveswimwear.com/

Treehugger Surf Wax –free (and all natural, and so sticky!) bodyboard wax for every competitor http://www.treehuggerwax.com/

Milkshakes Designs -20% discount on custom bodyboards for all WBA members http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com/

RESULTS:

A

1^st -Jayda Sharpe (Sutherland) –won a pair of Stealth fins

2^nd -Loren Collyer (Gerringong)

3^rd –Rani Head-Toussaint (Avalon)

AA

1^st –Kate McAdam (Port Kembla) –won a Swarm bodyboard hoodie

2^nd –Kerry Head (Avalon)

3^rd –Julia Heasman (Seaforth)

4^th -Ali Kriz (Avoca)

AAA

1^st –Nicole Fleming (mobile in the van…) –won a pair of Dragon sunglasses

2^nd –Lilly Pollard (Gerringong)

3^rd –Jane Keel (Shoalhaven Heads)

4^th –Laura Verjbitsky (Cronulla)

Lilly Pollard

Manager -Milkshakes Bodyboards

WBA girls bodyboarding club are holding their first event of 2011 at Elouera Beach Cronulla, this coming Sunday 22nd May.

There are divisions for girls of all bodyboarding abilities, from beginners, through to advanced, so come on down and join in the fun

The dress up theme is “Hen’s night!” So come in your craziest party outfit (if you dare!), but don’t forget your board, wetsuit, fins, and snacks, and be ready for a day of bodyboarding and good times in Cronulla!

Meet at 7am in front of Elouera Surf Club.

Any questions, please contact WBA President, Lilly, on lillypollard81@yahoo.com.au or 0404 489 024.

For more info, check out www.womensbodyboarding.com

Many thanks to our sponsors of this event:

http://www.emeraldsurfcity.com/

http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com/

http://www.riptidemag.com.au/

http://www.hiveswimwear.com/

Lilly Pollard

Manager -Milkshakes Bodyboards

http://www.milkshakesdesigns.com

President -WBA girls bodyboarding club

http://www.womensbodyboarding.com

Mob: 0404 489 024
lillypollard81@yahoo.com.au

WBA event no.1 for 2011 on May 22
At Eleoura Beach Cronulla! 7am. Divisions for girls of ALL abilities!
Be there or be square

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The 2011 Soldiers Beach Pro will once again be contested in April along with the first round of the NSW State Titles. Dates are April 6-9 and entry forms are available here

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