Author Archives: James Jacobi
2009 Presso Night – Hawaiian Style!
The 13th Beach Boardriders 2009 season came to a stylish close on Saturday December 19 at the end-of-year presentation night.
More than 100 club members, family and friends celebrated another successful year and enjoyed the abundance of finger food and beverages put on by the kind folk at the Hawthorn Suites. In his inaugural year of presidency, Elliot Gray made highlight [...]
Greenroom Contest #6 – 2009 Season
The final event of the 2009 season was run and won on Saturday 28th November in tiny waves at Corners.
Thirteenth was far from pumping for the Greenroom comp, with easterly wind-chop and a light northwest wind greeting competitors early on in the day. The surfing however, was not so bad. The groms were first to [...]
Tonik Contest #4 – 2009 Season
The Thirteenth Beach Boardriders Club held their fourth event for the 2009 season on Saturday in super contestable conditions at Golfies.
Small waves around the two-foot mark were lighting up a well-formed leftbank that was dubbed one of the best sand formations for a 13th event in years.
The Open A heats were treated to excellent conditions [...]
Billabong Contest #3 – 2009 Season
The Thirteenth Beach Boardriders Club held their third event for the 2009 season on Saturday in sun-bathed waves at Leftbank.
After three weeks of uncontestable conditions, the Billabong comp was eventually given the green light after a fading two-foot swell and a light offshore northerly greeted event organizers at dawn.
The Under 13’s set off down the [...]
13th Contest #2 – 2009 Season
The Thirteenth Beach Boardriders held their second event for the year on Saturday and more than 150 competitors were treated to smoking waves all day at Beacon and Hutto’s.
The dawn patrol revealed a wonky two-to-three foot swell, light offshore winds and a recent inundation of quality high tide banks at Hutto’s prompted event organisers to [...]
Rip Curl Contest #1 – 2009 Season
The Thirteenth Beach Boardriders 2009 season got underway on Saturday in windy two to three foot barrels at the clubs most utilized wave, Beacon.
The Rip Curl endorsed event was greeted by temperatures in excess of 47 degrees and a gale-force northerly marred the otherwise perfect conditions.
The juniors were the first to don their boardies and [...]
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