After all the Northerly winds and unpredictable surf that we have this time of year, it was amazing to arrive at Wategos Beach to glassy sliders and offshore winds. We scored well and truely. A great location and a great day in the sun with just enough swell to have fun.
Mick Mackie getting ready to go out in the fish demo session on one of his flextails.Vanessa in green is one of the event organisers and her and the team have done a great job of building this event to what it is.
The local Mal Club provided the food and drinks all day
Live music from a bunch of talented people most of the day.
SB handplanes from the Gold Coast
Flying Fish handplanes from Sydney
Some very nice wooden boards
Magic day all day
This little lady tried this board out 3 time
Great film maker Nathan Oldfield getting amongst a few
Bob doing the slide
All ages were into it
Not very old this one, all the way to the beach.
Brother and sister Yani and Pacha demoed these boards of mine many time on the day
The log demo guys all lined up
Tom Wegner and Rasta with their Olo boards that Tom shaped. Big ,long, heavy and rounded , very hard to ride. Rasta and Ryan Burch took them both out for a paddle and eventually caught a wave together, which is probably the first time in 100 year or more that two Olo Boards have been on a wave together. And just after that a hump back whale breached in the backgound out in the bay. What a moment, the crowd went wild. A very proud moment for Tom who has put so much effort into what he had done with the ancient Hawaiian wooden board revival. Nice one Tom, my hat goes off to you.
Rasta and Mike share the finer points of actually catching a wave on an Olo with the crowd.
Rasta and Ryan Burch had to be the perfect fit of guys to pull it off.
What a great weekend once again. You need to plan to be their next year.
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