Summer sunshine greeted us once again today for Day 2 and the final day for ASP LQS 2-Star Real B Voice Pro Longboard Taito press by Kaido.
Action commenced this morning at 7:30am at Taito Beach, Chiba Japan. The local weather in Taito was beautiful with sideshore-fanned waves at the two-to-three foot (1 metre) range.
2010 will be the sixth straight seasons for the Real B voice Pro Longboard TAITO press by Kaido serving as the final event for the Surf Festa’10 at Taito Beach in Isumi of Chiba-ken. The men’s event is well known, but this year will  … Details
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Takapuna Beach was today confirmed as the venue for the National Ocean Water Sports Centre (NOWSC) by the Minister of Sport and Recreation the Hon. Murray McCully and North Shore City Mayor, Andrew Williams. Speaking at the nearby Takapuna Boating Club, the Minister confirmed that the $8 million facility would cater for Sailing, Triathlon and Ocean Kayaking. The area is also used for a myriad of other ocean sports including ocean swimming, kite surfing, surfboats and surfing.
The novel concept for the facility known as ‘The Bunker’ is that it will be located in a large excavation in the adjoining carpark digging a hole 36 metres long by 60 metres wide – which will be covered back to the existing land level and topped with a  .. Details
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The 18th annual All Girls Surf Showdown enjoyed great waves at Lennox Head today .
This is the biggest All Girl event in Australia and the finals day standard highlighted the strength of girls surfing in Australia .
The blue ribbon Southern Cross Credit Union Open Pro division saw a high quality field attack the final and the result went right down to the final two minutes when Sunshine Coast Queensland surfer Dimity Stoyle found the days highest scoring ride posting an outstanding 9.0 score to take a narrow victory over Cabarita’s Airini Mason (NSW) … Details
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Earlymornings, countless kilometres and hours of gruelling training paid dividends for Dean Hanmer today, as the Broadbeach bolter proved he’s a cut above his paddleboard peers, winning the 8.5 kilometere Xcel Open Ocean Paddleboard Race from Snapper Rocks to Currumbin Estuary.Â
Winning the blue ribbon Unlimited Open Men division, in a time of 59 minutes and thirteen seconds, the paddleboard powerhouse smashed his nearest opponents by more than 6 minutes finishing ahead of Bondi Rescue star Corey Oliver (1hr 5min 23sec) and Scott Wildin (Burleigh Heads, Qld – 1hr 8min 2sec) who finished second and third respectively … Details
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