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Bay of Plenty has defended their title at the National Scholastic Surfing Championship after two of their competitors placed first and fourth in the Under 18 Boys division – the last to be contested at the event this afternoon (Friday 8th October).

The final day of the event played out in clean 1.0m waves at Makorori Beach, Gisborne for the fourth straight day. The title defence looked under threat when results started to turn on Bay of Plenty during the early stages of the final day but they came back with wins in the Under 18 Boys Division through JC Susan and also the Bodyboard Division through Jamee Smith …  Details & Pictures

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Who’s in charge here? What does the Board of Trustees do? How does Collegiate Cycling relate to USA Cycling? It’s a confusing mess out there, and the overall structure of collegiate cycling, and USA Cycling as a whole, can be confusing at times. So here’s a breakdown of the four basic elements of collegiate cycling governance:

USA Cycling: Formerly a group of associations that went by a number of different acronyms (NORBA, USCF, NCCA, USPRO, etc.), USA Cycling is now a single non-profit company with a single logo and a single mission: to achieve sustained success in international cycling competition and grow competitive cycling in America. It’s as simple as that. The organization covers all the major disciplines of competitive cycling, so there’s no longer any such thing as NORBA, the NCCA, or the USCF. Using one of those acronyms is akin to calling the US Constitution the Federalist Papers, or your mother by her maiden name, or talking about the League of Nations headquarters in New York City. It’s just USA Cycling, and we are bike racing in America. Period. Collegiate, non-collegiate, on-road, off-road, two wheels, or, well, two wheels. (We delegate to our US Olympic Committee partners, USA Tricycling and USA Unicycling for more- or fewer-wheeled competition …  Details

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Nelscott Reef promoters revealed the new web page for the 2010 Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic, confirming that this year’s event will indeed be a paddle in only event. The web page launch also coincides with the opening of the 3 month holding period.

As previously announced, the Nelscott Reef contest changed from a tow in event to a paddle in event. This change was brought on from pressure from the competitors after the previous years contests gave them a taste of paddling in to some Nelscott bombs  …  Details

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