Pacific Longboarder

#85
Sep 2010
ALOHA,
Best swell – best forgotten......
Will September be remembered for the wave that almost
was? 4 weekends of almost flat East Coast, and huge and
out of control West coast. Such a contrast to last
September, when almost every day was surfable on the
East or West coast, (and some days – both). It just proves
how surf cannot be relied upon by month and why surfers
need to be able to move at a moments notice to catch the
swell or miss out completely. Perhaps this means the North
might finally get waves over the Christmas break…now that
would be something!! Still, we can’t complain too much
about this year as looking over this years club days
(comps), we did score pretty consistent swell conditions at
our local breaks; interestingly we didn’t have one West
coast comp this year. Don’t forget to celebrate the year that
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was at our Prizegiving night coming up on the 16 October
at the Orewa Surf Club. Top band, top prizes and a great
night guaranteed. Get your tickets from Bryan as there will be no door sales.
Oct 2/3rd t OLBC The 9th and final Club Day for the 2010 season
Can you miss this – hell no! There’s ladder positions at stake! Plus the usual
free bbq sausies, beer & soda. Free to enter too – magic!!!
Oct 6th Wed 7.30pm Club night- Orewa Surf Club
Another great surf night rolls around. Lots of things to do and see. Don’t forget, TK draws the winners of the new
Morris surfboards being raffled. Last chance for tickets. Also time to renew your subs for the year, and get your
prize-night tickets. Only $20 each. Food, drink, and the company of surfers – magic!
Oct 16/th OLBC Prizegiving night from 7pm at Club
A huge night for all members and partners with prizes and awards galore! Giveaways too including a brand new surfboard and $1,000.00
surf travel prize. Party away the night with Lazyboys back by popular demand from last year.
Oct 22nd – 24th Del Festival of Longboarding – Labour weekend- Join in.
Hosted by New Plymouth Surfriders at their awesome clubrooms right on Fitzroy Beach. Enjoy surf comp, music and
art exhibition by Darryn McBride and Tony Ogle. Bbq and bands Sat & Sun nights. Full details and entry forms go to:
www..npsurf.co.nz
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Club Ladder after 8 comps……….
Sorry it’s a secret that will be revealed at the prize night 16th October. Here’s a taste of how the days unfolded…..
Club day 1
Nov 22nd Forestry
Club day 4
Mar 21st Te Arai
Club day 2
Club day 5
Jan 17th Forestry
May 16th Te Arai
Club day 7 Jul 17th Te Arai
Club day 3 Feb 21st Te Arai
Club day 6 Jun 20th Laings Point
Club day 8
Aug 15th Forestry
Club day 9 …….Oct 3rd perhaps?????
Best 7 days count towards prizes… who will win.
Find out when you are there on the night – it could be you!
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Get your tickets now. No door sales.
2010 North Island Longboard Champs
words by Hannah
pics by cpl
On Saturday the 11th of September, the 60 contestant
strong draw of the 2010 North Island Longboard Champs
took to the water at Forestry Beach, Mangawhai.
Conditions were extremely challenging, with 1-2ft waves
(the odd 3ft set as the day progressed) and an onshore
Nor-east wind - a multiple peak contest situation. With
many of NZ's top longboarders present at the event
however, there was an amazing display of surfing put on.
Despite the poor weather conditions, the vibe of the day
was overwhelmingly positive. The contest provided a
great opportunity for a catch up, with longboarders
having travelled from as far afield as Dunedin, Gisborne
and Wanganui - a fantastic turn out from the
longboarding community. Many kept their hands warm
by the BBQ put on to help NZ Surfing Team
representative Thomas Kibblewhite get to the ISA World
Surfing Games taking place in Peru later this year.
Owen
Michael
Ultimately, it was Michael Burling (Wanganui) that took out first place of the Fletcher Construction Open Mens division, with a
powerful and fluid display of surfing. After being announced as the winner at the formal prize giving, Burling went on to say
that he intended to take a 3 year break from competitive surfing and was "really happy to go out with a bang".
The official results were as follows:
Fletcher Construction Opens Mens:
1st: Michael Burling (Wanganui)
2nd: Owen Barnes (Mt. Maunganui)
3rd: Dylan Barnfield (Ohope)
4th: Kelly Ryan (Gisborne)
SONY Open Womens:
1st: Belinda Goodwin (Raglan)
2nd: Mischa Davis (Piha)
3rd: Shelley Jones (Orewa)
4th: Hannah Howard (Orewa)
Michael with artist Steve Hoskin
Sanuk Over 50's:
1st: Michael Thompson (Raglan)
2nd: Paul Browne (Orewa)
3rd: Rupert Newbold (Whangerei)
4th: Rob Bayes (Orewa)
Brownie
Skull Candy Under 18's:
1st: Branko Vela (Takapuna)
3rd: Blake Zuill (Red Beach)
2nd: Jae Kilgour (St. Clair)
4th: Sam Haven (Muriwai)
TK
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The Morris Surfboard Charity Raffle was won by Paul (Brownie) Browne who took home a brand new 9ft Morris
Surfboard. A total of $370 was raised and will be donated to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Trust.
A big thank you to our hugely generous sponsors:
Fletcher Construction: www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz
SONY: www.sony.co.nz
Sanuk: www.sanuk.co.nz
Skull Candy: www.skullcandy.co.nz
FCS: www.hydrosurf.co.nz/shop/SURF/FCS
Smith Optics: www.smithoptics.co.nz
Steve Hoskin / NZ Surf Art: www.nzsurfart.com
Ultimate Surf Shop: www.ultimatesurf.co.nz
Orewa Longboard Club: www.orewalongboardclub.com
Morris Surfboards: www.morris-surfboards.co.nz
Slide Magazine: www.slidemagazine.com
The Open Mens champ Michael got to keep this amazing piece of art. The relief work medium produces a stunning 3-D effect
that Steve creates at his art studio ‘Hi Tide’ at Gulf Harbour.
Visit the studio or view other works online at:
www.nzSurfArt.com
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Annual Awards Night
Did someone say PARTY????
What: OLBC Prizegiving Party
Where: Orewa Surf Club
When: Sat 16th October 7pm
Why: Awards and fun night
Who: Members & Partners $20 ea.
Includes: Live band LAZYBOYZ, nibbles, spot prizes
How: Pre-sales only.
To all those who have returnable
trophies.
Please bring them in to the club night next
week as we need to engrave them to give them
back to you…or not as the case may be…
Please don’t forget or Che will ask you
nicely and then hunt you down (or borrow
your legrope).
Who will win the $1,000 travel prize?
What about the brand new board?
Cash bar, great music, be there.
Maxing out the charts last week. A sign of things to come, or just a freak storm?
Time to invent a new colour – black? Check out
wind warning surrounds entire NZ !!
the size of that swell line from Tasmania to Cape Reinga
Shoreline wave height 12 metres!!! Swell period 16 seconds!!!!
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Currumbin Sessions
By Club member Quentin Bright
First light, spring morning. The early rising crew is on it –
the usual mix of long boarders, stand up paddle boarders, a
goat boat or two and the keen groms paddling like dogs on
their short-boards! The sun beams in from the East over
and through the back of the wave, making the waist to mid
chest high faces look opaque rather than solid; forcing the
riders to squint as they look for the ‘one’. And there is a
nice little ground swell from the North; a nice right hander
and a more fickle left. On the sets, at least four or five
surfers paddle for each wave…but it’s a mellow crowd, full of
banter, nods of recognition, everybody pretty relaxed and
why wouldn’t they be – in these conditions the spot has
enough for everyone – it’s a good day on the Bar.
BUT, this is not our Bar, not Orewa, not even New Zealand! This is Currumbin Alley, one of the better waves on this
stretch of the Gold Coast, with some fun banks on small days and able to hold a pretty solid wave on bigger days in
these parts due to the groynes and lengthy sand banks. I’m
sitting out here on one of four days I will ride this place,
surfing it five times in all during my week long stay. It’s a
special place: an easy walk from my apartment at Currumbin
Sands and I can see the break from my balcony. I’m riding a
special board too – a Sunova Hangman. It’s one of two 9’
Sunova boards I’ve borrowed off Jim, a mate from NZ who
now lives down the road in Tugun, the other being the Pro
Longboard. Both draw plenty of comments from other surfers
and SUP riders…I won’t bore you with drooling over them in
print, you can check here to see why they’re sharp
www.sunovasurfboards.com.
Despite mostly riding shortboards in his 30 odd years of surfing, Jim takes the Sunovas out at Burleigh, Snapper and
Greenmount on 6ft days because he reckons he can get into the wave ahead of the short boarders. Not just reckon
either, he does! He says he got a bit of stick at first from a few but when he showed them a clean pair of heels - by
going vertical on the face with the Pro! - well, no one said anything much anymore other than “wow, where do I get me
one of those!” (Btw, just an aside to let you know the ex-pat
doesn’t get it all his own way, Bob McTavish took Jim out with
him at Lennox on a 8ft day a year or so back - and dropped in
him!) I never got the opportunity to ride the Sunovas on a
bigger day on the Goldy as the swell kept around the waist
high mark for the whole week as it is wont to do in these
parts … and I’m still learning to ride and do stuff anyway but
I can see why Jim takes em out at Snapper!
On my second to last day on the Goldy, having gotten up at
5.30am to beat the weekend crowd (it was 7.30am to my body
clock anyway so no worries for me!) the swell was still small so
we went looking for the best ride on the bottom tide. We
took the Sunovas for a ride to Duranbah and all the way back
pic Tim McKenna
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to the Alley. We checked out pretty much every spot in between
and I got shown a few spots I’d never heard. This was some
additional gold for me. These are places the locals go when the
overseas blow-ins (like me!) are round during the WT events and
during their (mostly Northern Hemisphere) holiday seasons.
Now you’re probably thinking there are no places as good and
consistent as Burleigh or Kirra or Snapper or Greenmount or even
The Alley but by golly, you’d be wrong’ish’! If you are on the Gold
Coast in Feb/ March/April or when the blow ins from Germany,
Brazil and, er, England etc., are making each wave a round table
for knight riders, do a Taranaki! By which I (as an ex-pat
Taranakian) mean, check out the end of a few roads leading down
to, or along, the sea front anywhere between D’bah and Broadbeach,
pic by Michael Dawes
aside from the obvious beaches. You may be pleasantly surprised. What I was shown certainly gave me the notion to
explore further on any future trips. I would like to be more specific in print but I also want to be able to ride, still
breathing, on my next Goldy wave. If you haven’t got a contact there yourself, ask a friendly local at The Alley or pose
a quiet, respectful question at one of the long boarder friendly surf shops.
OLBC DVD library
Loaner Board 4 U
As you know every club night we play a surf DVD on the
large screen free of charge for our members. Did you
know you can borrow these to watch at home?
Yes, free of charge too. The only thing we ask is a
cheque deposit of $50 that we will hold (not bank) to
ensure the DVD is returned
safely. Simple as!! Just ask
Che on club nights and he
will show you the collection –
it’s a great way to see if you
like a DVD before buying it
for your permanent
collection.
Note: We have just added a huge number of hi res pics
put onto DVDs, taken at our various comps this year by
Paul Grace and others. You are welcome to check these out
to get that huge poster of yourself for your wall.
Want to try a board meant for a circuit surfer?
Our club has a board
free to use courtesy
of Peter Malatios.
Shaped for ex Aussie
circuit surfer Hamish
McKay, this 9’1”
rounded pin was left
behind from a recent
trip and Pete is more
than happy for any
club member getting theirs repaired or looking to try
something different to give him a call and give it a go.
Pete can be contacted on 021 2094632
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Enjoying the club and it's Aloha spirit?
It’s renewal time as our club year commences 3 Sept each
year. So-, bring along your subs to club night (or beach day)
or post it in. Or direct transfer to 0383 0145150 01
(put your name as reference)
If you know someone who wants to join get them to bring
$30 along ($50 families) to our next meeting so they can
also enjoy the benefits of being a club member;
Free comps, prizes, newsletters, free surfing lessons,
friendship and giveaways. All for the same price for last 7 years!
Either post a cheque to the
Orewa Longboard Club
Bring cash to this club meet to get your
tickets for Tom’s raffle. Win a board,
Sunnies, Sanuks and Rashie and help TK
fundraise as he represents NZ in the World
Surfing Games in Peru. Last chance as Tom
leaves in 3 weeks so all prizes will be drawn
and won this club night.
18 Tiber Rd. Milford 0620
or see the Treasurer on club night.
Juniors (u 18yrs) free 1st year of joining
also Women are free for 1st year of joining too.
A warm ALOHA to our New/renewal members
Club Discounts
$$$$$
The following companies are kindly offering a discount to club members.
Ultimate Surf & Sport NZ- 10% off any accessories not already on sale. Unit K 121 Rosedale Rd. Albany (opp. Fish City)
ph. 476 7000 ask for Andre or go to www.ultimatesurf.co.nz
Underground Surf – 10% off product (non-sale).
See Nick at 9 Bakehouse Lane Orewa Ph. 094279283 or go to www.undergroundskate.co.nz
The Board Shop (Windscene) - 10% off range of product (non-sale). See Luke at 49 Barrys Pt Rd. Takapuna Ph.
4860930. Go to www.theboardshop.co.nz
NOTE: Current club membership cards must be shown before discount is applicable.
NO CARD = NO DISCOUNT
Your Dedicated Committee
Scotty Riach 021 987954 Paul Browne 0274 769207
El Presidente 0942 42392
ladder/comps 094264961
Bryan Western 0274 757000 Mike Millar 021555 852
treasurer/newsletter 4101237 secretary/int./mail 094243211
Che Phillips 021 1640503 Jamie Schedewey 0272 442772
Website
483 6229
Projects
0942 68558
Steve Morris 021 1905086 Hannah Howard 021 2240469
comps/sponsorship 4154636 women’s events 094278459
Peter is still be available for club t-shirt purchases.
Contact him on 021 2094632
For urgent attention please phone us or see us in the water.
www.orewalongboardclub.com or [email protected]
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20 September 2010
To the editor of Coastal News
Dear Sir,
On Thursday 10 June, an article was printed in the coastal news titled “No Changes at Harbour Bar. This was followed by a letter to the
editor 17 June by Mr B Smith which questioned the validity of the conclusions in the previous article. Because of public
interest, the Whangamata harbour committee requested WRC to send over a scientist to explain the information contained in the maps
printed with the article. Last Monday the report from regional council arrived for presentation to the Harbour Committee but with no council
“expert” to present it. The council rooms were full with committee members, and in the gallery, mature surfers. Luckily for all those in
attendance, one of the people present in the public gallery was Dr Shaw Mead, a world expert in Bathymetrics and Morphology. He was
able to add to the presentation
and explain how the sand had
indeed changed on the Bar, in
a way that has negatively
affected wave quality, and
showed how this was so by
interpreting the council survey
maps along with two of his
own. His presentation was
clear and everyone could see
and understand why the wave
quality had deteriorated. The
reason and the remedy were
not discussed, as it was better
for everyone to go away and
think about the information
received. At the community
forum on Saturday 18th,
Community Board chair Peter
Kerr and WRC representative
Simon Friar took it as read that
that the bar was broken, when
I raised the issue and asked
the community for help. The
repair of our community’s
iconic Bar will be complex, and
the whole situation will be
exacerbated in the near future,
when we have up to 6,000m3
of dredged sand placed on the
beach just west of the wharf
and up to 35 Ha of mangroves
cleared.
Paul Shanks,
Whangamata
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Saving Waves: Coastal Planning & Surf Breaks
A lecture by Paul Shanks and Matt Skellern
26 October 2010
6pm
Venue: Design Lecture Theatre, NICAI Conference Centre, 22 Symonds St.
Paul Shanks won the Ministry for the Environment Green Ribbon in 2006, for community leadership in Whangamata. Since
then, Paul has taken a lead in saving New Zealand’s greatest surfing asset, its waves. From an international perspective, New
Zealand is innovating in the ways it proposes to protect its world class surf breaks. Surfer and planner
Matt Skellern contributes toward surf break protection alongside other surfers with backgrounds in planning, coastal science,
oceanography, social science, law, economics along with perspectives from the surfing community and surfing industry.
Globally, surfers have been protesting the extinction of quality surf breaks for years. However, in December 2008, surf break
protection was formalised through the World Heritage Surf Break movement based on the UNESCO model of World Heritage
Sites.
Following a similar trend, New Zealanders adopted the legal process to protect the world class surf breaks in Aotearoa. Paul
and Matt’s presentation aims to raise awareness of surf break protection at home and abroad, identifying potential issues for
future ocean planning.
This Saving Waves lecture is kindly supported by the New Zealand Planning Institute
and New Zealand Coastal Society.
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Developer takes Te Arai battle to court
By TIM HUNTER - BusinessDay.co.nz
Property developer John Darby is battling on with plans to create a coastal subdivision at Te Arai beach
south of Mangawhai Heads, after it was blocked by Rodney District Council last year. While objectors
applauded the council move, the stalled development has left local Maori and a who's who of wealthy
investors fuming over its failure to repay millions loaned to the project. In an attempt to force a council
rethink, Darby's company Te Arai Coastal Lands sought a judicial review and this week the process got
under way at the High Court. Judicial review allows someone affected by the exercise of statutory power,
such as a council planning decision, to challenge it in the High Court on grounds of procedural failure,
illegality or irrationality.
The development on 616ha owned by Te Arai Coastal Lands was originally planned to involve 1400
dwellings, along with a boutique thermal spa, golf course, visitor facilities and coastal park and
campground. It was later scaled back to 850 and then 180 homes. In rejecting the company's proposed
plan change, the council said the development's adverse effects could not be mitigated without affecting
the area's unique character. And as the council was about to adopt a new district plan, it also withdrew a
variation it had drawn up to potentially accommodate Mr Darby's proposal under the new plan. The
council said it planned to defend its position in court. Meanwhile the ongoing uncertainty has cut off a major source of income for the
Northland hapu of Ngati Whatua - Te Uri o Hau - which has an interest in the development after acquiring land at Te Arai as part of a $15
million Waitangi Treaty settlement in 2002. As well as owning 25 per cent of Te Arai Coastal Lands, the hapu is owed $9m by the
company and has not received its annual interest of $720,000 since 2008.
A further sum, understood to be between $8m and $15m, is owed to a number of private investors, many of them friends of Darby and his
business partner George Kerr, from a previous issue of bonds and equity warrants.
In a separate planning battle, Darby is seeking permission to create 20 residential properties at New Chums Beach in the Coromandel,
ranked in the top 20 beaches in the world in 2006 by The Observer newspaper.
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From: [email protected]
Subject: Surfbreak Protection Latest News
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:33:32 +1200
Dear Surfbreak members and supporters,
For your interest, the following news:
1) A not to be missed lecture at Auckland University by Matt Skellern and Paul Shanks, please put in your diary (flyer above):
2) Concern for the Whangamata Bar is growing. See above Paul Shanks' letter to the editor of the Coastal News, as well as
the June Coastal News article the letter refers to.
3) Notice of the Surfbreak Annual General Meeting on 30 October at 2pm at Chancery Chambers Building.
cnr Oçonnell & Chancery St. Auckland CBD.
With regards, Monique Olivier
secretary
Surfbreak Protection Society
www.surfbreak.org.nz
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Subject: FW: FREE DVD - 2010 Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour!
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:56:38 +1200
To all boardrider clubs,
Please see below for the link to sign up for the free 2010
Hyundai Pro Longboard Tour DVD.
Click here:
http://extranet.hyundai.co.nz/hyundai_surf_dvd.html
Make sure you get your free copy for your clubrooms, your own home or for a present for family and friends or Kiwi’s abroad.
Regards, Ben
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Del Festival of Longboarding
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:50:39 +1200
Hi Guys,
The longboard Festival is all go for labour weekend
nd
th
(22 -24 October)
Hope to see you there.
Allen Pidwell
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Batman surfing From Andre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlusgU-MUZ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Tarp surfing. When it’s flat make your own waves….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-vb20srZI
And in memory of the NZ monster swell of this month
(unfortunately mostly onshore winds) view the day before the Eddie
contest when Waimea was at its peak….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1QMjn8Wu_E&feature=related
To You Legal–Beagles
Articles in this newsletter are the opinion of the writer and not necessarily those of the club or its members.
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Stay surfing - reason no. 58
Ask Branko how it feels to be Nth Isl. Longboard Junior Champ
(Surrounded by club members at the Smashed Pippi prizegiving at Mangawhai)
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