There’s no such thing as bad weather..
Sometimes you just have to create your own sunshine…
Where’s my next competition
My next competition is at Fitzroy on the 25th of August. The conditions aren’t looking that great but I am really looking forward to competing again and surfing with my friends. it should be a fun event. This is event 3 of the Perfect Wave Super 8 series. There should be some good competition and I will be competing in the Open Men’s, U18 Boys and the Open Women’s. I go into this event leading the Open Women’s, 2nd in the U18 Boys and 7th in the Open Mens.
Raglan
On the 7-8 of August I went to Raglan to surf in the Raglan Surfing Academy Secondary School Championships. The day before the competition started there were heaps of grommets in the water and unfortunately my board got dinged by another grom’s board which left a gaping big hole in front of one of my fins – luckily it wasn’t my in box! I had to dry my board out as much as I could before I could get it repaired, which meant balancing it between the benchtop and couch with the heater on high underneath the board and sweating all night in our tiny cabin! The next day we took the board into Mark Camenzind at Camenzind surfboards who did a sick repair in just a few hours. The conditions were pretty good on the first day of the competition. We got to Manu Bay at 5.30am and my last heat of the day was at 5.30pm, just as it was getting dark. The second day the wind was blowing from the wrong direction which made the water quite choppy and the conditions tricky. The work that I have been putting into being patient and waiting for the high scoring waves paid off. I was stoked to win both the U16 and U14 girls divisions.
Interesting places
For a day trip I went about 7km out of New Plymouth to compete in a competition called ‘Get to Go’. Get to Go is a challenge made up of 4 tasks: building a raft, orienteering, mountain biking and a mental task. Our team was made up of 7 people and we did the best at the mental task. The orienteering probably needed some work. The mountain biking was really fun with some steep hills that were hard to get up but super fast to come down and there was mud everywhere.
Breakers Restaurant visit
I popped into Breakers on my way to Raglan, while my dad went searching for Jandle’s in the middle of winter, if he thinks he’s going to find them at this time of year he’s mad! I had a blast giving away some spot prizes and meeting some really cool people. The Hamilton team were fantastic. There were 6 lucky members that won gift cards, 20 people that won towels and everyone at least got a pen or magnet. I had a Chicken Tender Burger for lunch which was absolutely delicious. Thanks Breakers, Hamilton for having me for this fun day.
