Lets hold it up the coast

With just two weeks left in the year, the Woolacombe Boardriders Surf Club were running out of time to run their last contest of the year to choose their club champion. So it was, after a year of postponements, that a mahoosive swell and strong winds decided to batter the North Devon coast. There was only one place that could cope with the intensity of the swell that the buoys were showing to be 16 foot at 11 seconds so the call was made to go ‘up the coast’. The only trouble was for the core group of contest junkies in the only club that still has ashtrays at the beach marshal’s disc was that, on a Saturday every fookin man, woman and surfing dog would have a froth on to surf the place too.

So, a new contest format was adopted to suit the unique situation: One heat 80 minutes, everyone surfs together. One photographer shoots all the action and, the best photo wins.

These are the photos (click on an image to enlarge it):

Results: Open, 1st Stuey Campbell 2nd Neil Clifton 3rd Ste Corcoran 4th B’Cat 5th Deano                      Juniors, 1st Jack Ashford 2nd Parry

Thanks to Rip Curl for providing the prizes and Rob Tibbles for judging the photos.

All photos copyright Estpix . Canon 5D mk3 w/ 600mm f4 L IS