Mothers Day/ Girls Surf Day!!!!!

Hi Everyone!! Tommorow is Mothers Day and Cindy Mosey has organised a Mothers and Girls surf day down at Tahuna Beach meeting at the Statue at 10:30am !!!
This is a fun day designed for the mums and girls who dont get into the water much and/or would like to try and give it a go and everyone is invited.
Any husbands/partners with spare boards are encouraged to loan and we look forward to seeing everyone there.
For further info please phone: Cindy 9295501 or Mark 5465062

Go Girl Power !!!

New Winter Rubber !!

New winter rubber has arrived at Hogeys in Hardy St with Billabong and Oneill wetsuits gloves, booties and hoods all ready and waiting to sooth that winter chill plus for the remainder of May all Nelson Boardriders club memebers recieve a massive 30% discount on these items and if you take a 600buck wetsuit into account then thats incredibly generous so get your freezing butts and there and get Rubbered Up!!!!!

*proof of membership may be required!!

Quick Wrap.

So we all got excited for the monday/tuesday predicted swell and once again swellmap let us down 12 hours out, constantly changing its forecast over the 2 days making me wonder the validity of such sites if they can change their "mind"" somewhat restoratively or hindsightedly within 6hours of real time. I mean what is the point??
Monday saw a nice yet inconsistent 2-3ft swell rolling in shared by a few luckys in the middle of the day becoming much crowded for the amount of waves later. Then
come Tuesday saw a boost in swell with some guys stepping out of the picture and recieving heaving shacks over at Whangamoa Bar, word has it was breaking like Hossegor in France....

A couple of photos above and below from Bill Evans of the only real standout surfer of the swell, Rachel Hills. Taking it apart. You go girl!!!
i have 27minutes of footage from tuesday afternoon if anyone wants a copy and about 600 photos all courtesy of Bill so hit me up if you want copies...

Keni Duke's big birthday bash is coming up soon so look out for that one ,,, its gonna be hella-fat.

Catchya Next Swell...

Its not Ok.

Froth Dogs Predictions.

" Froth Dog's senses are tingling - Extreme Frothiness warning - expect Intense beard of froth to grow over next couple of days ""

Around the Grounds.

(above): Nelson Boys , Jimmy mack, Nick Morris, Rory and mate

Are you tired of waking to find only 1-2ft grovel? Do you feel frustrated after surfing small waves which leave you feeling unfullfilled? Well there are now two remedies, which are, (1)either leave Nelson or (2) Stick around because "next week" is gonna pump right???...... aaahhh the line we live by ,gotta love it!!!

So straight into it I have got my hands on some photos of the Grommets bus trip to Blentown, Kaiks and beyond and also a couple of snippets from a debaucherous west coast trip on good friday,,,, If it wasnt so good it would have been bad.
(above):Marco Edwards- high speed hack

(above): Jackson Gregory , slip-streaming.

Rumour Mill: >>
...>>>Which two guys scored pumping slabs right in the heart of town last saturday while everyone either grovelled The Glen, or stayed home crying that it was cold and onshore??>>>>Who drove straight from Christchurch to Snappers point in the middle of the night only to Arrive early Sunday morning to 1ft onshore Snappers???>>> How come no one else has seen the or a shark???>>>>Who is the local bodyboarder who has taken up stand-up surfing a month or so ago and has now overtaken his mates who have been trying for 2 years???, watch this space.>>>>>> Which Richmond surfer drove to Snappers early monday morning and didnt wait for a set driving home thinking it was flat while some of us surfed for 4 hours......and last but not least who is the local surfer seen in the wee hours of the morning eating lollies and listening to Leanord Cohen............ The truth is out there.....
(above): Marco laying some rail at Meatworks.

Quotes of the Week:
>>>>"I did not come on this road trip to smell your ass">>>>"I checked it this morning it looked small">>>>>"Whats this texting everyone to tell them the surfs on"-replied with- "your the one on the paddleboard"....

Hoppy Easter!!!!

Happy Easter Everyone and let all of those who decided to stay in town be blessed as there is a 2ft swell on the rise with things looking great for the next 48hours!!
Last weekend saw everyone hangin themselves out to dry waiting for a swell which hardly eventuated then at the last minute when everyone had just about given up on it kicked on the sunday morning at 3-4ft but super hightides left everyone even more frustrated.Cj Barton, Mike Baker and myself shot the gap and headed over to Whangamoa to surf some beachies and were later joined by paulo Devia and Vaclav Nic from Columbia and Checkoslavakia respectively with Paulo coming a cropper on the notorious "Scar Reef" or "Two Ducks" reef point meeting the rocks and coming off second best.There was a shark attack the previous afternoon at Snappers check the story here but from a distance it seems the poor shark was only defending its territory from invading North Islanders.
(above):L-R Cj Barton, Captain Underpants, Paulo Devia and Vaclac Nic on the road to nowhere.

It is school holidays and the grommets are out and about with Jackson Gregory loading up his bus with a crew and heading over the east coast last week scoring exceptionally good waves in both Blenheim and Kaikoura. ALthough I am still waiting for the photographic evidence of said waves!!
Be sure to check out the Buy Sell area of the site as things are starting to move and thats about all, nice one, see you later , Ciao!!!