2007 CENTRAL COAST OPEN

ABOUT TO BE RENAMED THE MITCH FRASER BENEFIT CLASSIC

Day One

• Arrived at Avoca around 6am
• Tent City all up & running by 7am
• The Drawer Sheet said that the conditions would be classified as Multiple Random - Boy, was that an understatement
• Total of eleven divisions were run
• Around 110 competitors
• First Heats in the water paddled into some fairly chunderous waves
• Big Rips and Uneven Faces
• I think it was a Nor-Easter that was blowing the crap out of the waves
• Whatever it was, it was sure making a mess
• The day slowly improved before falling foul of the wind again
• Around 27-heats were knocked over, including all First Heats and most of the Semis

Day Two

• Same spot, but slightly bigger conditions
• T'was a big beach day indeed
• Our comp was on half-way down the beach, the Avoca Boardriders had their pointscore out on the Point, whilst the local Life Saving Club was holding their Nippers Day up & down the entire beach.
  • Just love the smell of 2-stroke in the morning
• Over the weekend in general, it was a bit tough getting the free-surfers out of the area, but when competitors started free-surfing in the comp area, it became a bit ludicrous.
• Mix them with the goose on the Jet-Ski whizzing in & out with the Nippers and things were getting a little crowded
• Wind stayed off-shore for quite a while, before eventually swinging to the nor-east again
• The last of the Semis were finished off before the Finals got underway around 10am
• The Women's Final held towards the end of the day saw some true overhead sets rolling through
  • The girls took them on and were a fine example of the talent amongst our fairer sex
• There was a brief period during the day when the waves were actually looking good, but these conditions were soon replaced by sand-filled close-outs
• Where there was once a channel on the in-coming tide, soon became a sandbar fit for snapping boards
• A couple of boards suffered the ultimate fate of either being snapped in half or having a fatal crease compliments of some pretty heavy waves
• The potential name-change was brought about by the fact that Mitch Fraser won all three of the Divisions he contested
  • Open
  • Under-21
  • 8-foot
  • On top of that, he won the Nose-Riding Award
• As in the past years, this comp was well run and well patronised
• Professional Judges made it an easy weekend for all the competitors to go off and enjoy a bit of a free-surf (out of the comp area, of course)

A quick post-contest email from your CD - Hayzie

Comrades, A quick note to thank you ALL for a great job! We have pulled together and achieved huge success yet again. I have received loads of praise and acknowledgement from heaps of competitors that our comps are up there with the best. We continue to raise the bar and run a quality comp. Huey never let us down, the sun was out, the food was great, the surfing was inspirational, the giveaways were amazing, JF's music was awesome and the whole comp vibe was what longboarding is all about! WELL DONE FELLA'S - And a big THANKS! Your stoked CD Hayzie

Finals Results HERE

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