Day One

Was looking like a fairly tragic start to the 22nd Annual C J "Snowy" McAlister Winter Surfing Festival.
No, don't get concerned, no one died.
It was what appeared to be the total lack of swell during the walk from South Steyne to Tent City.
Fortunately there were still some nice clean 2 - 3 foot peaks to be had
The free surfers had to be herded out of nthe area at various times, which is always a bit of apain.
As with last year's vent,the SUPs got up 'n running with a mass of swirling blades and huge slabs of fibreglass flying in all directions.

Day Two

Amazing what a difference 24 hours can make.
Yesterdays horizon was alive with clear skies and a rising sun.
Today's horizon was a mass of grey cloud with a sun struggling to get through.
The swell was still around though, and still in the 2 - 3 foot mark.
Once the sun broke through, the day turned on beautiful weather.
Today was the Semi-Finals, and with it came some closer scrutinee of competitor behaviour with regard to interference calls.
On Day One competitors were pretty-much given the benefit of the doubt, unless an Interference was deemed blatant, but Day Two was far tougher.
This did result in a total of 4 interference calls being made throughout the day.
Towards the end of the day, the weather turned sour, resulting in the Judge's Tower nearly being blown over by a strong off-shore wind.
The swell stayed pretty constant throughout the entire day.

Day Three

Beautiful start to the Finals Day.
Waves started off VERY small, but soon built up to a nice size and shape.
Wind was up for most of the day, but stayed off-shore the whole time.
No infringements today
As with last year, Global Surf Industries gave away a huge number of boards to various competitors.

Daily Results HERE

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