Central Coast Regionals

Madzi and I had a fun surf at the local regionals.

a Grom’s view of the Magoo

The Magoo charity classic continued this year with another year of good surf and money raised for charity. For the week prior there had been the biggest swell of 2011. Only Fibbo was waxing up his log.

The first day of the classic was moved from an unsurfable Soldiers to a fun decent sized lakes beach. The set waves could offer some fast lefts and rights. The paddle out was fine but only once the very hazardous shorebreak was past. Mikey Brown snapped his board while paddling out. There were some great rides ridden and huge steak sandwiches eaten and day one was a good fun day.The second day was cleaner and about two foot bigger than the day before.

We started again at Lakes beach. The older surfers were sent out like guinea pigs to test the conditions. The officials then decided it was unsurfable and moved us to a much calmer cabbage tree bay. Upon arrival, Cabbage displayed some perfect looking left barrels. As riders threw themselves into these waves (sometimes literally) they discovered that they weren’t as easy as they looked. But, with the tide rising and lots of practise, there was some amazing barrels to be had.

A highlight of the day was Barry ‘Magoo’ McGuigan paddling out showing the same bravery as he shows during his current battle with cancer. All up a very successful event with good waves and over $82,000 made to donate to cancer research on the Central Coast.

(this is a piece I wrote for my mal club's newsletter)