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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Gazsurf » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:00 am

"I disagree with these experts. Someone has got to stand up to experts."

Texas Board of Education member McLeroy rejecting science over creationism.
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Bubalus » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:46 am

THU
N WIND 10 TO 15 KT...EASING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 18 FT.

Any chance?
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby RXXL » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:42 pm

Went Red on Sunday... Would of had to call it first thing this AM... I think it may stay open till the end of March...
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Bubalus » Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:37 pm

1/16/13
Meanwhile, with an 80% chance that the Mavericks Invitational 2012/2013 will run this Sunday, John Forse, contest director of the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic has decided to put his event on-hold, giving priority to Mavericks.

"As much as we hate to pass on a good swell, we have decided in the interest of cohesiveness of the big wave brotherhood and the Big Wave World Tour to not run the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic this weekend and throw all our support behind the Mavericks Invitational", says Forse.

http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/8392 ... huge-swell

Bummer, I am going to be in LC this weekend, was hoping it would run...
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby RXXL » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:17 pm

Going to run this Sat. 2/2/13 Should be a nice day with a few bombs rolling through...
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby intrepid » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:26 am

It looks like this should be a swell weekend. Stay safe everyone!
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Tex » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:00 pm

Did Intrepid win today?
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby intrepid » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:18 am

The morning greeted us without a breaking wave, but the buoys reported a swell bump coming. Contest organizers opted to run the SUP exhibition first to allow the conditions to improve for the competition.

The first of four 45 minute preliminary heats began around 10:30, with a few set rolling through, and then it seemed to go flat again. The judges, as per the agreed upon format, made the decision to extend the time for heat one. Communication with spectators and surfers on the beach was somewhere between zero and nearly non-existent. I overheard one lady on the beach ask if there were whales out there, as if to explain the crowd of people watching the ocean.

I was able to follow what was going on through information passed along by surfers out in the water. (Peter Mel did a great job sending out live updates from the channel, and Will Skudin was pretty easily accessible by cell phone.) Heat one finally ended sometime before noon. Contest organizers were in the process of calling off the entire competition, following heat one, when a couple sets rolled through. From then on, the heats went nearly non-stop through the finals.

The reef held the swell through the rest of the competition, and good waves were rode by many. Although the waves were 15-20 feet, the guys I talked to seemed pretty stoked on what was out there. With nearly no spectators left on the beach, the finals heat concluded around 5. After all was said and done Jamie Sterling came in first, followed by Greg Long and Gabriel Villaran in second and third respectively. Rusty Long was voted by fellow competitors to have caught the biggest wave of the day.

Pictures will start to trickle out in the next few days.
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Bubalus » Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:05 pm

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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby smithgrind » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:05 pm

Nice day at the beach.
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Chunk » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:36 pm

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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Ron Burgundy » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:50 pm

Big guns and big waves, God Bless America!
I'm Ron Burgundy, go f#ck yourself San Diego
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby RXXL » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:44 am

All turned out well in the end... It was solid out there during the finals.
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Re: Nelscot Contest Alive?

Postby Tex » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:11 pm

RXXL had the best seat in the house.....
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