South Islands 07 - Day 1

Morning of the first day of the South Island Surf Champs..
bitterly cold, pitiful surfing conditions, misty rain.. caught a few heats of longboarding with the camera before I got too cold and sat up on the Esplanade and watched a few heats of the under 16's. from what I could catch on the loudspeaker: Shane Baxter won his longboard heat, and Ben Bennett won his U16 heat. Now at home warm and toasty might brave the conditons to shoot back down and support the women this avo.




Afternoon of the first day of the South Island Surf Champs..
bitterly cold, still, waves crud still congrats to Hayley Coakes and Angie Koops who won their respective womens heats, Tash Civil breezed through to semi without a surf.





and now some slow shutter speed pics.. as the light got so bad.