20th Cape Classic 2010

The 20th Cape Classic
23rd - 24th October 2010

20 years of the Cape Classic with $7500 cash and more sponsors product up for grabs.
King Kapisi and the nomad for the after party and T Bay with a nice a-frame bank forming we are set to go.
Get down, over or up to Westport for the Best Classic yet.

Entry Form Here
Facebook page Here

:: VID :: Cold Water Classic 2008

2008 Oneill Cold Water Classic Kaikoura from Nic Reeves on Vimeo.

(original upload to the blog of this video yesterday was not in sync with the music and the stills streamed instead of displaying for 2 seconds, this is the fixed version)
A crew from Dunedin travel up for the 3 day surfing event, the 2008 Oneill cold water classic held near Kaikoura New Zealand. Music: Mungo by The Dark Beaks

This is the Surf Video that I was going to enter in the Surf Film Festival last year, but just never got around to making it short enough.

South Islands 2009

I didn't make it to St Clair for the first two days of the comp, but I did stay the whole day for the 3rd day Sunday.
It was cold, the waves were crap and it was cold. (top photo makes it look better than it actually was) Later on in the arvo it got colder, so hard to get decent photos when the surf is crud & raining on and off between bitterly cold winds.
I stayed to watch my friends compete and shot a few photos in between.
A few below:

Congrats to the winners, place-getters, and all competitors.
Thanks to South Coast Boardriders for hosting it for another year.

2010 SISA Calandar Released

From South Island Surfing Associations website www.sisa.co.nz

Please Click Here to download the 2009 / 2010 SISA Contest Calandar.
Wekastitch Cape Classic entry forms out now too. Entry Forms Here

The first event of the 2009/ 2010 South Island Circuit is set to kick off at Labour Weekend in Westport
The Weka Stitch Cape Classic is always a challenging and exciting event.
Hema and the boys at Buller Boardriders have been working hard to host another great Cape Classic.

$2000 prize for the Open. Weka Stitch are the main sponsor again so there'll be those great tents on the beach again to provide plenty of shelter for spectators. Bring the family !

~ from SISA website

::VID :: SISA tagteam Challenge 2009

SISA Tagteam Challenge 2009 from Nic Reeves on Vimeo.

Held on the 27th of June 2009 at North New Brighton.
Filmed on a Canon HV30 with a drink bottle as a tripod, sorry about the shakes.

From the SISA website:
article by Haydo.

Northside Boardriders have won the South Island Tag team event for the second year in a row.

Northside showed too much class with South Island open champ Hayden Brain, Leilani Brain, Mike Oakley, groms Taylor Oneill and Sam Courtney all catching there 2-3 waves in the allocated time.
In small 2ft close outs Northside finished with 30 seconds to go to get the 5 point bonus and edge out the combined Dunedin team into 2nd. North Wai 3rd just beating the tubular belles team in 4th- just.
Northside took the $250 cash for a new ping-pong table, bragging rights and may of impressed there soon-to-be major sponsor (?) with another top result.

SISA tag team event

Saturday at noon on the 27th June, the SISA tag team event was held at North New brighton.
5 teams entered.. I don't know the results, but Nic Warrens team wasn't last, and the combined Dunedin team was third. Winning team took $250 cash.

I didn't take my camera up to Christchurch as it is not working, I took the photos above with my video camera. I have a little video I am editing for the tag team event, which should be up in the next few days.
Apologies for the sparse photos and posts lately, as I said, my camera is not working, and I'm trying to sort out how I'm going to get it fixed if at all, it seems the shutter has gone in it.

Cold Water Classic - Kaikoura 2009 another day

Dunedin Champs - SISA Circuit 2009

In Saturdays Otago Daily Times, above.
Official prizegiving for SISA will be held later in the month.

Cold Water Classic - Full Results at SISA

Full Results from SISA website

O'Neill OPEN MENS
1st Levi O'Connor Kaikoura 12.70 pts
2nd Anthony Hema Westport 12.67 pts
3rd Tom Entwisle Sumner 9.83 pts
4th Dave Lyons Kaikoura 8.53 pts
Southern Paua and Surge Surfboards WOMENS OPEN
1st Hayley Coakes Dunedin 8.67 pts
2nd Alethea Lock Sumner 4.13 pts
3rd Kristi Zarifeh Sumner 2.10 pts
4th Haley Baxter Kaikoura 1.87 pts
Board Silly / Mt Lyford JUNIOR WOMENS
1st Alethea Lock Sumner 7.20 pts
2nd Haley Baxter Kaikoura 5.33 pts
3rd Kristi Zarifeh Sumner 4.43 pts
4th Emily Nicolson Kaiapoi 3.83 pts
Hydro Surf / FCS MASTERS
1st Dave Lyons Kaikoura 16.83 pts
2nd Richard Baxter Kaikoura 9.97 pts
3rd Neil Robb Sumner 8.20 pts
4th Matt McCrory Kaikoura 7.03 pts
O'Neill SENIORS
1st Alan Temoananui Kaikoura 12.97 pts
2nd Hayden Brain New Brighton 11.97 pts
3rd Tom Entwisle Sumner 11.47 pts
4th Aaron Surgenor Kaikoura 5.80 pts
R & R Sport Junior
1st Jimmy Crooks Dunedin 12.10 pts
2nd Sam Courtney Kaiapoi 10.33 pts
3rd Ben Bennett Dunedin 9.83 pts
4th Tom Bracegirdle Dunedin 9 pts
Encounter Kaikoura CADETS
1st Tom Bracegirdle Dunedin 11.50pts
2nd Sam Courtney Kaiapoi 11.17 pts
3rd Cody Mccusker Kaiapoi 9.57 pts
4th Hugh Ritchie Morth Wai 7.93 pts
The Whaler GRAND MASTERS
1st John Roussey North Wai 13.17 pts
2nd Neil Robb Sumner 9.23 pts
3rd Glenn Shuker New Brighton 9.13 pts
4th Chris Beaufort Westport 2.77 pts
McCrory Plumbing LONGBOARDING
1st Le Roy Rust Dunedin 12.7 pts
2nd Shayne Baxter New Brighton 11.9 pts
3rd Dan Warren New Brighton 10.33 pts
4th Homer Dunedin 5.17 pts

Cold Water Classic - Kaikoura 2009 Day1 part2

Below left: Tom Entwistle, Right: Aaron Locke


Womens' heats.. Below left: Leilani Brain, right: spectators with the snow capped seaward Kaikouras in the close distance. Below again: Sophia Moore.



Above left: Jean Davis, Right: Nicola Warren. Below: Kristi Zarifeh.


Above right: Aaron Locke, longboard heats.

Cold Water Classic - Kaikoura 2009 Day 1 part1

Kim, Helena, Jean and myself left on the Thursday morning with more gear packed into Kims' stationwagon than a sardine can could fit under pressure. The rest of the Dunedin Crew.. Hayley, Tash, Homer and Jamie in a 4WD.. Jono, leroy, Jimi and Tom in Jono's stationwagon.. Andy, Nathan and Chris in another car, Steve & Ben in another and finally MB and Geordi. Again a good showing of support for the last SISA event of the year from the Otago Surf Clubs.

Above: Friday morning at Meatworks, a clean green set peaks out back. Homers' truck on left with the FCS tent which was a godsend all weekend with protection from the sun, rain and wind. Below left: rashies all laid out ready for the first Open mans' heats ... red flag ready to drop as the sun rose to a crisp but clear morning. Right and Below: The first few heats of the day ran as the surf picked up and the sun made for some stunning light.

Top Right: Nash Robertson. Below, more images from the Open heats round 1. Below Left: Levi O'Connor, Right: Dave Melville ?


Above: an empty in the comp area. Below Left: Andy Sutherland, Right and Below: unknown



Above Left: Nathan Lungley, Right: Jamie Civil
Below: Freesurfing down the beach, and a shot from there towards the comp area.