Wekastitch Cape Classic - part 2

More pics from the Wekastitch cape Classic over labour weekend. I got hundreds so if you want me to send some thumbs of you let me know.

Back from Pipe

Got to Kilda about 4, and there were 4 out.. looked good, but strong winds. The sun was dancing in and out of the clouds, so some of the duller shots I converted to Sepia and black and white. I took the pulled back approach for most of the shots today as the spray from the waves was playing havoc with the focus.

After about an hour of shooting, a flood of surfers arrived and the crowd swelled to about 30 spread along 3 peaks.





I got heaps of shots, I haven't the time to put them all up here so I might make a second post in a few weeks.

Wekastitch Cape Classic - part 1

The first comp on the South Island circuit this year was held over two days.. the 25th and 26th of October 2008 at Tauranga Bay, Westport, hosted by Buller Boardriders.

Virus gone - FIN found

had a battle the last few days with some virus got on the internet computer, and then we lost the internet.
All fixed now. Will post sojme shots from Westport later this arvo.

An undamaged FCS Fin was found washed up on the beach at St Kilda last night. I have it here, if you can identify it, email me, and I'll get it back to you.
- Update - the fin has been claimed

:: Art Project :: Patio Mosiac

Its been a mission over winter to get as much done around the outside of the house so summer can be enjoyed fully without the pressures of doing some hard garden work. One mission was to put some more paths in, and lay a small patio area at the front door.

Jay did the hard yakka and dug out the grassed area at the front of the house ready. I got the pavers as seconds from the manufacturer in different colours and textures, and smashed them up into squares and triangles.

I then laid out an area the size of the pato and played with some designs. First i wanted to do the crop circle that featured on the Led Zepplin Album cover, but decided to go with the koru designs.

Below, laying down a 3 inch base of concrete, the pavers are then transferred over and levelled as I went.

Then after a day, the top layer of concrete was poured over, and wiped off the design.
I don't have a pic of it completed yet, will try get one up tomorrow. But I wasnt very happy with the finish, which is probably why I haven't made the effort to get a pic.

Dropins

I have caught so many dropins on film, I felt it time to post a few up I wouldn't normally, just in the spirit of true surfing.

Above Baccy and Josh Kronfeld. I know I've posted this before, but below we have baccy holding his ground is just a classic.

Rainfall effect on sewage of concern

Sat, 25 Oct 2008
By Rebecca Fox on Sat, 25 Oct 2008

News: Dunedin

Having sewage flowing into Dunedin waterway's during heavy rainfall is unsatisfactory, says the Otago Regional Council.

During the July 31-August 1 heavy rainfall, Dunedin City Council's foul sewer systems failed at Marne St, Company Bay and Sawyers Bay pumping stations and untreated effluent was diverted from the Mosgiel Wastewater Treatment Plant directly into the Silverstream.

Regional council resource management director Selva Selvarajah said council staff were investigating the failures and had requested an explanation from the city council as to why it occurred and the source of problems. "It is not satisfactory." A report to the biosecurity and compliance committee meeting recently said the response from the city council was that the discharges were unfortunate, but unavoidable, and the West and East Harbour foul sewer lines had been designed in accordance with best practice.

Information from the city council suggested the primary cause of the discharges was stormwater infiltration into the foul sewer system because of highly saturated soils at the time due to an unusually wet month, the report said. Despite any design precautions, certain weather conditions would cause a system to overload and result in un-treated or partially-treated sewage flowing into a waterway.

Dr Selvarajah said the July event was not an extreme event compared to other high rainfall periods, so it was important to look at the source of the problem to see how and why the water was getting into the system, and remedy the problem. "There may not be an easy solution for it." Enforcement action would not be considered until additional information from the city council was available and the investigation was complete, he said.

City council waste services manager John Mackie said it was not an uncommon problem, and was one which many cities experienced during high flow events. However, the city council was looking at the issues, having just completed the first stage of a project looking at waste, storm and potable water networks in the city. Stage one, costing $1.4 million, included monitoring rainfall during winter, and measuring flows and water quality in both waste and stormwater systems.

"We are profiling the entire water cycle of the urban catchment of Dunedin." A funding request for stage 2 would go to the council's long-term council community plan and include detailed analysis and assessment of the condition of the city's old pipes, he said. In the meantime, work had begun in South Dunedin to re-line some of the old pipes to prevent groundwater getting into the sewerage system, and a close eye was being kept on areas of concern in Mosgiel and South Dunedin.

A strategy covering the future of the three water systems, also taking into consideration climate change issues such as sea level rise, more intense rainfall and storm surge, was expected by October 2009.

Away to Westport

Today I leave for Westport with Hayley and Caitlin to attend the Cape Classic.
The first event for this year on the South Island Surfing Circuit.
A few carloads going up from Dunedin, so the region will be well represented.

I have preapred a few blog posts to automatically load while I am away, I hope it all works, so check back every few days.
Below a shot from the night before the Cape Classic started last year.

Another Lazy Sunday

:: VID :: The Lost Tapes

Dug out some more footage that got lost for a bit and put it together this weekend between doing the concrete mosaic-ing on the new patio and eating.

From when the 13foot hollow core board was staying in Dunedin courtesy of Roy Stewart and the Olo Hikoi.
Also featuring some other locals on the day..
may also contain nuts