Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...  so close yet so far!!

2nd!! ...Bloody annoying...  as with out the last event (late adition thanks to my sponsor..  cheers Murray!) ..i would be Champ!!

But as it stands now I slip to 2nd overall in the BWA...  just one point off 1st!!  ...pretty hard to take after a really good year and leading after Tiree (the orginal last event!)!

To be fair though..  maybe the more rounded sailor won..  skills Johnny!!!  ...as my Starboard tack jumping isn't exactly world class!!

Although i did manage to stop Hancock in Cornwall... who kills it in Starboard tack jumping (he must be low!)   ...tactics and luck is better than skill any day!! hahaha... hmmmmmm...  although all 3 is killer!  I also  wasn't far off Skyeboy in the final... I beat him on waves but the judges weren't really into my Shaka!!!

I have to say though... if we'd have run the finals in the morning at Mazza it might well have been a different outcome..!!!

So Cornwall..  a really good event and everyone worked hard to make it happen (Bastards.. haha!) so a big thank you (Twats!) for making it happen..
We got some nice mellow down the line in on the first 2 days... then some starboard tack jumping on the last day!

Should mention G-man 'Graham Woods' was ripping it up in the small stuff..  must be the new boards...  Quatro!!! He came right up to finish 5th... nice work!

To me the highlight of the event was the amateur/masters event...  really good to watch and awesome atmosphere (Even if a few jumps were missed!)

It was also cool to get involved with the team idea (3 in a team...  choose a pro rider as mentor!) and i think it worked really well...  especially as 2 of my 3 team made the amatuer final and the 3rd got savaged by the judges!!
Which meant we finished 2nd team...  good work boys..  although i think the team that won had a women in it which gaurented a 1st or 2nd!!  we were robbed!! ..protest!!

So for me a slightly disappointing end to the year...  but i think it's only because i dropped a place overall...  in the big scheme of things it's been an awesome tour...  easily the best ever...  all 4 events had different conditions and all went off!! ...and i finished 2nd...  which is pretty bloody good!!!

I should be happy.. actually I am happy.. :)   Plus I'm off to Cape town next week..  Wahey!!!!

Lets hope next years tour can be just as good..  I'm off to start training!!


2009 Overall BWA Wave rankings

Pro:
1st John Skye
2nd Ben Proffitt (Simmer/Quatro)
3rd Jamie Hancock (Quatro)
4th Timo Mullen
5th Phil Horrocks

Women:
1st Louise Emery (Simmer)
2nd Katie McAnena
3rd Sarah Finney

Junior:
1st Aleksy Gayda
2nd Alex Mitchell
3rd Tom Knox

Amateurs:
1st Dave Horrocks
2nd Steve King
3rd Darren Thurston

Masters:
1st Nigel Treacy (Simmer)
2nd Damien DeBacker
3rd Gerry Wilcock