LIVE - Boards in Ireland - Day One
The competition comes to a close on day one, with some incredible action for all fleets.
First off this afternoon the pros headed to Mosseys which produced some truly breathtaking down the line riding, plus some fantastic jumps. It was tight at the top as always, some early exits, but good starboard tack riding sent Horrocks, Cox, Hancock and Skye through to the final. Lots of details below, final results will be announced tonight.
The amateurs, women, masters and youth then hit the water just along the bay, in calmer conditions. While the pros had approx logo high sets coming through, on the main beach it was looking a little lighter with head high sets. Unfortunately the wind dropped off as the masters final got underway, so this along with the double of the pros will be set for tomorrow.
Check out the full run down of the action on the Live ticker below, and we will update you later with more pics, news and feedback from a great day on the water.
BWA Ireland at board day 1
Welcome to day one of the BWA Ireland Championships here in Brandon Bay. After an incredible day of competition in Wales, competitors made the long journey over night to Brandon Bay. Registration started at 12noon, and it looks like competition will get underway in a couple of hours with the forecast for today, Tuesday and Wednesday looking good.
BWA Ireland Registration
Stay tuned for all the Live updates as the action gets underway.
more good commentary…good effort…really wish i was there…
Reporting Live now from Day 2 over here: http://boards.mpora.com/features/live-boards-ireland-day-2.html
Where is everyone today then?
If you look here http://onitsurf.com/surf-cameras/brandon-bay-surf-cam.html
they are to the right in the middle. Way way across the other side of the bay.
any chance you can you move it a bit to the right?
- about 2 miles should do it
HA HA – It would probably need a 2000mm Lens also… Its just for checking conditions in Brandon Bay not the competition particularly. Setting up a live webcast of the comp would be easy enough though if there was interest in in that.
Check out the LIVE WEB CAMERA in BRANDON BAY IRELAND
http://onitsurf.com/surf-cameras/brandon-bay-surf-cam.html
Results for day one. Pros 4th james cox, 3rd Phil horrocks, 2nd Jamie Hancock, 1st John Skye. Amateurs 4th emile kott, 3rd Alfie hart, 2nd niall melon, 1st Ian ross. Ladies 3rd Sofia Gilje, 2nd lucy Robson 1st Debbie Kennedy.
End of competition fOr the day
Heat abandoned due to dropping wind
Masters on the water now. Wind has gone really light
Amateurs results we will save for official announcement later
Alfie coming back with a good ride too. Just two
Rides to count in all these heats with no jumps
Go Alfie!!
Ross with a great wave kott looking good too
Final of the amateurs up next with melon hart ross and kott
Going through is Debbie in first with lucy in second
Another good wave from Debbie she’s looking best so far we reckon
Good wave from Lucy followed by great one from debbie
Girls hear up next. A straight final for Justyna Emma Lucy Sofia and debbie
Right hear. Ross and melon to advance.
Conditions a bit calmer down here on the beach break. All
Riders still getting some good waves
Mellon, Jenkins, ross and Brookes in this heat
Duncan, profitt, sleigh. And Knox in the judging chairs for the amateurs
Great wave from Barrett with the heat coming to a close. Kott and Alfie to advance
Alfie looking good as is kott. Some good rides from. Both of them
Amateurs sailing just up from dumps at shittys
Up now Barrett, kott, Hamilton and hart
On third round of the amateurs
Back with live reports
Back online
Sorry guys back online.on the third heat of the amateurs
final done’ looks tight between skye and horrocks.some good rides in the last set. Results to come soon
horrocks and skye both coming up with the big jumps and rides. 2mins to go and the others need to up their game
jamie looks good in the jumps. And cox with some solid riding
skye and horrocks look neck and neck
cox and horrocks amazing rides. Skye putting in some solid jumps. Jamie super high push loop
final on. Horrocks, jamie, cox and skye. All looking good, will be close
jamie and skye go through
hancock and skye go through
going through is skye and hancock.
sorry guys internet over here went down’ that was a close one.
Can we get a pic of the conditions please?
sorry geoff! internet dongle up on the edge of the cliff went down, back at the main event site getting sorted out and ready for the amateurs. Will do my best to get an image of the beach here now, and whitey has A LOT of great images from the pros elimination so will get a couple of those up as soon as we can.
Looks like horrocks and coxy should be going through, correction earlier, hunt landing some good jumps, jones not in the heat as he had to go to work! Hunt out in a good performance but horrocks and coxy go through. Up in the next heat, Skye, Oisin, Mullen and Hancock.
rob will be cursing that school bus!!
Oh for a web cam feed !!
Sounds like it’s going off! yeah, go Coxy!
Coxy and horrocks are on fire! Great wave ride from coxy, front and back side turns. Then big Pushie from horrocks
Simultaneous back loops from hunt and horrocks, both crashed though!
Horrocks gets another good scoring wave ride
Great wave ride from cox, horrocks just behind him but his wave not looking quite as good
Horrocks got his kit back, up and riding again
Cox, hunt, Horrocks, Jones in this one.
horrocks just got nailed!
Hancock and Mullen going through.
Come one Coxy for the final! these are his conditions!
Coxys wave riding is looking pretty damn good!
Hancock still pulling out some good jumps. Pushie and backloops in the bag
Couple of big turns, but then the waves falls away
Mullen gybes onto a big wave
He does pull out a good stalled forward on the way out though!
Potter on the way in, looking for a wave, but can’t quite find a good one
Proffitt and Mullen both on good waves, Mullen falls but proffitt still looking good and rides it all the way in
Hancock also putting in some good wave rides and is looking good in this round. Mullen also looking good, at this stage proffitt and potter need to pull out some better waves to get them through
Huge backloop from Hancock!
End of that heat, Skye goes through putting in a great alround performance, him and horrocks looking strongest so far. Along with some brilliant riding from coxy. Going through also is Oisin van Gelderen, co editor of boards print mags, go oisin! In the next heat, Mullen, Hancock proffitt, potter are all up. Back loops from potter and Hancock, and proffitt now, to start of the heat in style.
Chambers and Skye wihpth another solid ride each. Skye looking really strong, especially with his riding
Hunt gets through along with horrocks from the previous heat
Thanks for the ladder Amy. It suggests that they’re running two-man heats. Is that right?
That was the original plan. But now they are running 4man, as they have done from the start. Sorry the ladder is the same people, some order, but was set out for 2man. Looks like Skye will be throung on this one, very close between everyone else.
Skye, putting some more good jumps in, landing a push loop too
Skye on a brilliant wave. Riding it all the way in with some cold turns
Some nice back loops coming through now, Skye pulling one out.
Neal gets a good wave. Skye takes a good wave, with van Gelderen on the wave behind
Some nice forwards from van Gelderen and chambers already
Horrocks takes another strong wave, end of that hea.horrockis through. Looks tight for the other spaces, up next, Skye neal chambers and can Gelderen.
Horrocks looks pretty strong. Hunts jumping going well, but Gayda has the edge on the riding. Horrcocks looks like he could take it at the moment. Muzza takes a great wave, bringing back into contention but still needs some good jumps. Horrocks still smashing it, taking highest scoring wave so far.
Muzza start off a good wave too, but goes down
Nice waves coming through, strong logo high bit more in the sets
Gayda seems to have out in a few good jumps and wave rides too. Horrocks on another wave, ramping up nicely for him
Nice backie from horrocks. His jumping is looking good
Last heat over. Cox and jones went through. Next up on this one, gayya, horrocks, Murray and hunt.
Dam!!! Adams got some work to do in the double.
All getting some good wave rides. Looking tight between all
Cox on a good wave, but it drops away
Jones, cox, darkin, lewis up next. Heat started
Rob Jones presumably? Or is it Rich? Or is it Adrian
Sorry, yes rob
End of the first heat. Potter scoring some good wave rides.potter takes it. Got a back loop, good wave scores.
Potter back up and in the sailing area
First heat willbe underway in 2 mins.merrony vs potter,but potter is back at the beach, seems to have broken something
who is be favourite out of the pro’s in *board dtl? Is Timo there?
Yeah timo is here.starboard tack,still the same names up there as usual.
I though it was against the rules to run a *board tack contest
. They sound like my dream conditions. I might even have been able to get through a heat on a day like that!
Who’s in the judging panel? Can see the pic of the ladder?
Duncan, Ian and tom Knox are judging today
2waves and2jumps to count in each heat
3 pm briefing for everyone else with first possible start for them 4 pm.
Rich potter, lewis merrony in the first heat. Then into 4 man after that. First sailors heading onto the water now
4man heats with2 to advance. Pros up first to run through the single. Most rigging around 5-5.2 with 80+ litre boards.
Briefing under way. Heats 20 mins with two min rest inbetween
Everyone is getting rigged and ready. 5women, 12amateurs, and a strong pro fleet.
No Masters? Or are they still having their after-lunch nap?
There’s a few of them too!
Head judge Duncan Coombes ‘We will try and get the pros underway first, looks like Mosseys will be working well, head to logo high waves coming through, starboard tack, down the line on a great reef break. We will aim for 1.30 first start, so could be underway very soon.’
Looks like a good forecast for today. Most sailors are now registered and the first official announcement will be at 1pm.
Duncan Coombes “looks like we will try and get the pros off first, about 1.30 at Mosseys. The condition are looking good for there, starboard tack, down the line sailing off the reef break. Head to logo high waves coming through, so we’re keen to get started.”