A few weeks ago since things were fairly quiet in the country competition-wise Barry Loughnane and Andrew Regan decided to go out and organise a freestyle comp of their own on Tarmonbarry. The rules were simple with 15 minute heats, 5 people in each heat and everyones top 5 moves were added together to give their final score. The entry fees were split between the top 3 paddlers in each class, making it the first freestyle competition with cash prizes that I've even seen. The feature on the day was pretty sweet, even tho it suited hole moves more than wave moves, since it was really retentive and not really steep enough to get a decent bounce on. The Juniors were up first, with Billy Brett taking first place with a bunch of phonixes and mcnastys that would have beaten the majority of the seniors!
In the seniors Tom Dunphy showed that all the time spent in Canada and Germany hadnt been wasted, taking first place and the lions share of a decent prize fund. Close behind him were Barry Loughnane Ronnie Brennan who got to split the rest of the prize money. I finished up in 6th, not that bad but definitly hoping to do better at the next event.
A few pictures taken by Micheal Howard:
I've had a few sweet sessions on Gower recently too. Clean blunts and backstabs arent quite there yet but I'm workign on it! Most of the time I was paddling on my own but Bowsie showed up for one of them and got some sweet photos:
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