Fingers Crossed For Some Swell!!!

The waiting period for the Fluidzone Shark Island Challenge has been extended again, so we should all have our fingers crossed that mother nature finally delivers us some decent swell with godd winds! The waiting period will now end on the 16th of August. The waiting period will not be extended any further, as there is world tour events starting in Europe after this date, so we need swell SOON!

Weekend Fun In Cronulla

This morning saw some super fun, uncrowded waves out the Island, which played host again to internationals Jared "Jerry' Houston and Michael "Rat" Ostler, as well as a few keen groms, and the staff from Emerald. You know it was fun when you find out we didn't open up the shop till 11:30 this morning!
Frame grabs all from Rich Lornie.

Josh Kaihe

Dean Castle

Josh Seage

Dessie

Rosco

Fun Arvo Island Sesh

There were some fun waves coming through in the arvo yesterday, as the tide came back up. A couple of the young guys were out there with internationals Jared "Jerry" Houston and Michael "Rat" Ostler both from South Africa. Pics courtesy of Rich Lornie.

Rat

Kane Baker

Jerry

Max Baker

SIC Nearly Runs!!

The competitors in the 2010 Shark Island Challenge were put on notice that the swell and winds may have been combining for a possible day of competition on Friday 23rd July. Everyone showed up in the morning, but the call was to keep the comp on hold and wait for decent conditions. There was a few fun waves though, so most of the competitors got out amongst it with a few of the locals, and some amazing surfing was witnessed. Below are a few frame grabs of the action that went down. Courtesy of Rich Lornie.

Jared Houston

Ben Player

Kevin Salked (Peru)

Nick Ormerod

Jared Houston

Fun Island Lefts

The waves have been pretty small during this year's Shark Island Challenge waiting period. All the local guys made the most of what was on offer on Wednesday the 14th July out the Island when the lefts roared into action. This was one of the few days that they have been good this year, so we made the most of it and didn't open Emerald until after 1pm that day!!

Here are a few frame grabs of the action out there, courtesy of local film guy Richard Lornie. Keep an eye out for his new vid coming soon called EVERYBODY CHOUT!! Teaser clip here

Flaring Empty

Josh Kaihe

Dean Castle

Shaun Petersen

Glen Sullivan

Jimmy Williams

All The Boys

Shaun Petersen

Jared Houston

Dessie

Shipsterns 6/7/2010

Team Rider Glen Sullivan recently made the trip down to Shipsterns Bluff on the southern tip of Tasmania to surf the notorious big wave spot known as Shippies. With the all clear from the Physio after an incident a week or two earlier at Luna Park, he headed down with Andrew Lester also from Cronulla. Below are a couple of pics from their trip.


For more info on the trip, check out Sully's Blog

SIC Event Update!

With the past month in Cronulla at the island not getting above 3ft, organisers of the Shark Island Challenge have been forced to extend the waiting period. The original dates were June 14th to July 14th, but has now been extended to August 5th. Check out what Fluidzone had to say about it-

The official word on the Fluidzone Shark Island Challenge is that we are extending the waiting period to the 5th of August. With a less than average few weeks its been a hard couple of weeks for all the contest directors and support team. Contest director Alex Leon has made the official call to extend to the 5th of August and hope for mother nature to the rest.

Within the next block of dates we have a period of bad tides which leaves the 21st of July until the 26th of July unable to run the event.

We are currently tracking down all the riders and getting another update form them to keep your posted on what its like to put your life on hold for the Shark Island Challenge.

Glen Sullivan Blog

Below is a link to Glen Sullivan's personal Blog. Glen is one of our team riders and spends a lot of time surfing in and around Cronulla. He has been rewarded for his surfing with an entry into this year's Fluidzone Shark Island Challenge. Glen also spends a lot of time helping out in Emerald. Whenever he has a chance he travels all around Australia and the world following swells and entering Bodyboarding contests. His blog contains info as well as pics and video clips of his exploits.

Check it out!

Glen Sullivan Blogspot

Sully Vision USA

Below is a link to the little vid that Sully put together from his recent trip to the USA to compete in the US Open of Bodyboarding.

Unfortunately Sully didnt make it to the finals, but we would like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to our good mate Jacob Romero, who was the Open Mens winner!

Sully Vision USA Link

2010 SIC Event

14th June - 14th July 2010 the waiting period is on! All we need now is some solid Sou' East swell and offshore winds... Fingers crossed!

For info on all the riders, the waiting period, and anything else, check out www.fluidzone.com

Also on www.fluidzone.com will be the live webcast when the event is on. Keep an eye out for that day!