LENNOX LONGBOARDERS CLUB February / March 2018 Lennox Longboarders Club Po Box 152 Lennox Head NSW 2478 www.lennoxlongboarders.org Emailclub@lennoxlongboarders.org PRESIDENT Chris Ashdown SECRETARY Wayne Booth Ph- 02 66 877921 Mob- 0423139559 TREASURER Greg Gover COMP DIRECTOR Grant Ryan. GEAR STEWARD Terry Kay What s inside Secretary Rave.. ClubRounds Reports. Comps Coming up Classifieds Feature Sking Japan / John Eddy Major Sponsor 2017 Lennox Main our Home Break Club Sponsor 2018 WITH THANKS Longboards Lined up Lennox Main Feb Round 2018 1
. Secretary Report Con t Secretary Report 2 Sign-on days Feb & March Rounds done & dusted. Welcome all new & old crew back to the club for the 2018 season. 2 Big rounds Feb round 30 Plus surfing & March round 36 starters. Welcome Back into the Club from a leave of absence, since their junior days, Alex Glassington & Ben O Dwyer, Together with a new young brigade with plenty of longboarding talent, This stands well for a exciting season in 2018. We must not forget the Ladies component of our club, which takes up 1/3 of our Surfing members. Ladies bring on 2018. February Groupy Shot A big Welcome to new members Steve & Celine Walshe. They have come on & pledged some support for the Club for their Resort in the Mentawai, Called Gin Gin Mentawai Surf Lodge. We are stoked to have you on board & your SUPPORT.. Details on the resort as per below web site.. Just a short note to explain our Club Liability insurance. We re with the Academy of Surfing Instructors & have been with them for over 10 years. They also cover the annual Longboarding event in August. The Lennox Longboard Classic. While we re on this train of thought regarding the Lennox Longboard Classic. Annual event the club runs in early August. 2018 will be it s 22nd year. Coordinator for this year is Grant Ryan. The dates will be the 1st weekend of August 4th & 5th. Some Pre meetings will be called by Grant. And anybody interested in getting on the Classic Committee, put ya hand up. Thanks to Grant taking on the Coordinators Role Again for 2018. Scene Lennox BEACH front. 2017 Classic The annual Pilgrimage south late May for the Crescent Head Malibu Classic. @ Crescent of course. The club has confirmed the 2 sites at the camping & caravan park adjacent to the point & all the action over the 3 days. The dates are Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th May. Worth competing, great comp & always good memories from this trip south. Crescent From the Golf Course looking north. At the March club round, we conducted our Club AGM. Election of club officers, some staying on & some new. President remains with Chris Ashdown. Secretary Yours Truly the Ed. Wayne Booth (Boothy) Treasurer Remains with Greg Gover (Doc) Comp Director / Club Captain Grant Ryan. Gear Stewart Always Mr Terry Kay. Social Directors New Crew Nick Mitchell & Steve O Neill Lennox Sports United Rep George Leslie More on Crescent.. 2
Club Rounds Secretary Report Con t Feb round- For the new crew various comps come to hand thoughout the year & I will endeavour to inform all on their whereabouts & dates via Email. OUR club round reports will be put forward later, into this Newsletter. Special Note New members, a SURFING PROFILE from you would be great, just email it to the Club club@lennoxlongboarders.org thanks SO CREW Welcome to 2018, Ill leave you with some of the longboarding from our new young guns at The March Round. Cheers In Surfing (Boothy) Wayne Booth ED..See ya in the deep blue. Ben O..March Round Firsts Final Glassington March Round Alex The above Picture sets the Scene for the club's 1st Round for 2018, surfed last Sunday the 11th February. The longboards lined up at Lennox Main Foreshore. Showing the huge sign up some 40 members & 35 surfing. The day had pristine Sun with little or no wind to start with a light north easterly picking up mid morning, Waves 3-4ft on the sets Surfing mostly the reforms, Pretty straight sandback out back, legacy of prior large swells some weeks back. We welcome new members to the Club, Celine Marchal & Steve Walshe. Reuben Greentree, Aden Corbett, Max Squires, & also to Alex Glassington & Ben O'Dwyer past Club Juniors returning as seasoned longboarders, capturing 1st & 2nd in the Firsts final. Standout for the Ladies Roz Brown's 4th in the Firsts final. Winner of the Voucher from our club sponsor again for 2018 Lennox Surf was Mal Lewis & News of some new sponsorship for the club (more details to come) Round Results. 1sts. 1. Alex Glassington. 2. Ben O'Dwyer. 3. Callum Gover. 4. Roz Brown. 5. Gary Alford. 6. Andrew Smith. 2nds. 1. James Foster. 2. Greg Gover. 3. Terry Kay. 4. Tom O'Dwyer. 5. Kate Ashdown. 6. Reuben Greentree. 3rds. 1. Nathan Mackenzie. 2. Peter Regan. 3. Bob Mills. 4. Steve O'Neill. 4ths. 1. Grant Ryan. 2. Jim Baker. 3. Tom Silver. 4. Adele Purbrick. 5. Celine Marchal (Walshe). 6. Bevan Armstrong. 5ths. 1. Peter Briggs. 2. Veronica Silver. 3. Nick Mitchell. 4. Kim Ford. 6ths. 1. Liam Byrne. 2. Mal Lewis. 3. Andrew Thomas. 4. Meg Smith. Surfing One Round Only. Aiden Corbett, Craig Leete, Heather Reynolds, Mark Preston Steve & Celine Walshe New Crew on Board 2018 Alex @ the Australian Longboard titles 2004 Bells, Vic Your Community Club PRESENTATION of a Certificate to The Pres, Support of the Surfing for Disabled Association by the Club 3
Coming Up Comps,, ETC Club Rounds- March 2018 Firstly welcome to all that signed on for the club 2018. New Members to the Club, Nelson Stevens & Kye Martinovich. Last Sunday the 18th March was a deferred round from the previous Sunday washout. 36 signed up to surf, making it a mega round. A pristine weekend was with us, so Sunday at Lennox Main Beach was a treat, with a incoming tide 3 to 4 ft waves on the sets. The setting was Primed for a good round. The Firsts Final was a treat of Longboarding with stylish Logging matched against Modern Longboards. The young guns dominated the day, with Ben O'Dwyer winning it closely behind him Kye Martinovich & Alex Glassington. Scores were razor close.some classic Longboarding pics were shot from the foreshore. It was quoted as a final worthy of any top contest. We also conducted our annual AGM & election of Club officers, Gongrats to all who are on board for 2018 Winner of the the Lennox Surf vouchers for this Round were, Grant Ryan & Bob Mills, Thanks to Lennox Surf Shop. Our Next Club round is April/ Sunday after Easter. Sunday 8th. Anzac Dawn Surface Comp 1 DAY @ Burleigh Beach 25 April Presented by the Burleigh Longboard Club 30TH Crescent Head Malibu Classic 2018 Thurs 24th Sat 26TH @ Crescent Head Our Next Club Round Sunday 8th April @ Lennox Main @ 730am CLASSIFIEDS- 4 sale March Round Results. Firsts. 1. Ben O'Dwyer. 2. Kye Martinovich. 3. Alex Glassington. 4. James Foster. 5. Nelson Stevens. 6. Greg Gover. Seconds. 1. Chris Cain. 2. Robert Rye. 3. Steve Walshe. 4. Jake Ryan. 5. Steve O'Neill. 6. Andrew Thomas. Thirds. 1. Peter Regan. 2. Gary Alford. 3. Eleanor Robertson. 4. Grant Ryan. 5. Jim Baker. 6. Tom Silver. Fourths. 1. John Eddy. 2. Emily Simmonds. 3. Nick Mitchell. 4. Terry Kay. 5. Adele Purbrick. 6. Mal Lewis. Fifths. 1. Peter Briggs. 2. Veronica Silver. 3. Celine Walshe. 4. Bob Mills. 5. Meg Smith. Sixths. 1. Wayne Booth. 2. Reuben Greentree. 3. Kate Ashdown. Surfing Round 1 Only, Liz Petterson & Dave Atley. Great Coffee, Great Meeting Place Kye Martinovich, Hangin those toes. March round. Wishing to Tie The Note We NEED more 4 SALES ETC. So got something to sell send a email into the Club Cheers The Ed Nelson Stevens, Firsts Final, March Round Your Community Club Kye AGAIN, good day on the Log. Quality Judging March Round.. Club Sponsor.. Art of Cruising on a log.. Chris Cain. 4
Feature Japan Skiing By John Eddy.(not Hakuba, Niseko, Nozawa or Myoko) Just back from our 9th or maybe 10th one month trip to the land of onsens (communal hot baths) good cheap whisky, sushi and ramen (noodle soup). What gets us back there year after year? Put simply it s the powder but also the food, culture and total ease of travel. What the heck has this got to do with surfing? More on that soon. Almost daily fresh falls of snow during January and February attract more and more snow riders from across the globe to Japan. I ve noticed the numbers chasing fresh tracks increase year on year although 2012 & 13, after the big Tsunami slowed things down. This growth (mainly Australians) has meant that the well known places like those in the title are skied out very quickly and its all over by 11 am. Depending on your snow knowledge this may not mean a lot but a surfing analogy could be get in early before it blows onshore. To continue this analogy we try to avoid the crowded spots and go to back beaches where its off shore all day. After all there are over 500 resorts in Japan to choose from. Why do people go to these popular places that can seem like the snow equivalent of Bali or the Pass? Mostly because its easy to get to, english is widely spoken, western style food everywhere, lots of accommodation options and packages etc. So the back beaches we have headed to for the last few years have been around the top of the main island (Honshu) in a large area known as Tohoku. Virtually no foreigners around and fresh tracks all day Better known resorts in this area include Zao Onsen, Appi Kogen,Geto Kogen and Grandeco. As an example of costs, this year we got an apartment at Appi through Air B&B for a week for up to 5 people for $1000 and this included 12 days of lift tickets. Normal pension accommodation on or near resorts is around $60 to 100 per night each including dinner and breakfast. Accommodation places usually have deals on lift tickets at around $30 to $50 per day. Senior discounts usually kick in at 55 or 60 years old. At some of the smaller resorts I think it was $10 a day! Japan offers good cheap skiing and is only 9 hours away from the Gold Coast with flights sometimes $500 or less return. It s also a great good value family holiday. We usually hire a car which gives great flexibility and gets you to some of the less accessible places. Its also the cheapest way to get around if you are 3 or more. Alternatively the two week JR east rail passes are good value. The quieter secret places are a bit like the once secret surf spots around Australia. Just like those though, the growth in off-piste riding will soon (2 or 3 years) see these places become more popular. You can always earn your turns to get away from it though, like here: If you are interested to know more happy to chat or you can find lots of information in the Japan section forums on www.ski.com.au. and all resort listing at www.snowjapan.com. Thanks John & Lisa Cheers Ed. 5