I managed to pick up 2 sponsorships for my SUP- Surf Fx and Hive Swimwear. http://www.surffx.com.au/ and http://www.hiveswimwear.com/
It's such a buzz knowing that these 2 companies are willing to support me and my love for Stand Up Paddling. It's great to know that after putting so much into the sport, there is a reward!
I was also very lucky to score a late arvo glass off at a local point break in my area. I didn't know at the time but a student photographer was taking shots from Burleigh Headland. It wasn't until I got out of the water that the photographer approached me. The pics were amazing and have ended up on international blogs.
The pics below were taken by Rafael Moura.... It's hard to believe he has only been studying photography for 4 months!
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Noosa Festival of Surfing and Australian Surf Open were held in March. Noosa was held in small
1-1.5ft at First Point with 6 of us girls in the final. I placed 5th - and found the smaller waves challenging... but happy to make the final. The Australian Surf Open was held a Kingscliff in peaky 2 ft waves. There was four of us girls in the final. We managed to get close to the high tide which created some fun small walls but lacked power. We were all getting stuck on some of the waves,... I had a free surf the day before my comp and managed to loose my paddle. I decided to take my sup out without my legrope..lesson learnt! A wall of white wash came , knocked me off my board and had to swim 100m to get my board.... and my paddle was gone!I managed to grab a spare paddle for the comp, and was pretty happy to place 2nd.
Its been a busy start to 2012.. with my results so far:
2nd - Australian SUP Women's Open (Surf)
5th - Noosa SUP Womens
1st - SUPA QLD State Titles
4th- 12 Towers Race 12'6 class
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