The History.... how did we get to here!!!

I blame Chris Sinclair... he is a whirling ball of energy, and it was his idea last year to hold the Surf comp down here in Dunedin.

Well he was the one that pushed it a lil' bit further than the sitting around drinking beer, talking smack about kayaking, instead of actually kayaking. I was easily drawn into his contagious energy, cos hey this could be cool fun! always up for the adventure!
The thing i always wondered was, why these kind of things happen overseas, and in the North Island. I know now! It's not anything particularly special, you just have to get on with it and get it done.. Nice

So back in 05' we whipped ourselves in to a frenzy of down home Kiwi DIY,
and had the Inaugural Bliss-stick Surf Event in mid October. Wow, couldnt believe it, we were so stoked!

60 boaters from Invercargill thru to Central, Wanaka and from Christchurch all made it down to rip up the waves (the size of those waves could have been bigger, but maybe more people gave it a crack because they weren't so intimidating?!?)

It was a great vibe the whole day long. I think we were paticularly relieved when the surfers in the water just out front of the Espi were chased out of the water by a Sea Lion(that cost a lot of fish)

The gaunlet was thrown down that day, i remember standing by some local lads, hearing them say " these waves aren't big enough for us to do our moves!!" and in perfect synch the boater did a donkey flip ! the lads went quiet!!!!
Since then folks down this way have been expanding their view our what can be done! Awesome

The Surf Comp was sponsored by Bliss-stick cheers Norm, Hydraulics thanks Clare and of course R and R Sport much appreciated Miff.

with there support we were able to give all the goodies away to the competitors, we like doing that.

The best thing was seeing so many different types, ages, styles of kayakers all coming together for the day!

Cheers.