Everyone woke early on Saturday with fingers crossed that the conditions would be the same as Friday. After a meeting in the square at 9am the call was made to meet at the judging site in Mundaka for 12 when the competition would start after the tide dropped.

The conditions first thing in the morning were ok, but the swell dropped as forecast and by lunchtime the wave was inconsistent with some sets coming through, but a lot of looking for waves. At least the weather was on our side with the temperature peaking at about 25 degrees, and a few bad sunburns achieved.

The competition ran throughout the day and we had some good results with Corin and Andy making it through to the 2^nd round of the Juniors and Jonny going through in both Open HP and Open IC. Jake and I were drawn in a heat against Darren Bason and one fo the Basque men and we were both knocked out in the first round.

By the time the ladies took to the water, the main peak was no longer working and the judges had moved further up the rivermouth to judge at another peak. Erica surfed well in her heat, but a collision with one of the Basque ladies knocked her confidence and she finished 3^rd place in her heat.

After the competition had been called off at 6pm, nearly everyone got back in the water to surf on the other peak in perfect conditions with plenty of waves to be shared by all.

After dragging the 3 boys of the water we headed to a local restaurant for a meal with the rest of the competitors. After some dubious looking courses, we all retired earlyish with the news that competition would probably be in Bakio in the morning.

Gerry

// posted by Gerry @ 11:24 am