2024 was a very successful year for the Kneeboard Surfing Victoria club.
3 competitions run successfully with a range of conditions to test Victoria’s kneelos and crown a champion.
Round 3 was held in November – video can be found here: https://youtu.be/IawQPmCWuUo
Round 2 was held in October – video and write-up can be found here: https://www.kneeboardsurfingvictoria.com/ksv-2024-victorian-state-titles-round-2-surfies-point/
Round 1 was held in April – video and write-up can be found here: https://www.kneeboardsurfingvictoria.com/kneeboard-surfing-victoria-state-titles-2024-round-1/
You can explore all the scores from the season here: https://liveheats.com/kneeboardsurfingvictoria/events
A Grade Champion: Owen Fairweather (back to back!!!!)
2nd place: Tim Kadwell
3rd place: Andy Whitehead
4th place: Paul O’Neill
B Grade Champion: Gary Smithett
2nd place: Rod Paarlberg
3rd place: Dave Sexton
4th place (equal points): Tony Jewell, Bruce Sherlock, Paul O’Neill
Well done to Owen on back-to-back State Championships, and a Junior World Title thrown into the mix as well. Charging!
Other highlights of the year:
- Gary Smithett’s showing in the B-Grade – our oldest member still mixing it up!
- Greyson Hyde and Darcy Sutton having a crack at solid Surfies Point – we’re proud to have you join us, good to have some young guns in the club.
- The three-way tie for 4th place in the B-Grade ; Paul, Tony and Brewdy are all A-Grade surfers who shouldn’t have been in the B’s at all, but it shows the quality and depth of surfing talent mixing it up in the comps.
- Mel paddling out and having a crack at Woolies in comp 3 – we’re proud of you Mel, and stoked to have you in the club!
- Highest single wave score – Andy Whitehead’s 8.5 in round 1 semifinal heat 1.
- Highest heat total for the season – Owen Fairweather’s 14.86 in the final of round 3 at Cape Woolamai – a 7.03 and 7.83 sealing his championship in style