2012 NZ Nationals

The next Kneeboard comp will be in January 2012 at the Nationals at Piha in Auckland

The dates are from 15th - 21st with the Kneelo section being held towards the end.

This is the 50th anniversary of the Nats so it should be pretty "social". The standing rules are that you have to be a member of an affiliated club to enter and for a long time any kneelo that's entered has been deemed to be a member of KSNZ and we've paid the club affiliation fee to SNZ, however after the expense of taking a solid youth team to the Worlds this year, the coffers are looking pretty lean and this year we're asking for membership subscriptions.

The implication of this is that if you want to enter the NZ Nationals this year, then there'll be a $20 KSNZ affliation fee on top of the normal entry fee.

 Opunake Board Riders Classic

On the weekend of March 10-11th 2012 the Opunake Board Riders are having a competition and there will be an Open kneelo division.

Opunake Kneelo Classic

After a bit of break, Murray will be cranking up the Opo Classic on Labour Weekend 2012.

On past experience, we'll probably have the best waves in the North Island that weekend

Report by Murray Weir

Kneeboard Surfing New Zealand’s team has arrived back from contesting the 2011 ISA World Kneeboard Surfing Titles, held in Phillip Island Victoria Australia.

Held at Woolamai Beach and Centre Crack Beach on Phillip Island the team achieved stand out performances in the Kahunas, Pro Juniors, Cadets and Open women titles with Hamish Christophers of Taranaki making it through to the final 24 surfers of the open men.

Christophers displayed all his talents to be the standout surfer in the pro junior division (20-30 years) taking out this world title division with fellow New Zealander Kelvin Weir also of Taranaki joining Christophers in the final and placing 4th.

In the women’s division Opunake High School student Jordan Cooksley placed 2nd to eventual winner Donna Jennings from a field that also included Rebecca Heemi (Taranaki 4th) and reigning women’s world title holder Jo Moore (Taranaki) who struggled to find the waves needed to post a good score in the small conditions.

Other team members saw Craig McDonald of Auckland retaining the Kahunas Title (55-59) he won in 2009 in Opunake and Kurt Geisler (Gisborne), who showed skilful surfing taking out 2nd place in the cadets (16 and under) divison. 

Full Results.
 
Open Men.
Albert Munoz 13.00 AUS (Red)
Chanye Simpson 12.25 AUS (White)
Kyle Bryant 11.50 AUS (Yellow)
David Parkes 9.75 AUS (Blue)
 
Open Women.
Donna Jennings 14.00 AUS (Red)
Jordan Cooksley 9.15 NZ (Yellow)
Cynthia Wornham 9.15 USA (Blue)
Rebecca Heemi 5.30 NZ (Black)
Josephine Moore 5.00 NZ (White)
 
Junior.
Jethro Cooney 8.50 AUS (Yellow)
Chris Linn 7.50 USA (White)
Kurt Muesburger 4.20 AUS (Red)
Shane Whitehouse 2.85 AUS (Blue)
 
Cadets.
Tom Novakov 16.00 AUS (Red)
Kurt Geisler 7.00 NZ (Blue)
Evan Odom 4.75 USA (White)
Catherine Karney 4.00 AUS (Yellow)
 
Pro Junior.
Hamish Christophers 13.50 NZ (Red)
Matt Novakov 7.70 AUS (Yellow)
Sam Coyne 5.25 USA (White)
Kelvin Weir 4.45 NZ (Blue)
 
Seniors.
Chayne Simpson 15.00 AUS (Yellow)
Albert Munoz 11.50 AUS (Blue)
James Anderson 8.10 UK (Red)
Armando Colucci 6.60 VEN (White)
 
Grand Masters.
Matt Novakov 12.65 AUS (Yellow)
Kevin Fisher AUS 9.65 (White)
Baden Smith 9.50 AUS (Blue)
Dale Ponsford 8.60 AUS (Red)
 
Kahunas.
Craig McDonald 16.25 NZ (Yellow)
Damian Coase 12.35 AUS (White)
Rob Rennie 7.65 AUS (Red)
Paul Satchell 6.80 AUS (Blue)
 
Masters.
Kyle Bryant 14.75 AUS (Yellow)
Simon Farrer 14.00 AUS (Red)
Chris Carey 8.95 AUS (White)
Matt Gallagher 5.00 AUS (Blue)
 
Immortals.
John Mel 9.75 USA (Red)
David Condon 9.70 AUS (White)
 
Legends.
Robert Gove 11.25 AUS (Yellow)
Steve Artis 5.70 AUS (Blue)
Gunther Frensch 4.15 AUS (Red)
Rudy Lausz 2.45 AUS (White)
 
Veterans.
David Parkes 18.65 AUS (Yellow)
Pater MacClure 10.85 AUS (Red)
Red Ceglowski 8.00 AUS (Blue)
Mark Abel 3.40 AUS (White)