Competitor Info

Last updated 08/02/2010

Click here for COMPETITOR REGISTRATION for the 2010 Noosa Surf Festival!

Click here for Division Rules and Requirements

Amateur Divisions   

Mens Open (18 – 39)
Adam Sheard, QLD
Adam Barley, SA
Pete Cullen, QLD
Josh Berigan, QLD
Josh Skipp, NSW
Jordie Brown, VIC
Dean Krestensen, NSW
Adam Lynch, VIC
Luke Potter, QLD
Troy Brown, NSW
Dave Mellon, QLD
Todd Welter, WA
Teru Yamamoto, QLD
Andrew Dale, QLD
Oscar Lalor, VIC
Patrick O’leary, QLD
Luke Doyle, QLD
Ben Jemmett, VIC
Menard Valentin, QLD
Daniel Bickerstaff, QLD
Tim Edwards, VIC
Dane Chalk, QLD
Malakai Mitchell, QLD
Will Cousins, VIC
Joshua Croad, NSW
Damian Farago, NSW
Steven d’Emden, QLD
Charles Stewart, QLD
Silas Mackay, NSW
Kameron Brown, QLD
Jason Tulk, QLD
Zac Walker, QLD
Chey Farrell, NSW
Adam Madill, QLD
Arhaw White, TAIWAN
Lin Fong Chieh, TAIWAN

(12 places remaining) – extended

Mens 40 and over
Andrew Engel, QLD
Peter Brightwell, QLD
Mark Tume, QLD
Bruce Goulding, QLD
Reid Johnson, QLD
Mark Rumble, QLD
Andy Phipps, QLD
Mark Rogers, QLD
Geoff Fanning, QLD
Stephen Perry, NSW
Chris Mchutchison, QLD
Mike Willman, QLD
Lorne Tiernan, VIC
Al Ashworth, NZ
Michael Gregory, NSW
Matt Stubbs, QLD
Richard Smith, NSW
Glenn Cunningham, QLD
Mark O’Connor, NZ
Tom Wegener, QLD
Nigel Beckham, QLD
Chris Dunn, QLD
Matt Fleming, NSW
Wayne Dean, NSW
Eric Morat, NC
Gerard Cogney, NC
Chuck Toussieng, USA
Peter Turner, QLD
Andre Derizans, USA
Yammick Ardeven, NC
Mark Kelly, NSW
Noel Woods, QLD
Grant Price, VIC
Lee Considine, VIC

(2 places remaining)

Mens 50 and over
Terry Goddard, WA
Steve Anstiss, QLD
George Gastellum, USA
Steve Walgers, NSW
Chris Cox, QLD
Peter Barley, SA
Ralph Bock, SA
Peter Clark, WA
Mark Nixon, NSW
Ian Williams, NSW
Andrew Smart, SA
Paul Strong, USA
Peter Toby, NSW
Shane Irvine, NSW
Billy Neaves, VIC
Pete Jones, QLD
Peter Hogan, QLD
Keith Crocker, QLD
Paul Guthrie, NSW
Reginald Norman, QLD
Allan Maclean, QLD
Ian Reeder, NSW
Greg Moir, QLD
John Gregory, QLD
John Skinner, NSW
Kim Hardeman, WA
John Scaroni, QLD

(9 places remaining)

Mens 55 and over
Mark White, QLD
Phil Roxburgh, NSW
Ray Smith, QLD
Steve ‘Chooka’ Piec, VIC
Bruce Channon, NSW
Peter White, QLD
Floyd Dixon, QLD
Phil Jarratt, QLD
John Brasen, QLD
Darryl Homan, QLD
Murray Walding, QLD
Mick Henderson, QLD
Peter Lillies, QLD
Dave Dunn, QLD
Ian Borland, QLD
Ray ‘Ned’ Kelly, QLD
Graham Bullpitt, QLD
Eric Walker, NSW
Andrew McKinnon, QLD
Garry Stuart, QLD
Allan Spence, VIC
Ron Greene, USA
John Gillem, USA
Garry Pauley, NSW
Ben Pioli, NSW
Greg Muddle, QLD
Brian Beer, NSW
Steve Cleveland, USA
Bill Carr, QLD
Garry Davison, QLD
Aldo Santamaria, NSW
Tim English, QLD
John Murray, NSW
Bob Giles, NSW
Paul McDonald, NSW
Phil Hayward, QLD
David Ardley, QLD
Ross Gorfine, QLD
Mike Coleman, USA
Warren Walker, QLD
John Mingramm, NSW
Ronald Fidler, NSW

(6 places remaining)

Mens 60 and over
Alan Williams, NSW
Max Boys, NSW
Norm Bateman, WA
Bob Smith, VIC
Ian Walding, VIC
Bob Aitken, QLD
Otis Sistrunk, USA
Carl Tanner, QLD
Wayne Sutton, SA
Dave O’Donnell, NSW
Steve O’Donnell, NSW
Geoff Channon, NSW
Dennis Lewis, QLD
Mark ‘Griffo’ Griffin, QLD
Colin Pearson, VIC
Nigel Kidd, VIC
Ronny Silcock, QLD
John Warbrick, QLD
David Wilson, NSW
Neville Smith, QLD
Tony Denoon, QLD
Daniel Bond, NSW
Warren Evans, QLD
Richard Harvey, QLD
Barry Davis, QLD
Evert Harder, QLD
Steve Deppeler, VIC
Lyn Tunbridge, NSW
Jim Cuthbert, NSW
Bill Rogers, QLD
John Giles, NSW
Peter Vos, QLD
Kurt McFadden, USA
Wayne Arthur, NZ
Stuart Miller, QLD

(1 places remaining)
 

Mens 65 and over
Doug Warbrick, VIC
Robert Henry Jones, NSW
John Skipp, NSW
Barry McGuigan, NSW

(8 places remaining)

Junior Boys (under 15)
Harri Jones, QLD
James Haggerty, NSW
Daniel Lillies, QLD
Luke O’Neill, NZ
Ben Considine, VIC
Kai Ellice-Flint, NSW
Daniel Potter, QLD
Riley Moller, QLD
Ethan Moller, QLD
Jake Goold, QLD
Ethan Kostromin, QLD
Kodi Wulff, QLD
Hugh Daugaard, NSW
Tom Morat, NC
Kahu Andronicus, NSW
Jake Brittain, QLD
Jared Fowler, QLD
Izak Clifford, QLD

(6 places remaining)

Boys 15-18
Ezra Norris, QLD
Zye Norris, QLD
Nic Jones, QLD
Mitchell Beyer, QLD
Brodie Williams, QLD
Harrison Biden, QLD
Jackson Winter, QLD
Lee Cooper, QLD
Jake Bevan, NSW
Scott Walker, NSW
Jack Lynch, NSW
Lindon Whitfield, QLD
Douglas Toby, NSW
Ryo Nishikawa, QLD
Mitch Corbett, WA
Zak Southgate-Smith, QLD
Oscar Lalor, VIC
Ed Cunningham, QLD
George Cunningham, QLD
Rob Farrell, QLD
Wes Mitchell, VIC
Will Cousins, VIC
Nathan Mackenzie, QLD
Nelson Kahler, QLD

(12 places remaining)

Womens Open (18 – 35)
Kathryn Hughes, QLD
Kristy Quirk, QLD
Jen Wilson, NSW
Rose Speers, NSW
Samantha Walker, NSW
Brodie Murray, NSW
Monique Keane, QLD
Ashley Beer, NSW
Claire Finucane, WA
Sharon Jackson, QLD
Hannah Reid, QLD

(13 places remaining)

Senior Women (over 35)
Sue Altmann, QLD
Debbie Kay, QLD
Yvette Kordick, QLD
Kate Dwyer, QLD
Jen McCarthy, QLD
Claire Finucane, WA
Lisa Nicholson, NSW
Sally Paxton, NSW
Sharon Jackson, QLD
Keena Wilson, QLD
Daisy Day, NZ
Kathy Tango, QLD

(FULL)

Junior Women (under 18)
Beth Palmer, QLD
Georgie Roach, QLD
Catherine Watson-Brown, QLD
Maddie Watson-Brown, QLD
Kirra Perry, NSW
Molly Powell, VIC
Lucy Cantori, QLD
Roisin Carolan, NSW
Sam Suendermann, VIC
Marine Fanoy, New Cal
Jacqui Brittain, QLD
Mathilde Sala, New Cal
Ali Fleming, NSW
Rachel Fleming, NSW
Leilani Morat, NC
Rachel Pinsak, NSW
Georgina Brooder, QLD
Sara Toussieng, USA
Demi Giovannoni, QLD

(5 places remaining)

Old Mal
Steve ‘Chooka’ Piec, VIC
Fraser Biden, QLD
Harrison Biden, QLD
Floyd Dixon, QLD
David Smith, USA
Geoff Fanning, QLD
Beau Nixon, NSW
Jordie Brown, VIC
Harrison Roach, QLD
Todd Welter, WA
Isaac Fields, NSW
Matt Chojnacki, NSW
Dane Wilson, QLD
Jye Byrnes, NSW
Isabelle Braly, NSW
Nathan Mackenzie, QLD
Brett Caller, NSW

(19 places remaining)

Noserider Trials (8 progress)
Ezra Norris, QLD
Zye Norris, QLD
Yutaka Yoshida, Japan
Brodie Williams, QLD
Matt Cuddihy, QLD
Fraser Biden, QLD
Beau Nixon, NSW
Alex Bullpitt, QLD
Pat Saunders, VIC
Jordie Brown, VIC
Lindon Whitfield, QLD
Jack Lynch, NSW
Adam Lynch, VIC
Nic Jones, QLD
Brett White, QLD
Todd Welter, WA
Luke Potter, QLD
Teru Yamamoto, QLD
Zak Southgate-Smith, QLD
Isaac Fields, NSW
Luke Doyle, QLD
Bowie Pollard, QLD
Christian Wach, USA
Joe Davies, UK
Trevor Cleveland, USA
Jye Byrnes, NSW
Brodie Murray, NSW
Dean Krestensen, NSW
Trent Dickey, QLD
Jai Lee, QLD
Jared Mell, USA
Nathan Mackenzie, QLD
Nick Jorgensen, QLD
Silas Mackay, NSW
Kameron Brown, QLD
Nick Sargeant, NZ
Sean O’Donnell, QLD

(FULL) – please email contact details for reserve list

 

Stand Up Paddle Pro Surf
Jenny Ryan, QLD
Woogie Marsh, QLD
Andrew Cassidy, NSW
Jason McManus, NSW
Stuart Murray, NSW
Beau Nixon, NSW
Lyn Tunbridge, NSW
Sondra Purser, NSW
Peter Thomson, NSW
Chris Mchutchison, QLD
Keahi de Aboitiz, QLD
Dane Wilson, QLD
Scott Penwarn, QLD
Ben Apps, NSW
Andy Davies, NSW
Roger Saunders, NSW
Matt Fleming, NSW
Greg Sunderland, QLD
Jamie Willems, QLD
Louis Harris, QLD
Jackson Close, QLD
Wes Mitchell, VIC
Mathew Lumley, VIC
Will Cousins, VIC
Paul Cousins, VIC
Brad Mitchell, VIC
Greg Huglin, USA
Mick Morgan, NSW
Peter Turner, QLD
Tommy Chun Ming, USA
Noel Graham, NSW
Noel Woods, QLD
Garth Mackie, NSW
Richard Smith, NSW
Candice Appleby, USA
Grant Price, VIC

(FULL)

Family Challenge
Alan/Peter Williams, NSW
Phil/Ruben Roxburgh, NSW
Win/Matt Cuddihy, QLD
Peter/Brett White, QLD
Sue Altmann/Kristy Quirk, QLD
Geoff Channon, NSW
Mark/Beau Nixon, NSW
Paul/Jacko Winter, QLD
Lee/Ben Considine, VIC
Graham/Alex Bullpitt, QLD
John/Josh Skipp, NSW
David/Dane Wilson, NSW
Rob/Jesse Jerrems, QLD
Dave/Neil Mellon, QLD
Oscar/Brett Lalor, VIC
Glenn Cunningham, QLD
Justin/Jake Bevan, NSW
Steve/Bianca Anstiss, QLD
Paul/Ethan Kostromin, QLD
Brian/Ashley Beer, NSW
Brodie/ John Murray, NSW
Matt/ Ali Fleming, NSW
Eric/ Tom Morat, NC
Chuck/ Sara Toussieng, USA
Stephen/ Kirra Perry, NSW

(5 places remaining) – extended

Stand Up Paddle Racing

5K SUPS Sprint Open Racing
Woogie Marsh, QLD
Andy Davies, NSW

5K SUPS Sprint Standard Open (12ft 6ins max)
Stuart Murray, NSW
Stuart Phinn, QLD
Lyn Tunbridge, NSW
Gavin Smith, WA
Scott Penwarn, QLD
Jamie Willems, QLD
Mick Morgan, NSW
Peter Turner, QLD
Matt Martin, VIC
Simon Dodd, NSW

5K SUPS Sprint Standard Womens
Jenny Ryan, QLD
Melissa McManus, NSW
Simone Horsfield, QLD
Sally Smith, WA
Marita Finch, VIC
Candice Appleby, USA

5K SUPS Sprint Standard Junior (under 18)

Molly Powell, VIC

1. General Information & Registration:
Please check in and register your presence in advance at Noosa. Your place may be already taken if you just turn up at the beach for your heat. Registration times at the Golden Breed registration centre will be on the Festival website.

All entries for LQS events must be made through ASP Australasia on their official website. All other events [specialty, teams and age] must be entered through the official Noosa Festival of Surfing website by credit card or by downloading the entry form and sending with a cheque to the entry address.

We will have an official noticeboard next to the judging podium at the First Point site, and at the Festival Village at all times. The daily schedule of events and progression sheets for all divisions will be posted there. All official information for competitors will also be there, so read it each day to see what’s going down. Daily schedules and heat draws will also be available online at www.surfingaustralia.com or the Noosa Festival website www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com.

A notice will be placed at the First Point podium at 6.15am to indicate the contest location each day, and the same information will be posted by 6.30am on the Festival website and broadcast on Zinc 96.1 FM. First heat will enter the water promptly at 7.00am.

Please be at the Beach Marshall Desk, next to the judges’ podium, minimum ten minutes before the start of your heat to collect your contest jersey. Put it on in the presence of the Marshall, then at the direction of the announcer, you can enter the water [usually with five minutes to go]. Keep your jersey on until you come back to the Marshall. This is essential as photos are taken at all times. On the paddle out, please keep well clear of the competitors in the current heat.

Competitors’ Notes: USE CAREFUL WAVE SELECTION AND MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CATCH WAVES WITH NO POTENTIAL TO INCREASE YOUR SCORE.
Please read the event waiver posted on the notice board at the daily event site and on your entry form.

Note that the surfboard specifications are the same for all longboard divisions including all juniors. No specifications exist for SUP surfing boards at this time.

2. Age Events:
Age events are all being conducted under the Surfing Australia Rulebook and your two [2] best waves will make up your score. Quality not quantity will win the day!

3. Pro Divisions:
Will surf under the rules of ASP Australasia as these are sanctioned on the World Longboard Tour. Tandem events are under the sanction and rules of the Australian Tandem Surfing Association.

4. Locations
Our selected event locations will be First Point and Noosa West Beach (Access 12). It will be important for you as a competitor to keep up to date with where and when your heat is to be held. If we move between locations, we will be as fast as possible and keep the event flowing. We will be running live scores online all week irrespective of venue. First Point is our “prime location”.

5. Results
Progression heat sheets will be updated during the day as results come in, so you can check out your next heat and who you are up against. The final results for the day will be uploaded to the sites by early evening. All age divisions will be six surfer heats.

6. Stand-up Paddle Surfing [SUPS]
SUPS will be conducted under the rules in the Surfing Australia Rulebook.

SUP Judging Criteria.

“A surfer must perform radical controlled manoeuvres, using the paddle as a key tool, in the critical sections of a wave with speed, power and flow to maximize scoring potential. Innovative / progressive surfing as well as variety of repertoire [manoeuvres] and the functional use of the paddle to increase the intensity of the manoeuvres, will all be taken into account when awarding points for SUP surfing.

The SUP surfer who executes these criteria with the maximum degree of difficulty and commitment on the waves will be rewarded with the higher scores.”

All SUP will be 6 surfer heats.

7. Golden Breed Noserider Trials & Main Event:
The eight semi-finalists from the 2009 Golden Breed Noserider are seeded into the main event. Any vacancies in the seeded eight will be filled at the discretion of the organisers.
Trialists will be seeded into eight heats of four [4] surfers, and time on the nose will decide each heat winner, who will move on to the Main Event to meet the eight [8] Invitees.
Core Rules: Each board will be taped 50cm back from the nose. The rider will be timed for his time in front of the line [WHILE HE IS HANGING FIVE] with a DOUBLE POINTS BONUS for any time he HANGS TEN. Two judges will evaluate each rider individually so the timing is accurate. This means we will be running an eight judge panel during these heats. Hanging ten will be defined as “both feet relatively together on the nose with all toes over”.

8. GSI One Design Invitational:
Watch this space! GSI will have another ripper from its retail quiver for a performance test.

9. Family Teams Challenge:
Teams will consist of two [2] surfers of any gender, but only one team can be registered per family. Team members must be separated by at least one generation and be related by birth.
Each Heat will consist of 3 teams [6 surfers] each surfer wearing separate coloured vests. All normal event rules will apply as in other age divisions. Surfers may ride a maximum of 10 waves each with the best single wave score of each team member added together to make up the total team score.
Progressions:
Round 1 to Round 2 – 8 heat winners plus highest 4 other teams
Round 2 to Semi final - 4 heat winners plus highest 2 other teams
Semi final to Final - 2 semi-final winners plus the highest other team.

10. The Old Malibu division will be conducted under Surfing Australia rules and equipment used must be produced prior to 1968. An appointed “eminent historical sub-committee” chaired by the Contest Director, will adjudicate on any protest regarding equipment.

11. The Legends Exhibition will feature our elders of the surf and be conducted in a more gentlemanly fashion than other divisions, with special awards criteria.

12. Our Tandem competitors will surf under the rules of the Australian Tandem Surfing Association, who will also provide technical support.

13. The Alaia Exhibition will feature a number of riders and a special criteria for awards. Normal contest rules will not apply.

THE NOOSA/MALIBU TEAMS CHALLENGE AND OTHER SPECIALTY EVENTS WILL APPEAR HERE SOON.