Andrew Cotton's World pt 10

Santa Cruz/Monster Debauched Party Round 2/3

So Round 2 went off last night in Belushi's, my prediction came true and Bairdy stole the show with some classic party antics including partial nudity, getting on the PA system to drum up support and general all rund carnage. That meant it all came down to the final leg this morning at Fistral, which could not have been more perfect. 3 foot, offshore and sunny, who could want for anymore? 'cept maybe Oli who loves his onshore punts. So the maths were simple, to take home the £500 cheque, Oli needed to beat Russ solidly, by two good waves. Conditions though couldn't have suited Russ much more and when he anihilated a right hander mid heat it looked to be done and dusted. Oli came back with a sick fins out turn but it wasn't enough, Mike Young picked off a couple of good lefts to come in third and Bairdy, well after a set of perfect tens in the pub the night before he had to settle for fourth in the water. Big up to Santa Cruz, especially Simon Tucker who's brain child this little comp was, also Monster and Skull Candy who both bumped up the prize money and made the evening in Belushi's go off. Next year is sounding like it will be even bigger, oh and an honourable mention should go to photographer Jason Feast who decided to enter the party side of the event with great affect.

Santa Cruz/Monster Debauched Party Round 1

Round 1 one of the Santa Cruz/Monster Debauched party has just finished in fun surf under a blazzing sun. It's an individual and team event, with Santa Cruz having one team and host bar Belushi's the other. So it is Oli Adams and Mike Young, versus Russell Winter and Ben Baird. After the first round of surfing I'd say ...Russ has narrowly edged out Oli for the lead. Round two is all about who can party hard enough tonight in Belushi's, my money is on Bairdy. Then at 8am tomoro morn we have round 3, the deciding surf off. Chaeck the 'Length blog for a coupel of shots, here's one of Oli.

Andrew Cotton's World pt9

Meet Tundish... he's a nice bloke who likes lying. He likes lying on the sofa whilst eating, playing computer games and watching T.V. He’s not just really good at lying, he’s also pretty motivated on getting involved in the local community. Oh and not too bad at the old  I.T either! He's helped me on numerous occasions, usually when I turn up at his door panicing about some dirty disease my laptop has picked up from somewhere. We’re also both on the Croyde Surf Club committee, which I might add is a thankless task of endless meetings about banner’s, gazebos, branding, club houses, spending grants and who can we pay to do elite training for a select few. God, how times have changed. What happened to surfing and surf clubs being about fun?
Well Tundish came up with the idea of getting all old school and the ‘Mojito Pro’ was born; which was going to be about booze, fun, fancy dress and getting surfers back into the club. Obviously time spent on this at one of the infamous meetings was minimal as it didn’t involve banner’s, gazebos, branding, club houses, spending grants and "who can we pay to do elite training for a select few?", but then again, how much organisation does it actually take to hold a booze up with a little bit of surfing thrown in? Exactly. Not a lot.
It was carnage as was expected with a good turnout of surfers and funnily enough, spectators, which are pretty unusual for a CSC contest,. The winning team was obvious as it was a tag-team timed event, but the other winners of ‘best wave’ and ‘best manoeuvre’ where decided by a panel of invalids; myself included. Post contest in the Blue Groove over a Mojito, and like any good surf contest, bribes were accepted. The evening finished with the Cheers Bottle Shop challenge with the usual suspects making the final, but with a huge shock upset in the final seconds, Cicely smashed a 9 second heat which no one could even get close to. I did a couple beach interviews which you can check out HERE and congratulations to all the winners.  Umm.. I forgot who you all are but I am £20 better off. Thank you.
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