INSIDE THE B.S.A.
Zed Surfing Adventures/Café Sol Champion Surf series
March 13 &14
March 27
June 26
August 21
August 28-29
September 25
October 23-24
November 19-21
Drill Hall, Option - South Point
Drill Hall
Parlour, Option sand Bank
Sandbank, Option Parlour
EAST COAST
Soup Bowl
SOTY # 2
Scholastics
SOTY #3
SOTY #4
JUNIOR SURF FEST
SOTY #5
Nationals
November
Zed Surfing Adventures/ Café Sol Champion Surf Series Event #3
Parlour Beach, Bathsheba, St. Joseph
Divisions:
Open Men's, Open women's,
Under 21 Boys, Under 16 Boys,
Under 12 Boys, Under 18 Girls,
Senior Men's , Masters,
Long Board & Body Board
Food provided by Cafe Sol
contact: info_barbadossurfingassociation.org
Sponsored By Zed Surfing Adventures, Café Sol, Banks Beer, T.S.L. Barbados Ltd, Malibu, Nomis ltd, Twist and Hipac
Row for Charity 2010
Every year at Fathers' Day, a most fitting day for families to come together and support a worthy cause. (20th June), the kayak race, the supporters took in the action, which was headquartered at Harbour Lights, but featured entrants rowing to and fro across Carlisle Bay along a course laid out by the organizers. Numbers of kayak rowers were raisings funds for sick, disadvantaged and disabled children in Barbados.
Surfer from all around Barbados took part in many different teams. The BSA had it's team which came 7th overall.
Thanks to all wo made the event so much fun.
JOSHUA BURKE RIPS THE TYPHOON
13 year old St Winifred School Student Josh Burke surfed exceptional on Wednesday night at the Quiksilver King Of The Grom qualifying event held at The famous Walt Disney World ,Typhoon Lagoon water park,competing against 30 of the top junior surfers U-16 years old from across the United States and Puerto Rico,Burke was on par with the level of competition,placing 5th and winning The Most Progressive surfer of the event!
Burke recently signed a 2year deal with traction pad giant X-Trak & Magma surf wax and rides the ever faithful Burkie Boards that are shaped and produced by World class shaper Rich Price.
Patrick Schmidt from Manasquan New Jersey wore the crown of the King,the winning wave was a brilliant display of wave riding,taking off right against the pool wall coming off the bottom with a powerful off the top,a nice speed turn in the middle to set up for a huge fluent air reverse 360 on the closeout, literally cementing his place on the throne and a trip to France for the Grandfinal!
Who would think of going to landlock city of Orlando to surf? Matt Kechele,team manager for Quiksilver and organizer of the 2010 KOTG thought of the idea "every year instead of getting an ulcer worrying over if mother nature is going to produce or not,why not have guaranteed waves" Kechele states, and a great idea it was!
The Typhoon Lagoon pushes out a 5ft wave every 90 seconds providing a fair playing field for the young future pro surfers and they did not disappoint,throwing adult type turns,and launching big air reverses on the closeout.
Coach for Joshua,Alan Burke says" This was a very unique event,very cool scene,watching the best juniors from the US rip in a pool", "Josh adapted well ,the buoyancy had very little effect but he complained of the visibility of the wave due to the clarity of the water and the reflection from the lights,everyone had to deal with it so it was very fair" Burke states.
Joshua will be taking part in three international events over summer,Rip Curl gromsearch New Smyrna beach,East Coast Surfing Championships,Virginia Beach and The NKF in Cocoa Beach.
Fujitsu Awards Sponsorship to Barbados Top Female Surfer Chelsea Roett
Bridgetown, Barbados, May 12th, 2010 - Fujitsu Caribbean today announced its support of the growing international Surfing sport through a sponsorship deal which the company awarded to Barbadoss top female surfer Chelsea Roett. The sponsorship will go towards Chelseas preparation for participation in international events by defraying expenses related to equipment and related travel costs. The initial Sponsorship will be for the 2010 Season with an option for renewal in 2011. It is Fujitsus intent to consider other Surfers to join their sponsorship program for 2011 Season along with Chelsea.
Chelseas extraordinary talent first captured the attention of Fujitsu through its Executive Vice President Caribbean, Ian Galt, who recognized Chelsea as an exceptional individual and highly focused young female surfer who has the drive and potential to make it at the highest level in world class surfing. Immediately, he expressed the desire for Fujitsu to be associated with such a remarkably talented young lady by assisting her in attaining her goals on her way to the top. Chelseas dedication and commitment to continuous improvement, mirrors the same principles we apply in our business to serve our customers every day. She is supported by a dedicated team of people, not least of which is her family. Fujitsu is delighted to be associated with Chelsea. Our aim is to assist her attain her goal of competing and winning at the highest levels of her sport, commented Ian Galt, Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Caribbean.
Chelsea is currently leading the local standings in every division she competes in, which includes the Barbados Surfing Associations Open Ladies and Under 18 Girls, and the Barbados Junior Surfing Club Under 18 Girls and Under 16 Juniors (boys and girls together).
On August 16th, 2009 Chelsea won the Rip Curl GromSearch 16 & Under Girls Division in New Symrna, Florida. She is the first Female Barbadian surfer to achieve 1st place in a US competition. With that win she received an automatic qualification to the Rip Curl GromSearch US National Finals in California where she again surpassed any female Barbadian surfer and placed 3rd in the finals. Chelsea already has a good start to her overseas contest schedule for 2010 as she placed 3rd in the Womens open division at the Ron Jon Easter Surf Festival held in Cocoa Beach, Florida in April.
With the sponsorship package from Fujitsu Caribbean, Chelsea can now further her plans to compete in a series of contests on the United States East Coast during summer including, this years Rip Curl GromSearch.
About Fujitsu Caribbean
Fujitsu Caribbean is a wholly owned subsidiary of the US$47-billion Fujitsu Group and a part of Fujitsu America Inc. Fujitsu integrates the core expertise of our skilled resources and Business Partners to deliver IT Infrastructure Solutions and Managed Services that continuously evolve to respond to our customers complex business and technology issues. Focused on the Financial Services, Telecommunications and Government sectors we simplify IT for our customers and build more value into their IT investments. Fujitsu is the worlds third largest IT Services Company and has been operating in the Caribbean for over 50 years. Managed by a regional executive team, we have offices in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad; including business agents in the Bahamas, St. Vincent, Haiti, Anguilla, Antigua, Dominican Republic and Grenada, to serve the entire region. Fujitsu has delivered and currently supports mission critical ICT solutions and networks across the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean. For more information on Fujitsu Caribbean, visit www.fujitsu.com/caribbean/ .
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69 Slam/Dragon Shades are pleased to announce their sponsorship of fourteen year old surfer, Chelsea Tuach, who ended 2009 as the BSA's Surfer of the Year Champion in both the Ladies' and the Under 18 Girls' Divisions and is the reigning Under 18 Girls' National Champion and Caribbean Ladies' Champion. Based on these incredible results in 2009, Chelsea was also awarded the National Sports' Council Award as Junior Female Outstanding Athlete for Barbados, the first female surfer in Barbados to be recognized in this way.
69Slam has been following Chelsea for some time now and has chosen her to be the face of its new product line because of her awesome potential and commitment to her sport. This amazing line of underwear and swimsuits is available exclusively at Lazy Days Surf Shop.
In addition, Peter Hill of ACP Associates Ltd, recently announced the Tile Outlets continued sponsorship of Chelsea through the provision of top quality boards by World Champion shaper Eric Arakawa out of Hawaii.
Red Bull has also been backing Chelsea for a year now and they will be sending her to Peru at the end of the month to a high performance surf camp with some of the Worlds top female surfers and fellow Roxy team riders, Sofía Mulanovich, 2004 World Champion, Sally Fitzgibbons who is currently ranked #2 on the World Tour.
To see more of 69Slam please visit their website: www.69Slam.com
THE CARIBBEAN JUNIOR SUMMER SURF FEST
EAST COAST, BARBADOS
AUGUST 28 29, 2010
INVITATION AND INFORMATION PACKAGE
The Barbados Surfing Association
invites you to participate in the
Caribbean Junior Summer Surf Fest,
an exciting addition to the local surf
Calendar aimed at attracting athletes
from the region (Jamaica, Trinidad &
Tobago, Martinique, Guadeloupe,
Puerto Rico, Bahamas, all the
Caribbean and the U.S.A) to the East
Coast of Barbados.
The contest will be held on Saturday August 28th and Sunday August 29th
from 8 am. There will be four (4) Boys Divisions Under 12, Under 14,
Under 16 and Under 18, and two (2) Girls Division - Under 18 and Under
16.
It is a great privilege for the BSA to host this event as a means of further
developing the sport of surfing in all its forms both locally and regionally.
This type of event gives junior surfers from across the Caribbean the
opportunity to interact, forge new friendships and push their surfing skills to
new levels.
Entry Fees and Prizes:
The entry fee for the Under 18 Boys and Girls Divisions is US$50 with a
current prize purse of US$5,000 comprising prize money and merchandise.
The prize money is broken down as follows:
Boys Girls
1st - $500 1st - $300
2nd - $400 2nd - $200
3rd - $300 3rd - $150
4th - $200 4th - $100
The Contest committee is working towards increasing the prize purse. There
will also be beautiful clay trophies awarded to the finalists.
The entry fee for the other Junior Divisions is US$25 with surf apparel and
accessories awarded to all the finalists.
Surfers may only compete in two (2) Divisions and must pay the Entry Fee
for each Division entered.
These fees are to be paid in CASH (either US or Barbados Dollars).
Pre-Registration:
As there are limited spaces available, interested competitors (either
individually or through their local surf association) are asked to pre-register
BY MAY 30, 2010, by completing the form below and e-mailing it to
info_barbadossurfingassociation.org.
Registration:
Registration will take place at Mon Desir beach house - Cattlewash, on Friday, August
27th between 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm. Each competitor will receive a competitors pack
upon registration.
IMPORTANT CONTACTS
Simon Coles
Vice-President/Treasurer, BSA (will help to arrange Hotel Accommodation & Transport
if needed)
E-mail: nomisltd_caribsurf.com
Tel: 246 230 6741
Peter Corbin
Contest Sub-committee Member
E-mail: peter.corbin_tslbb.com
Margot Tuach
Contest Sub-Committee Member
E-mail: margot_tuach.com
Tel: 246 231 0296
Brian Allan
E-mail: bgallan_caribsurf.com
Louis Venezia
E-mail: lvenezia_caribsurf.com
Contest Site
The venue is the scenic East Coast of Barbados. Options are Sand Bank, Soup Bowl,
Parlour and Barclays Park. All these breaks have a reputation for providing consistent
high performance surf in the summer. The final call regarding the venue will be made on
Monday, August 23rd.
Conditions in August
Air Temp: 24° C - 31° C
Water Temp: 24° C Avg
Climate: Strong tropical sunshine is the
norm so bring the necessary SUNBLOCK.
Surfboards: High Performance Boards are
recommended.
Swell: left and right point and beach breaks
Swell Size: 2-5 feet, relatively clean at this
time of year
Clothes: T-Shirt, Baggies, head and eye
protection
Sunrise-Sunset: 5:30 am - 6:30 pm.
Accommodations
All participants are advised to check entry requirements for Barbados. No VISAS are
required for stays under 3 months.
The BSAs Contest Sub Committee will help to arrange accommodation for surfers if
necessary. More details regarding accommodation options and cost will be issued closer
to the event.
Each Competitor will be responsible for individual meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
There are local shops, a supermarket and restaurants in the area.
EVENT SCHEDULE
August 26-27 Arrival days
August 27 Registration: 3 pm - 7 pm Mon Desir beach house, Cattlewash
August 27 7:00 pm Officials Meeting (Contest Director, Beach Marshals,
Tabulators, and Timers):
7:30 pm - Judges Meeting with Head Judge - Mon Desir beach house
August 28 DAY #1 OF SURFING CONTEST from 8 am (subject to change)
August 29 DAY #2 OF SURFING CONTEST from 8:00 am (subject to change)
August 30 - 31 Departure Days
Travel Itineraries:
Please submit to Simon Coles or Margot Tuach by August 20th. Ground transportation
can be arranged at a reasonable cost if necessary.
Judges Panel:
There will be a judging panel of seven (7) qualified, experienced judges from the Region
plus the Head Judge.
The Head Judge is Mr. Elvis Carter, a Level III ISA Head Judge who has fulfilled this
role successfully over the past several years at local, regional and international contests.
The 2010 ISA Judging criteria will be used to assess the surfers performance.
The Contest Director:
The highly experienced Mr. Peter Corbin will act as Contest Director.
Event Format:
The event will be conducted as per 2010 ISA Rulebook with 20 minute heats, 30 minute
finals and the surfer being judged on his best two (2) waves.
Barbados Surging Association Announces Annual Coaching Program
We are starting a 4 part Coaching Course. This is due to commence at 9 a.m. on May 15, 2010. All interested persons are invited to be present at the East Coast venue - Parlor, Bathsheba when the introductory course begins.
The Introduction is a 3 part series. Introducing participants to activities, these are - competitive surfing, running drill, surfing heats and feedback from both coaches and judges.
The second step of the program would be basic. Portraying fundamental areas; basic scoring measures, drill and feed back.
Module 3 will incorporate heat preparation, heat strategy and management of heats, judging and feed back.
Module 4 will be high end maneuvers. This would target the more advanced surfers who will be handling bigger waves and mastering technical maneuvers. Additionally topics to be covered are nutrition, exercise, stretching and strength training.
The BSA views this step as necessary so as to incorporate all surfers in a competitive environment. This program includes juniors, both men and women surfers. All will benefit from this exercise.
We strongly recommend participation of our juniors in particular, in light of the up-coming Junior Pro and the November Pro scheduled for later in August and November; you are urged to maximize on this opportunity provided by the BSA. Once again we will be making this an annual event; this move is to get our surfers ready so that they are more prepared for participation at the international level.
In these sessions the BSA is also going to play our part for the environment and clean our beaches used for these sessions.
JOSHUA BURKE, Barbados most improved surfer and 2009 Barbados U-12 National Champion,
surfed his way into the hearts of the Americans at the 46th Ron Jon Easter Surf Festival in Cocoa Beach Florida three weekends ago,throwing airs and tailslides and shooting the pier with style, landing a two year deal with traction pad giant X-TRAK and MAGMA surf wax.
Surf Legend, Four times Womens World Surfing Champion Frieda Zamba Shaw and team Manager for X-TRAK & MAGMA surf wax was equally impressed with the Cocoa Beach crowd of 13 year old Burkes potential !,
As team manager for X-Trak surf traction and Magma wax I have been looking for that under the radar kid to represent X-Trak and Magma wax in the Caribbean. Im confident I found him in Barbados..Joshua Burke! Joshua surfed his way into the finals of the Ron Jon Easter fest causing quite a buzz on the beach with his progressive surfing at such a young age. One look at this kid and I knew he was exactly what we needed. From his mature surfing talent to being coached by a former international surf star in his dad Alan Burke to the pure surf stoke look in his smile. We are stoked to have Joshua on our team!
August 2009, Burke competed in the Rip Curl Gromsearch New Smyrna beach regionals,narrowly qualifying for the November Nationals in Salt Creek California, then was dealt with a first round elimination due to an interference call,After these two events something clicked in Josh states Coach Alan Burke, I think the realization of the talent internationally hit a nerve causing his competitive jean that runs through out the entire Burke family to activatesays coach Burke.
X-TRAK/MAGMA team rider Burke has a very busy 2010 ahead,besides competing in the next local (Burkie Junior Surfing championship Series)BJSCS/Ashford Dairies event on June 12th at Longbeach,he will be competing in three international events from Aug 19th- Sept 8th, Rip Curl gromsearch in New Smyrna beach, 48th East Coast Surfing Championships Virginia beach and Ron Jon/National Kidney Foundation Cocoa beach Pier Florida.
FOR THE LOVE OF SURF THE CUBA EXPERIENCE
My journey to visit the Hispanic Island of Cuba for PROJECT CUBA was an inspirational first Pan-American Surfing Associations (PASA) trip to open doors and develop relationships with our Spanish Speaking Caribbean Neighbour.
My Friend Icah Wilmot from Jamaica had been working on a discovery trip to Cuba for some time and was trying to get some sponsorship from various international Surf Companies and magazines. It all looked really good until the last minute. It ended up being way too expensive so just about everyone backed out. Maile Aguerre, the President of PASA, took the opportunity that Icah was working on Cuba to join in his initiative and help put together the first Cuban Surf Nationals and a PASA invitational in the Island at the same time as we were there. Icah and I surfed the event representing our own countries against participants from Cuba and The Dominican Republic. Those were the 4 countries participating in this, the first ever International Surfing Event in Cuba, which really meant a lot to the surf lovers of Cuba and to us being the first participants and hopefully the first of many.
PASA conducted a training/judging seminar lead by Marcos and Juca of Brazil, which was very well received by all of those involved in the sport there and our job was to showcase our talents as top surfers in our respective countries and to let the Cuban surfers experience the competition first hand. There were only two divisions for the competition. This was the bodyboarding and the open. There were no girls participating and therefore I was asked to surf in the open. At the end of the prize giving I donated one of my personal boards to top Cuban surfer Umberto Rodriguez who had recently broken his favourite board and also a 7 board given by Alan Burke of Burkie Boards, compliments of Nick Parker, to Yaima Espinosa who runs a kids surf training camp in Santa Fe, La Habana, Cuba.
The final of the open went as follows:
1st Icah Wilmot JAMAICA 2nd Junior Gomez - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
3rd Umberto Rodriguez CUBA 4th Ametza Nicholls BARBADOS
The Association of Cuban Surfers as it translates is not yet recognized by the Cuban Government. It is run by self appointed Eduardo Valdes who makes, fixes, lends and donates boards to whoever cares to learn the sport if he happens to be in a position to do so. Hopefully this can change soon.
There is also Cuba Surf, headed by Luis Manuel Mazorra. This is a group of young surfers who pretty much do the same as well as make sure that any surfer coming to experience the surf of this island is taken to where they should go, told where they should not go, shown a great time, personally entertained and provided with an insight into the life of a Young Cuban Surfer.
Ametza Nicholls
National Sports Council Award of Junior Outstanding Sportsperson Female.
This Award was given to this talented, dedicated athlete based on her 2009 results as follows:
In January 2009, Chelsea became the first surfer in Barbados to win a NSC Youth Award for her achievements in sport in 2008 at such a young age and an Appreciation Award as one of the three athletes nominated as Junior Female Outstanding Sportsperson of Barbados for 2008. She was given this award for her outstanding results on the local, regional and international scene at the age of 12. She ended the year ranked No 2 in the Open Ladies and Under 18 Girls, was the CSN Makka Pro and Soup Bowl Pro Womens Champion in 2008 and achieved a World Ranking of 25 in the Under 18 Girls Division at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championships held in Seignoss, France, the highest ever ranking of a Barbadian junior female at these Championships.
Chelsea went on to dominate the local surf scene in 2009, winning both the Ladies Open and the Under 18 Girls Division in the first Surfer of the Year event held in early February. In the School Surfing Championships she won the Under 16 Girls Division and placed second in the Under 18 GirlsDivision and also won the award for the most radical manoevre among the girls.
Later in the year, Chelsea once again created history by becoming the youngest female to ever represent Barbados at the ISA World Surfing Games, the Olympics of Surfing held in Costa Rica in July. She was the youngest competitor at this event and achieved a world ranking of 33 in the Open Womens Division, surfing against the best women in the world. She now has the highest international ranking of a female surfer in Barbados.
Chelsea ended the year as the BSAs Surfer of the Year Champion in both the Under 18 Girls Division and the Open Ladies Division. She is also Barbados Under 18 Girls National Champion.
Regionally, Chelsea was also a dominant force to be reckoned with. She competed in the three events of the Caribbean Surf Network Tour and was crowned Ladies Champion in all three (3) events the Makka Pro held in Jamaica in July 2009 , the Sans Souci Pro held in Trinidad in November 2009 and the Soup Bowl Independence Pro held in late November, 2009. With these results, Chelsea became the youngest ever CSN Caribbean Ladies Champion at age 13.
In addition, Chelsea also competed in the Junior Boys Under 21 Division on the CSN Tour and ended the year ranked 4th , competing against the regions best Junior boys.
ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Ecuador in April where she progressed to the third round of the repecharge)
Chelsea also competed in the Ripcurl Gromsearch series in the USA . In New Smyrna she was second overall and in the finals in Salt Creek, California she placed 7th overall.
This thirteen year old second year student of Queens College has a deep faith in God and credits Him mostly for her success. But she is also grateful to all those who played a part in her development her parents, former national champions Zed layson, Alan Burke and Peter Hill, and Peter Corbin and Nick Donawa, her coaches and her sponsors ROXY, Red Bull and ACP Associates Ltd.
