Greg Norman - Surfer

Hurricane season is here, with some meaty looking lows out in the Atlantic.
The south west of England has been blessed with some long period quality ground swell last week, which has been greeted with awesome weather and offshore winds thanks to that high pressure sitting there.
Good old MSW gave it plenty of “dark stars”, so the star chasing crowds were out in force on most of the beaches. After some really good surfs throughout the week, most of the local longboarders were setting there sights on the weekend, the final Hotdoggers league of the year.

We all new the offshores would be pretty strong, but as I rocked up at the beach and stepped out the van I nearly got blown to Lundy! Still there was a strong turnout and everyone was pretty stoked as there was actually a decent swell for a contest.

Throughout the first few rounds the swell did well against the wind, providing some tricky, but fun right handers. In between some of the windy close outs, I managed to find some reelers that I could put in a few 5’s and 10’s. I surfed well through the contest and took some decent scalps on the way. But as the comp progressed to the final the swell diminished, and it proved hard to find a decent set wave with good scoring potential.

Ben Haworth and Ashley Braunton managed to find these waves and grabbed 1st and 2nd respectively, with myself 3rd and Zak Lawton 4th.
It was good end to the Hotdoggers season with a BBQ on the beach to finish, cheers to Norman Wright.

Below are a couple shots that Mike Stevens manged to get of me in my Semi final.