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BBC
Cornwall Surfing Correspondent Simon Allexander reports from the
line up.
It
was the first time many of those in the line up had ever tackled
the Cribbar, which breaks at the north end of Fistral Beach, in
Newquay.
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| Former
Plymouth Marjohns student Dan "Mole" Joel bottom turn.
Picture courtesy of Geoff Tydeman |
Joining
the pair were former Plymouth Marjohns student Dan "mole"
Joel, Russell Mullins, Newquay fireman Nathaniel Hooton and James
Mitchell from Wavelength Magazine.
The
January session, in waves ranging from 15 to 18 feet, was caught
on film by Cornish photographer Geoff Tydeman and moviemaker Lee
Evans.
A
jet ski was on hand to tow in surfers on third reef Cribbar, while
those sitting further inside on second reef paddled into their waves.
Tydeman,
who's latest film Fistral Sessions features previously unseed footage
of the Cribbar, said the waves breaking at low tide packed a punch:
"it was really teamwork in action out there, they all worked
together. It was the first time many had surfed the place and they
didn't have the confidence to go out there alone. The teamwork worked
really well.
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| An
unidentified surfer going flat out at the Cribbar. Picture courtesy
of Geoff Tydeman |
"The
presence of the jet ski being used both as a tow in vehicle and
as an on-site rescue vehicle meant the surfers were willing to take
greater risks than they might have done by attempting the Cribbar
solo. In fact only one surfboard was snapped and the owner was given
a ride to Little Fistral astride the jet ski," added Geoff.
The
Cribbar has been ridden a handful of times in recent years and was
recently featured in a national newspaper which focussed on South
African surfer Chris Bertish.
BRITTON
IN WQS ACTION DOWN UNDER
Irish international Easkey Britton is one of two Europeans in action
at the opening women's World Qualifying Series event of the season
in Australia.
Britton
is seeded into round two of the 4star Roxy Pro at Phillip Island
against Hawaiian Alana Brennan and Aussie Renee Hyman.
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| World
champion Sofia Mulanovich heads a top-class field in Phillip
Island |
The
County Donegal surfer is guaranteed a top 60 finish win or lose.
The
third round opponent of France's Caroline Sarran is Stephanie Gilmore,
from Australia.
The
home nation are well represented through reigning WQS champion Chelsea
Georgeson, Melanie Redman-Carr and Pauline Menczer.
World
champion Sofia Mulanovich earns an automatic place in the last 32
and is pitted against Jaimee Wheatley.
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