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Beachley Contest snaps

  • Posted: 4:47pm Sat 03 Oct 2009
  • Tags: SE-3m-9s

Stopped by Dee Why to watch a few heats of the Beachley Classic in the drizzly and stormy conditions.  It was pretty hard going for the contestants, but there was energy and size, so you got the odd photogenic moment… here are a few samples…

Another lip gets the treatment.
Another lip gets the treatment.
Slashing a shutdown.
Slashing a shutdown.
Sofia sets up another floater.
Sofia sets up another floater.
S. Mulanovich executes a reo.
S. Mulanovich executes a reo.
Staying out of the weather
Staying out of the weather
Ripping a little cutty in the junkness.
Ripping a little cutty in the junkness.
It was rather messy, but as usual there were sections of note.
It was rather messy, but as usual there were sections of note.
Round three competitor Jacquline Silva
Round three competitor Jacquline Silva
A little weather didn't put off the spectators.
A little weather didn't put off the spectators.

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