Yesterday I was part of the large crowd at Manly’s 2017 Australian Open of Surfing.
I was lucky enough to get this shot of Reigning World Surfing Champion Tyler Wright after her narrow semi-final loss to Malia Manuel.
Jubiant Winner Malia Manuel (Hawaii).
The Mens final was also a close match between Australia’s Julian Wilson and Brazilian Jesse Mendes.
With Jesse Mendes taking the title by 0.13 points in the biggest surf seen at this competition in 3 years.
Checkout this “finals day highlights” clip to see some of the great action from the 2017 Australian Open of Surfing.
http://www.australianopenofsurfing.com/2017-surf/video-view/mens-womens-finals-day-highlights
Today’s sun rise was 6.47am so it was quite dark when I arrived at B&B central.
Blog tarts Rob & Chris at 6.04am – I swam with Suzie, Paul, Tricia & Lee.
Newbie Jacqui decided to join the B&B after “..doing the Coles Classic without preparation”.
Michelle with husband #3 Simon S and Idol Derick.
Michelle with husband #2 Jimmy
Marco leads the pack @ 7am.
Straight faced Rainer.
At 7.14am I enjoyed coffee with Jo, Steve as Suzie.
The boys table sans Bruce.
The girls table.
Bloggers corner – not a bad place to finish up a morning at the beach.
STATS:
Temp: felt like 25 degree celsius
Swimmers: 210+
Newbies: 1
Have a great week ahead
Simon
(with Max -5 , Matilda – 3 & Leila – 7)
15 comments
DWSS
March 6, 2017 at 10:43 am
Great Blog Simon. Thank you for taking the time to blog. It is appreciated.
Shelley K
March 6, 2017 at 10:53 am
Fantastic photos as always Simon. I wondered why your stripey bag was hanging all alone and forlorn so long by the gents.
Paul E swims across so many time zones everyone gets to share the water with him. He may have rocked up at 6.04 but he was still in the water at 9am.(Or maybe he’s just very slow)
JK
March 6, 2017 at 11:16 am
Good info Simon, nice one
Jacqui Stevenson
March 6, 2017 at 11:19 am
Thanks for welcoming me with open arms today, thoroughly enjoyed the swim. -Wonder Woman aka jacqui xx
Edwina
March 6, 2017 at 11:53 am
Nice to see you joined us finally.
Bill McCaffeine
March 6, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Great Blog Simon, love the photograph of you and your grandkids …
Lisa B
March 6, 2017 at 12:36 pm
Great to see you at the swim Jacqui. It’s a morning routine that is hard to beat. Love the cossie!
Simon Cowell
March 6, 2017 at 12:46 pm
Thanks Shaun
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Simon Cowell
March 6, 2017 at 12:49 pm
Shelley
Thanks for looking out for
my Bag .😎
Simon Cowell
March 6, 2017 at 12:56 pm
Thanks John
Sorry I left out the official messages. Can everyone please read them tomorrow.
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Lips
March 6, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Welcome Jacqui. Everyone loved you Wonder Woman bathers. Shaun is wondering whether they are available in his size?
Great blog Simon. Conditions looked prrfect for the surf comp finals yesterday!
Sparkles
March 6, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Thanks as always for a great blog Simon, and also for including clip of Australian Open of Surfing highlights. Totally bummed to miss this so it was nice to catch a little of the action here…
Sparkles
March 6, 2017 at 2:24 pm
Yes indeed, from one proud grand-dad to another :-))
Simon
March 6, 2017 at 2:39 pm
Sparkles
Thanks. We saw most of those moves in the surfing clip including the 360’s rooster tails and the jubilation of the victors.😎
Paul
March 6, 2017 at 3:07 pm
Shelley, you are by no means the first to accuse me of being “slow”!