A Foot On The Line

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2024 ERC's - The Mt Turned it on and we got a great weekend of racing.

A bit of a review of the event - Good and Bad things....a few grumbles as always....

Plus we round it off with the Nutri-Grain Ironman Series.

6 Weeks Till Nationals!

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Cory Hutchings - The G.O.A.T - If you only ever listen to 1 of our Podcasts....THIS IS THE ONE!

There is no question in my mind that this man is the epitome of excellence in terms of High Performance Surf Lifesaving - The best all round athlete that NZ have ever produced - and I'll happily debate anyone that disagrees.

We risked it all in terms of time - because we could have listened to stories for literally hours and hours on end.  

In just over an hour it is not possible to truly celebrate what this man has achieved and what value he has given - and continues to give - to Surf Lifesaving locally and internationally.

He's an incredible human - funny as all hell - and has more knowledge in the surf than anyone alive in NZ.......There is some absolute gold in some of these stories!

Cheers Cory - Very much appreciated!

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By popular demand we have folded and uploaded the livestream of The Invitational Draft.

Again we have were scuppered by technology rather than inability - but we got there in the end.

This is how the Invitational Draft played out in real time - Looking forward to the racing next week! 

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She's a Whanga girl - She's a Black Fin - and She's a beachie.....Well she was once anyway!

Then she decided to be a poolie.   It doesn't happen very often but  holy smokes she's been kicking some serious goals over 50 and 100m and things are only getting better.

5 x National Titles in the pool a couple of weeks back and then selection for the German Cup in 3 weeks - things are shaping up nicely for a potential 3rd shot at the World Champs for the Black Fins.

It's a cool story regardless - but there is something special about his athlete, and we can't wait to watch her cut loose.

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What a legend - James Scott got his first shot in a Black Cap at the International Surf Rescue Challenge in Texas and it was a hell of a debut.

Some great insights into what it was like to put your foot on the line on the international stage and race against the worlds best.

Now its straight back to coaching and ripping in for the rest of the summer

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A quote from Jason Pocock - "NZ is the Best IRB country in the world - FACT!".......

...and you're gonna have a tough job convincing me that these 2 blokes are not the best NZ has ever seen.

• Inducted into the SLSNZ Hall of Fame in 2016
• 20 National IRB Titles
• 3 National Surf League Titles
• 8 x Overall Club Champions.

A couple of top blokes that revolutionised IRB racing in NZ and transformed the sport from a "motor head" scene to a bona fide High Performance Athletic Endeavor.

They can throw some banter too!

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A quick chat about everything that has been going on over the past couple of months.  No specials guests this time but we review things like:

• Aussie Pool Nationals
• Battle of the Tasman
• The Kayak World Champs
• A few changes in the coaching scene in NZ!

Next up we should be chatting about IRB's with some utter legends.

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Kiana O'Fee had a couple of tough years where racing was hard to come by and she came agonisingly close to a Junior Black Fins spot last time around.

But she has regrouped, put in the hard yards, and had one of the most successful U19 seasons that we have seen for a long time both in NZ and Australia.  The reward for that success has been selection in the Black Fins for the International Surf rescue Challenge in Texas in a couple of months.

Yet another strong Female athlete that has come out of the Spindles led Mt Maunganui environment - we are stoked for her and can't wait to see her throw down against the worlds best in USA!

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WE'RE BACK!!!

Like the high performing athletes we are (were) we've a bit of a break after Nationals and are just getting back into some work! Thanks for waiting.

During the break there has been a stack of work going on in the background in the SLSNZ HP space with some new coaching teams, HP Squads, and now 3 team that will be racing this winter!

A great chance to chat to Steve & Tanya about what has been going on and the plan for the next 12 months!

Cheers Coach & Tanya

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Well bugger me - That was a hell of a weekend in Christchurch......

• Massive Surf
• Great Weather
• Cracking Racing
• Thrills & Spills
• ......and 3 commentators that kept us fully entertained with their sensational chat.

We bring in Matt Sutton (aka Gums McClurg 2.0) to review the key aspects of the 2023 Nationals - and look we probably got a bit carried away, so if you have a spare 1 hour 45 to kill - sit back and enjoy!

Cheers Chch and SLSNZ - That was one for the books!