2010 NILC - Event Postponed till 11th Sept

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It is with regret and frustration that we have decided to postpone the 2010 North Island Longboard Championships contest due to a poor swell forecast for the east coast this coming weekend, and a wild one out west.

The team have been perusing the weather maps and swell charts - and it looks like Huey has gone AWOL on us this week. A Deep Low Pressure out to the Far East of NZ looks to generate a pulse of SE swell but it doesn't look promising to linger through to Saturday. On the West Coast there is a 4-5m SW swell forecast so pretty unfavourable conditions to run the event this coming weekend.

We have been exploring options for the back-up date of Saturday 11th September 2010. We intend to run the event at our primary location of the NE Coast of Auckland but Spring can be a fickle time for swell, so we have liased with our Muriwai and Piha contacts as a back up. Ultimately we have full intention of running the event, due to the high calibre entrants, distance some of the competitors are travelling for the event and ofcourse the heavy investment from key sponsors making this an event of prestige.

If you know something we are missing ( Huey , secret swell magnet ...) please get in contact. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you next weekend whether it be on the white sand of the Mangawhai Coast or the wild west side of Piha / Muriwai.

Thanks for your patience.

Cheers,

Tony Baker // Contest Director
2010 North Island Longboard Championships
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