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Wulfkuhle has completed management, analysis and strategic think programs, as well as the Premier Governance Series for Farm Credit Services. The third annual Maili Masters Longboards are on at Rainbow Bay this weekend and you can register at the surf club on Friday from 6.30pm.Mark Wulfkuhle has been a cooperative member since 1980 and a trustee for the past 10 years. Well done to Dane Pioli from Tweed Heads winning his first National open men's longboard title at Port McQuarie.
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Half a dozen boats full of cheering spectators hooted at deep tubes and whistled as sets approached,” said an ecstatic Matt who concluded with the skippers that they had experienced some of the best HTs in a couple of years.īut the best was yet to come and on the final day, Matt and crew sauntered over to Lances scoring perfect offshore overhead waves as can be seen in the photo taken by skipper Ryan Seifried of Matt pulling into a big bright sunny barrel to highlight this lucky man's trip.Ī great happy ending for a much deserving character.
“As we pulled up to HTs, epic conditions were evident with solid sets doubling up from the Office and funnelling into the inside channel. However, all onboard were hoping for a jaw-stopping swell and on the second last day of their 11 day odyssey, the Indonesian ocean came to life.
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The first week, the crew surfed up north at Katiet and Playgrounds and down south at Lances Lefts and the right-handers at HTs, or known as the Office, plus venturing out to the left-handers at the World class Thunders and Macaronis surfing agreeable 2-4ft waves. “My plans were foiled by a shoulder injury courtesy of a one foot close on a shallow Lacey's bank in April,” said the naturally disappointed chiro normally on the other side of injuries, however he was able to book again on the Santa Lusia for late July/August. He certainly earned the good karma points to score an all-paid trip to the Mentawai's in May of this year, although it didn't all go naturally to plan. The 41-year-old low key lanky chiro from Kirra married to Robyn and father of two sons, Zed and Quin, was lost for words as he hadn't been to one of the most sought-after surf locations in the world, which normally costs about $3000 for a 10-day boat trip, not counting your airfares.īutel is an active member of the Kirra Surfriders Club, has been chairman of the Australian Surfrider Foundation and worked for Surfing Australia as their sports fitness practitioner and assistant manager during the past five to six years preparing the Australian team at the WISA Games at various locations in Brazil, Tahiti, Portugal, Costa Rica and California. The lucky recipient was the well-known and well-liked Currumbin-based chiropractor, Matt Butel, and a popular winner at that. We raised $10,000 from the auction and other activities, including raffles and the all-important door prize sponsored by World Surfaris, an 11 day boat trip on the Santa Lusia to the famous Mentawai Islands off the Sumatra Coast, Indonesia.
Scardy called me in at the last moment to be emcee and auctioneer. It was a highly successful Sunday afternoon and night well attended by the local surfing and business community, with well-known surfing musos entertaining, including Beau Young and Matt Pitts and mainstream singer/songwriters Matt McHugh and Ash Grunwald. LAST November, World Surfaris David Scard and Café Le Monde at Kirra Surf, presented the Surfers for Padang Surf Aid International fundraiser event for victims of the September earthquake in the Sumatran Padang region.