Day 8: Surf Contest

We met early to plan out today's contest. Nathan has competed a whole lot but it's another thing to now be contest director and the pressure was showing. Fortunately our team had some contest skills as well as plenty of willing volunteers.

It was sunny, offshore and waves were running down the end section of the point for 200m. The 10am start became 11am became 12 and we had over 50 local competitors. Aaron did a great job directing us and Dan judged first time just as Lisa and Roseanna tallied and Stefan was timekeeper. We pressed on to complete the event in one day. Two Christian bands from Santiago rocked live at the site and shared the gospel. We were told our event had a integrity, friendliness and generosity unlike most.

Incredibly the surf just got better and better and the open mens final saw a 10 point ride with the winner getting three tubes on one ride. We were all sunburnt, windblown and tired after lugging all the gear back and dinner never tasted so good. Poor Taylor got sick and crashed. We will have our first day off tomorrow.