The final of third round of the Old Farts Surf Co. (OFSC) Splinter Group World Surfing Tour took place in grey conditions on various fat peaks up and down the beach.
(Chip off the old block, The Young Dude rides his Old Farts Surf Co. 6'6" Hollow Timber Surfboard hand made by the mastersurfcraftsman, the Dude, in an earlier qualifying round)
OFSC Head Honcho (HH), the Mex, tested the conditions the day before in blue skies and consistent 2'-3' with lefts and righs at the northern end of the beach. "I surfed myself out in an hour" said the Mex, "got heaps of waves and really got the hollow timber 6'8" gun flying on one two footer, but finally had to seccumb to bowel pressure and head back to the HH thrown"
Finals day had a weird swell, the surf report said you could paddle out with dry hair then spend 10 min getting smashed.. The Dude said "we spied a couple of good waves and paddled out only to wait for 3 hours before realising it was a freak set" . The finalists - the Dude and the Mex then paddled up and down the beach looking for luck. "Waves were breaking all around me but there was no defined peak and it was horribly frustrating."
(The Mexican in an earlier qualifying round of the Old Farts Surf Co. Splinter Group World Tour on his prototype 6'8" rounded pin)
Finally a bomb came through and the Dude was in the right spot while the poor Mexicn was paddling out after another disapointing wave. The Dude eased into the unusually steep take off on his 6'8" hollow timber fish as the wave walled up in front of him. "I spied the Mex paddling out and new I had to do something really special to win so I laid the fat fish on its rail and arched my back and pulled a massive soul arch bottom turn just before the oldfartsurfer duck dived. It felt good and I could hear the crowd on the beach hooting. I think pulling a move like that in front of Mex really demoralised him. The heat moved up the beach to a left and he made a bit of a come back but the most hoots wins the day"The Mex was gracious in defeat and said "surfing hollow timber surfboards made by the Dude was the winner today." "I wish we had some photos of that soul arch to show the fans but its etched in my mind, and nearly my head, forever. It was just like some old photo of Peter Townend in Hawaii I saw years ago. The Dude is really the soul man, the heart and soul of hollow timber surfboards and getting them to go" said the HH.
The Dude is the tour leader with two wins. He had a second round win after Macho man was disqualified for not riding the requisite Old Farts Surf Co. hollow timber surfboard.
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