SUNDAY UPDATE: RESULTS!

Jake Jensen has just taken out the Battle of the Paddle-style race on Day 2 (Sunday) which, combined with yesterday’s results, gives him the overall 12 Towers championship title.

Kelly Margetts finished 2nd today ahead of Beau O’Brian, while yesterday’s big winner Titouan Puyo finished down in 6th, showing that waves are perhaps his achilles heel.

Full results coming soon…

BOP Race Results
1st: Jake Jensen
2nd: Kelly Margetts
3rd: Beau O’Brian
4th: Trevor Tunnington
5th: Paul Jackson
6th: Titouan Puyo

Downwind Race Results
1st: Titouan Puyo
2nd: Beau O’Brian
3rd: Jake Jensen
4th: Paul Jackson
5th: Kelly Margetts

OVERALL
1st: Jake Jensen
2nd: Beau O’Brian
3rd: Titouan Puyo
4th: Kelly Margetts
5th: Paul jackson

SATURDAY UPDATE (1:00pm): RESULTS!

Titouan Puyo WINS Australia’s biggest SUP race!

The Frenchman has upset a whole bunch of local hotshots to claim a narrow victory. Titou beat his Starboard team mate Beau O’Brian by just a few seconds to take a memorable win and prove his victory over Eric Terrien in France a few months ago was no fluke.

What a performance. I think we’ll be seeing his name on a lot more podiums this year.

It was a tough but fun race. Winds were light but at least blowing in the right direction, so there were still a few bumps to be found.

Full recap coming soon. In the meantime here are the full results.

ELITE 12’6 – TOP 10
1 – Titouan Puyo – 1:22:33
2 – Beau O’Brian – 1:22:59
3 – Jake Jensen – 1:23:36
4 – Paul Jackson – 1:24:32
5 – Kelly Margetts – 1:25:16
6 – Trevor Tunnington – 1:26:50
7 – Heath Meldrum – 1:30:02
8 – Christopher Parker – 1:30:57
9 – Roman Frejo – 1:31:10
10 – Steve Walker – 1:31:35

Elite Women 12’6
1 – Karla Gilbert – 1:32:22
2 – Angie Jackson – 1:33:24
3 – Allison Fullager – 1:45:06
4 – Sue Dorries – 1.48.14
5 – George Leak – 1.57.19

Men 14′
1 – Matt Nottage – 1.23.40 (4th overall)
2 – Troy Pease – 1.25.45 (7th overall)
3 – Paul Jones – 1.29.22 (11th overall)

OVERALL LINE HONOURS

#	Name	Time	Class	#
1	Titouan Puyo	1:22:33	Men 12'6	1
2	Beau O'Brian	1:22:59	Men 12'6	2
3	Jake Jensen	1:23:36	Men 12'6	3
4	Matt Nottage	1:23:40	Men 14'	1
5	Paul Jackson	1:24:32	Men 12'6	4
6	Kelly Margetts	1:25:16	Men 12'6	5
7	Troy Pease	1:25:45	Men 14'	2
8	Luke Ingnersen	1:26:39	Prone Unlim	1
9	Trevor Tunnington	1:26:50	Men 12'6	6
10	Lachie Lansdown	1:28:31	Prone Stock	1
11	Paul Jones	1:29:22	Men 14'	3
12	Rhyam Pankhurst	1:29:57	Prone Stock	2
13	Heath Meldrum	1:30:02	Men 12'6	7
14	Christopher Parker	1:30:57	Men 12'6	8
15	Roman Frejo	1:31:10	Men 12'6	9
16	Dale Chapman	1:31:12	Men 14'	4
17	Steve Walker	1:31:35	Men 12'6	10
18	Andrew Kerr	1:31:52	Men 14'	5
19	Karla Gilbert	1:32:22	Women 12'6	1
20	Angie Jackson	1:33:24	Women 12'6	2
21	Matt Stringer	1:35:13	Men 12'6	11
22	Tim Cyprien	1:36:32	Men 12'6	12
23	Matt Carter	1:37:52	Men 14'	6
24	Rob Walton	1:38:00	Men 14'	7
25	Mark Huxley	1:39:35	Men 14'	8
26	Rhys Burrows	1:39:42	Prone Stock	3
27	Chris Carter	1:40:06	Men 14'	9
28	Noel Graham	1:41:51	Men 14'	10
29	Sondra Purser	1:42:18	Women 14'	1
30	Michael Stokes	1:43:32	Men 12'6	13
31	Kai Steimer	1:43:51	Men 12'6	14
32	Jonno Walker	1:44:01	Men 12'6	15
33	Craig Wright	1:44:13	Men 14'	11
34	Ryan Keck	1:44:55	Men 14'	12
35	Allison Fullager	1:45:06	Women 12'6	3
36	Scott Hargreaves	1:45:30	Men 14'	13
37	Andrew Hamilton	1:46:00	Men 14'	14
38	Sean Bicknell	1:46:09	Men 12'6	16
39	Nichole Klink	1:46:38	Women 14'	2
40	Marco Bertossa	1:47:01	Men 14'	15
41	Sue Dorries	1:48:14	Women 12'6	4
42	Dallas Halford	1:49:07	Men 14'	16
43	Guy Fitter	1:50:06	Prone Stock	4
44	Smiley Garcia	1:50:34	Prone Unlim	2
45	Steve Richardson	1:50:52	Men 12'6	17
46	Shane Lynch	1:51:43	Men 14'	17
47	Nicola Masci	1:52:21	Men 12'6	18
48	Ryan Ristuccia	1:52:30	Men 12'6	19
49	Andrew James	1:52:59	Men 12'6	20
50	Mick Frizzel	1:53:27	Men 14'	18
51	Anthony Clark	1:54:32	Men 12'6	21
52	Duncan Corbett	1:54:42	Men 14'	19
53	Derek O'Niel	1:55:03	Men 14'	20
54	Paul Mitchell	1:55:46	Men 14'	21
55	Cliffe Murray	1:56:11	Men 14'	22
56	George Leak	1:57:19	Women 12'6	5
57	Jenny Cosgrove	1:57:26	Women 12'6	6
58	Keale Dorries	1:58:04	Women 12'6	7
59	Mick Wardle	1:58:31	Men 14'	23
60	Noriaki Kudeken	1:58:48	Men 12'6	22
61	Robert Eyre	2:00:00	Men 14'	24
62	Chris McCall	2:02:08	Men 14'	25
63	Alan Mcarther	2:02:47	Men 14'	26
64	Chris Rosenogne	2:03:05	Men 14'	27
65	Leily Kaze	2:09:52	Men 12'6	23
66	Aron Birch	2:10:32	Men 12'6	24
67	Dave Gullis	2:13:50	Men 14'	28
68	Peter Patch	2:16:59	Men 12'6	25
69	Rowan Pevitt	2:18:15	Men 12'6	26
70	Chloe Walkerdene	2:18:36	Women 12'6	8
71	Vanessa Caley	2:18:38	Women 12'6	9
72	Jacqueline Caldecoat	2:19:39	Women 12'6	2
73	James Paul	2:20:02	Prone Unlim	3
74	Nigel Milnes	2:20:23	Men 14'	29
75	Aaron Stortenbeker	2:31:44	Men 12'6	27

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SATURDAY UPDATE (10:00am): Race starts in an hour. Winds light but at least blowing in the right direction. Gonna be a bit of a slog out there… Check back in a few hours for results.

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FRIDAY EVENING UPDATE/RACE PREVIEW: Probably the single biggest race on the Aussie calendar, the 12 Towers Ocean Paddle Festival on Queensland’s Gold Coast, is happening this weekend right now. While Australia has arguably the strongest roster of SUP athletes out of any nation, its events have always been sorely lacking. That’s slowly starting to change though, with events such as The Doctor in Perth and now the 12 Towers on the Gold Coast starting to build into big races.

The 12 Towers, now in its third year, attracts a higher level of competition than any other SUP race in the country, with Travis Grant having won the first two editions ahead of guys like Jamie Mitchell, Beau O’Brian, Jake Jensen, Lincoln Dews, Paul Jackson, Kelly Margetts and so on.

2014 should be the biggest year yet and although Trav and Jamie are missing, there are plenty of guys hungry to step up and take over their spot at the top. I can see it being a battle between the well-traveled global athletes such as Jake, Beau, Jacko and Kelly, though there will be a few up-and-coming Aussie dark horses looking to cause an upset. However one of the biggest wildcards might be the Frenchman Titouan Puyo, who famously came out of nowhere to beat Eric Terrien at the French Nationals late last year and who has flown in from his home island of New Caledonia for this event. Apparently Tito is a downwind master, so if the wind turns on he could be right up there.

Meanwhile the women’s race will be an all-star battle between Australia’s finest, though I think it’ll come down to a fight between Karla Gilbert and Angie Jackson. Saturday sees the 12km downwinder (if the winds play along) while Sunday it’ll be a BOP-style race plus a unique ‘Dash For Cash’ sprint. But no matter who wins, we’ll have updates from the beach as it happens (or as soon as I limp across the finish line and post an update).

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