Surf Talk Guru

The day for the Nelscott Reef Tow In Classic and Big Wave Paddle-In has been set in (sand)stone for Thursday, October 22, 2009. The report is for up to 17 foot swells at 15 second intervals. That’s gonna be big! Participants might want to bring their Quiksilver Electric Heat Vest to wear under their suits because the air temp is going to be in the 40’s and it gets cold riding those skis.

The repeat winning team for 2007 and 2008 of Adam Replogle and Alistair Craft is interestingly not on the list of confirmed participants in this year’s event. Neither are Jeff and Josiah Schmucker, the Aussie father and son team whose debut performance earned second place in 2008. That could have something to do with the $1000 entry fee and the small amount of prize money. It looks like so far, the only local surfers competing this year are Jeremy Rasmussen and Tom Miller for Nelscott Reef Surf Shop. Big name pros coming to Lincoln City are Tom Carroll, Brad Gerlach, and Mike Parsons. Garrett McNamara, a participant in years past, is injured.